Frank burns original mash movie

One of the reasons mash is so funny is that its so desperate. Jan 16, 2011 in the robert altman movie mash 1970 the role of maj frank burns was played by robert duvall, frank is a very religious, arrogant and incompetent man who attended medical school, but learned. Major franklin delano marion burns aka ferret face was ranking surgeon and secondincommand at the 4077th mobile army surgical hospital. Duvall was born in san diego, california, the son of mildred virginia nee hart, an amateur actress and relative of american civil war general robert e. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. When the movie was made into a tv show, just one movie cast member, gary burghoff, made the jump to the small screen. The mash movie was different, as one would expect from an altman film. I think hot lips was the original assistant to the regional manager, she was actually in line for command, and as such was trying to insert herself into it. To answer this, you have to consider the source material which is the film and the book that came before it. Oct 14, 2019 the 1970 film mash, directed by robert altman, featured an ensemble cast list that included donald sutherland, elliott gould, tom skerritt, sally kellerman and robert duvall. If youre a fan of the long running tv show, do yourself a favor and watch the movie that started it all. Who played in the original cast of mash the movie answers. They revisit the 251 episodes of a 35yearold series in search of artistry, laughter and an oasis of.

Mash became the third most popular film of 1970 after love story and airport, and it was nominated for five academy awards, including best picture and best director. The movie subtly suggests that war makes ordinary people into silly, stupid, and vicious ones, and hawkeye and trapper are no more exempt from this law than frank burns. Mash fans today continue to feel a kinship to the show in ways that they do with few others. Altmans mash uses rapidfire overlapping dialogue, that demands one pay attention. He gave his actors latitude for improvisation and ad libbing that veered from the script written by ring lardner, thus producing more naturalistic performances. You can hardly turn on the tv without running across a rerun of mash, that 1970s show about the 1950s korean war that made people laugh, cry and think. In one key scene in the movie, radar catches margaret and frank being intimate in the supply tent. He was a surgeon and medical officer in the korean war of 19501953, serving in the united states army as secondincommand of the 4077th mobile army surgical hospital. Hot lips was really hot, even though she was bitchy.

The movie version of frank burns was the combination of two different characters from the original novel by richard hooker major jonathan hobson. When captains benjamin franklin hawkeye pierce and duke forrest arrived at the 4077 they were placed with burns in his tent. Mash 25 movie clip sayonara to frank burns 1970 hd. Oct 24, 2009 original cast, the movie series is coming to an end one more movie. Donald sutherland and elliott gould in mash 1970 indus arthur and roger. The 1970 film mash, directed by robert altman, featured an. Although the title had no punctuation onscreen, in posters for the movie and in the trailer it was rendered as mash. It also starred a whos who of actors from donald sutherland, elliott gould, tom skerritt, sally kellerman and robert duvall. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. Theres a big difference between frank and his marriedbutcheating tent mate trapper mcintyre. Its a great film by robert altman who was doing his 1st real movie as director. Frank burnsisms sadly these are the kind of comebacks i use. Mash is a 1970 satirical dark comedyantiwardrama film directed by robert altman, based.

But none of this philosophy comes close to the insane logic of mash, which is achieved through a peculiar marriage of cinematography, acting, directing, and writing. Their behavior does extremely bother fellow surgeon, major frank burns, and. The movie version of frank burns was portrayed by robert duvall, who also portrayed tom hagen in the godfather and the godfather part ii. The 1970 film mash, directed by robert altman, featured an ensemble cast list that included donald sutherland, elliott gould, tom skerritt, sally kellerman and robert duvall. Apr 17, 2020 the symbol on the posters for this movie showed a womans shapely legs, feet in high heels. In the film, she earned the nickname when, during a tryst with frank burns, she. In the original material frank burns is a very different creature. This is mash the best of frank burns season 1 by dexter anderson on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The surviving cast members of the iconic cbs sitcom, which followed the staff of a mobile army surgical hospital during the korean war, are set. The posters and the tv series showed the letters mash seperated by asterisks but the title screen in the movie did not. And frank also mentioned indianapolis on a few episodes, so maybe this sign was for frank. Youre not a real mash fan until youve seen the original.

Mash 1970 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Although all major players were veteran actors, mash gave a serious boost to the careers of director. Frank burnsisms sadly these are the kind of comebacks i. The personnel at the 4077 mash unit deal with the horrors of the korean war and the stresses faced in surgery by whatever means. While as inept as the character in the series, the filmbook version is far stronger in his own personal beliefs and unwarranted confidence. H for the 20th time as a movie on netflix last night. Then there was robert duvall as major frank burns and sally kellerman as hotlips, whats not to love. Robert duvall originated the major frank burns role in the 1970 robert altman film mash. From the movie mash frank robert duvall gets taken off the military base in a straight jacket after losing his cool while being provoked by hawkeye donald sutherland. Hopefully frank will someday see the errors of his ways, but dont hold your breath.

Mash the movie, is a completely different animal than the tv series which it preceded. Asked in classic television, mash who was the only mash cast member to appear in all 215 episodes. In 1997, he joined larry gelbart the producer and creator of mash and david ogden stiers who played frank burns replacement on the sitcom, major charles winchester to attend a deactivation ceremony for the last remaining u. Mash is a 1970 american black comedy war film directed by robert altman and written by ring lardner jr. The content was not much more than a string of jokes and pranks, some were amusing and some were a bit evil. Although he was not the first choice to direct it, the hit black comedy mash established robert altman. The content was not much more than a string of jokes and pranks. Why the reallife hawkeye pierce hated mash history. The film was directed by robert altman and starred donald sutherland as hawkeye pierce and elliott gould as trapper john mcintyre. In the robert altman movie mash 1970 the role of maj frank burns was played by robert duvall, frank is a very religious, arrogant and incompetent man. Mash received its first home video release in 1977 on both vhs and betamax. Based on the novel by richard hooker, mash follows a group of mobile army surgical hospital officers at they perform surgery and pass the time just miles from the front lines of the korean.

Frank burns the tv character the novel and movie versions differ left because, while on leave after former paramour margaret houlihans marriage, he went on a drunken bender something he never handled as well as his roommates, but then who coul. The legs led to a fist with two fingers raised in a v, the peace sign. Mash was the original title of the 1953 film battle circus starring humphrey. Early on in the series he had an ongoing affair with major margaret houlihan which was a poorlykept secret throughout the army, though the two were convinced that nobody else was aware. Before alan alda and wayne rogers gained notoriety as hawkeye and trapper john, there was donald sutherland and elliot gould. Aug 4, 2014 frank burns isms sadly these are the kind of comebacks i use when arguing with my siblings.

Watched mash a lot when i was little, and now, twenty years later it occurs to me to ask. Duvall frank burns in swamp scene with donald sutherland hawkeye pierce in mash film in 1970. Mash, the 1970 movie based on the book by richard hooker, was the quintessential ensemblecast comedy movie and became a template for both movies and television comedies and dramas for decades. Aug 4, 2014 frank burnsisms sadly these are the kind of comebacks i use when arguing with my siblings. He starred with alan alda, burghoff and wayne rogers in an ensemble that. Who played frank on the original movie mash answers. Mobile army surgical hospital 4077 was fictional, but the wisecracking main character hawkeye pierce was based on a. Linville was an original in the cast that turned the hit movie mash into one of televisions longestrunning successes. Margaret houlihanpenobscott leaves for her honeymoon, maj. Trapper doesnt lie to anyone or string women along. Dwight and maj burns share a lot of dna but at least dwight was very good at his job. Frank burns is a villain from the novel, mash and the movie based upon the book.

On mash, did they ever explain why hot lips houlihan was attracted to frank burns. Irritated by burns religious fervor, hawkeye and duke get blake to move him to another tent so newly arrived chest surgeon trapper. The tone at the mash is established by recent arrivals, surgeons captains hawkeye pierce, duke forrest, and trapper john mcintyre the latter who hawkeye knows hes met somewhere. His character was portrayed by robert duvall in the 1970 film and. In 1997, he joined larry gelbart the producer and creator of mash and david ogden. I still enjoy watching the mash reruns and even watched the original mash movie a few weeks ago on amc, and was thinking of how frank burns and then charles emerson winchester the third were the foils of trapper john, hawkeye and b. Frank burns robert duvall and army truebeliever maj.