From director Robert Altman and an all-star cast that includes Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman and Robert Duvall, M*A*S*H (1970) was ranked by the American Film Institute among the greatest American films of all time and the greatest filmed comedies of all time – with its iconic theme song also named by AFI as one of the most memorable movie songs.
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William Henderson
Should have won the “Best” picture award, except it was a satire of the Vietnam War. Even though MASH was about the Korean War, it did run concurrently with the long Vietnam war. This was unpopular timing.