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Brewster McCloud

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Brewster McCloud
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R,1hr 41min
Genres:
Comedy,Sci-Fi
Released:
December 5, 1970
Director:
Robert Altman
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Bud Cort, Sally Kellerman, Michael Murphy  ...more
Synopsis: A boy yearns to fly in Robert Altman's whimsical youthquake parable. With the aid of seraphic Louise (Sally Kellerman), owlish Brewster (Bud Cort) constructs a pair of human-size wings in his Houston Astrodome nest to realize his dream. Meanwhile, conservative creeps, including a witchy "Star-Spangled Banner"-belting crone (Margaret Hamilton) and Brewster's skinflint boss (Stacy Keach), keep turning up dead covered with bird droppings; the Houston Establishment calls in blue-eyed, turtleneck-wearing ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
Director Robert Altman confounded MGM by following his antiwar hit MASH with this oddball story, in which he mocked Hollywood with nods to The Wizard of Oz and a parody of Steve McQueen's Bullitt, while breaking up the narrative with "interpretive" interjections from an avian lecturer (René Auberjonois), who exhorts the audience at the beginning to draw no conclusions. Altman presents Brewster's wish ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Bud Cort
Brewster McCloud
Sally Kellerman
Louise
Michael Murphy
Frank Shaft
William Windom
Haskel Weeks
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