Talk:MASH (film)

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Contents 1 * Asterisks 2 M*A*S*H TV Show 3 The Movie has no Asterisks 4 Move to MASH (movie) 5 Only in Hollywood 6 Plot? 7 Cannes award 8 O'Houlihan

[edit] * Asterisks

Are asterisks something that won't work in an article title? - Hephaestos 05:23, 13 Sep 2003 (UTC)

No, I just tried. Dysprosia 05:25, 13 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Interesting. I wonder why asterisks are't listed as illegal charagcters at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)? Kevyn 22:11, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] M*A*S*H TV Show

It is deplorable that an article for it has not been created yet. Either that or I'm overlooking something. Lockeownzj00 04:29, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

You are. Mike H 04:33, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] The Movie has no Asterisks

A fact pointed out several years ago by the Leonard Maltin Guide, a stickler for accurate titles, and which I've since confirmed. So the movie really should be referred to as MASH - at least by pedants.

• But the movie poster has asterisks, at least according to the tape picture shown in the article. Go figure. Wahkeenah 10:37, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

• • The title in the movie is sans asterisks and that, not the poster or the title of the television serialization, is surely the ultimate reference in a case such as this.

[edit] Move to MASH (movie)

See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066026/. —Cantus…☎ 05:37, May 23, 2005 (UTC)

I agree with this rename. IMDB is not infallible, but a strong indicator. The use of the stars on the posters doesn't mean they are part of the title, and Altman is not the sort of idiot who puts non-letter characters in the name of his movies in the hope of getting attention. DJ Clayworth 05:42, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Done. Rmky87

I have made the related changes in the article. As noted above, I've verified this on a print of the film, and Leonard Maltin's guide lists it as well. Note, however, that the TV show is M*A*S*H, including the on-screen titles.--Cinephobia 00:37, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Only in Hollywood

"Based on the book", but no writer given credit... So who was it?! Trekphiler 10:15, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Ring Lardner, Jr., according to the IMDB site. Wahkeenah 10:35, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Lardner was the credited writer and won the Oscar, although he was offended by the changes Altman made on the set and Altman's encouragement of improvisation among the cast during the shoot. Lardner disowned the movie, and felt that the Oscar was for work he had not done. Having read both Lardner's original and a transcript of the movie, I'm not sure what he was protesting; the two versions are very similar. Canonblack 20:16, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plot?

The article really needs a synopsis of the film's plot. Homey 20:16, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

• What's stopping you from writing it? :) Wahkeenah 21:56, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

I did- hope it's up tp stratch

[edit] Cannes award

I edited this once to change "Grand Prix" to "Palme d'Or" (the name of the award was changed to the latter starting with the 1955 festival). According to the Palme d'Or entry, this was the award M*A*S*H won, not the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film. I don't want to get into a revert war, so whoever changed this back to "Grand Prix", please undo your change. Jeff Worthington 22:26, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] O'Houlihan

There seems to be a misconception that Margaret's last name is O'Houlihan in the film. Henry twice calls her O'Houlihan and the General also does this twice. I'm not sure whether it's an oversight or a gag, but these are the only occurrences. In every other instance she's referred to as Houlihan. The screenplay refers to her as Houlihan, and in the film when she signs her and Frank's report to the General, she reads her name as Margaret J. Houlihan. I didn't change the article; I'm afraid everyone will freak out. I would like to change this article and the Margaret Houlihan article, if everyone agrees. Donnie Love 02:09, 26 March 2007 (UTC)