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Rating: 10/10 (11 September 2000)

The academy award winning masterpiece MASH, which inspired the Emmy award winning television series, takes on a cynical, but yet sarcastic attitude toward the dark and depressing Korean war. Starring Donald Sutherland, Tom Skeritt and Elliott Gould, these three men should have all won best actor awards for their memorable and hilarious performances that used witty, and sometimes outrageous comedy (Painless suicide attempt due to homosexual feelings).
Unlike the other classic black comedies of its time such as Dr. Strangelove, MASH uses every day life to cope with the horrors of a military hospital three miles from the front line. In Strangelove, the war is the main focus and is dealt with through most of the film.
MASH depicts the life of young military surgeons and their witty, smart-ass antics they use to keep their normal way of life going. In one of his most famous roles, Donald Sutherland plays Captain Hawkeye Pierce, a former college football player from the East coast, who was drafted into the Army for the purpose of his medical skills, and not his skills as a regular Army officer. Remembering his college football days, he recalls the (in)famous game he played against his fellow surgeon, Captain "Trapper" John McIntyre, another East coast Yankee. These two, along with the somewhat devious Captain Duke Forrest, this makes for the ultimate buddy movie.
Director Robert Altman's use of a dark, dirty camp used for an Army hospital just shows that no matter how much you like the people around you, your surroundings control the mood of the situation. An excellent script along with even better acting makes this Oscar-winning film a timeless classic!