Brewster Mccloud | Bud Cort, Shelley Duvall

Brewster Mccloud | Bud Cort, Shelley Duvall | The best Robert Altman film not available on DVD

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Brewster Mccloud

	Brewster Mccloud Bud Cort, Shelley Duvall Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1993 average customer review:based on 22 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Robert Altman: You've just been nominated for an Oscar (for M*A*S*H) and given the keys to Hollywood--what are you going to do next? Leave it to eternal maverick Altman to turn around and make this wickedly loony, esoteric (and little-seen) comedy, about an odd loner (Bud Cort as the title character) whose dream is to build a pair of wings in his aerie in the Houston Astrodome that can really fly. Altman spoofs both The Wizard of Oz (look for Margaret Hamilton in a cameo) and Bullitt as he fuses a strange serial murder plot to his story of young Brewster and his strange adventures. His cast includes such Altman regulars as John Schuck, Michael Murphy, and Rene Auberjonois, as well as a wild cameo by Stacy Keach. --Marshall Fine

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bewster mccloud

What a great 70s movie! It has everything! You will laugh from the very beginning "Are you happy in your job?". Bud Cort is so young and great in this movie. If you liked "Harold and Maude" you will love this!

The best Robert Altman film not available on DVD

Utterly unique film that is difficult to describe but fascinating to watch. Anyone who enjoys Robert Altman and/or unconventional films of this era will love this movie.

It's really inexcusable that several core films in the Robert Altman cannon have not been officially released on DVD in the United States: Brewster McCloud (1970), Thieves Like Us (1974), Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982), and Streamers (1983) to name a few. At least Thieves Like Us and Streamers are available as imports.

Brewster McCloud is the best of the bunch.

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When is this coming out on DVD

I saw this movie after it was released on a double bill with Catch 22 in a small art house movie theater in New York's Greenwich Village near NYU. It is one of those movies that is over the top and over the edge and could have only been made with the alienated and questioning sensibility of the times. This is one movie I would own on DVD if it ever came out on DVD. Robert Altman knew how to make a movie and this was one of the greats.

satire works most of the time

Introverted man builds a self-powered flying machine and is protected from harm by supernatural beings. Offbeat (very offbeat) character-driven combination of black comedy, action and satire of American middle-class values. Casual acting and direction style add to the fun.

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For anyone else, so-so; for Altman, bad

I saw this movie when it came out, and stayed in the theater to see it over again in the hope of understanding at least what was going on. After all, it was Altman, for whom straightforward movies like M*A*S*H are a rarity. But, nada. Bud Cort is an appealing guy who deserved a better career, and he'll be remembered for Harold and Maude, but this one was a mistake. Maybe if the soundtrack had been by Cat Stevens. . .

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