M.A.S.H
Robert Altman, 1970
MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors
Richard Hooker, 1968
MASH is a movie directed by Robert Altman in 1970 and based on the book MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker, first published in 1968. The movie features Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, Jo Ann Pflug, and others.
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Storyline
In 1951, the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea is assigned two new surgeons, Hawkeye Pierce and Duke Forrest, who arrive in a stolen Army Jeep. The three doctors have little respect for military protocol, having been drafted into the Army, and are prone to pranks, womanizing, and heavy drinking.
Movie vs Book
Year
1970
Minutes
116
Movie Rate
7.40
Source: IMDb
Year
1968
Pages
219
Book Rate
7.94
S: Goodreads
Book
MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors
Author: Richard Hooker
Country: USA
First published in: 1968
Length: 219 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: M*A*S*H
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Series by Larry Gelbart
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