To answer the question, consider the following: MASH (stylized as M * A * S * H on the poster art) is a 1970 American satirical black comedy war film directed by Robert Altman and written by Ring Lardner, Jr., based on Richard Hooker's novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors.is the reasoning for what question and answer pair?
Q: MASH (stylized as M * A * S * H on the poster art) is a 1970 American satirical black comedy war film directed by Robert Altman and written by Ring Lardner, Jr., based on Richard Hooker's novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors. The picture is the only feature film in the M * A * S * H franchise and became one of the biggest films of the early 1970s for 20th Century Fox.

Based on this passage, who directed the movie mash and what year was it released?
A: 1970