Released november 10th, 2002, brewster mccloud stars bud cort, sally kellerman, michael murphy, william windom the r movie has a runtime of about 1. Its just that altman never knows when to stop, and by the end, i couldnt wait for it to end. Brewster mccloud is a 1970 american experimental comedy film directed by robert altman. I felt the movie was a tongue in cheek stab at the establishment from the movies onset. Brewster mccloud is a 1970 experimental film directed by robert altman. Jay jays drug habit grows, and he soon resorts to robbery. Long one of the holy grails of many dvd collectors i addressed its absence from dvd way back in 2008, warner does right by the film, remastering. While living in a bomb shelter beneath the houston astrodome, adolescent brewster mccloud is employed as chauffeur to 120yearold flying ace abraham wright. Rene auberjonois in brewster mccloud 1970 michael murphy and john schuck in. Brewster mccloud 1971 1101 movieart original film posters. During the opening credits, shots of the downtown houston skyline zoom toward the houston a.
Shot in and around the houston astrodome in 1970, its about a reclusive young man. Brewster tells those he trusts of his dream, but displays a unique way of treating others who do not fit within his plans. We get the sense of a live intelligence, rushing things. Peters catholic school at the age six, and spent a short time at a catholic high school. Brewster mccloud is a fantasy movie about a boy living in the houston astrodome which has been turned into a fallout shelter. Although it doesnt fit neatly into any one genre, brewster mccloud is a dark comedy thats a social parable with neonoir elements. I was no doubt impressed with its anarchic humour and its sense of the absurd. Birdlike boy bud cort lives in astrodome, hears guardian angel sally kellerman. While attending a party in 1970, duvall was spotted by director robert altman, who cast her as a superdome tour guide in his texasfilmed brewster mccloud 1970. In order for harold and maude to succeed you have to believe in the central conceit of a twenty year old man with a death fixation mutually falling in love with. Brewster mccloud 1970 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Brewster mccloud bud cort isnt your normal sort of boy. Offered by kirby mcdaniel movieart of austin, texas. Its eclectic cast and combination of satire, allegory, and parody are without peer. The film follows jay jay, a former hair dresser who has become a drug addict. Brewster mccloud is a marginallydated, but thoroughly enjoyable film that truly cant be compared to any other.
Original movie poster for brewster mccloud 1971 1101 original mgm style b one sheet poster 27x41. He lives his new life by doing deals for vivian from time to time. It concerns a young recluse who lives in a fallout shelter of the houston astrodome, where he is building a pair of wings so he can fly. Without spending a lot of money but totally free to do as he pleases, robert altman comes up with a completely nonsensical fantasy loosely organized around his favorite actors of the moment. Nur fliegen ist schoner alternativtitel auch vogel konnen toten, originaltitel brewster mccloud ist ein experimenteller usamerikanischer. This comingofage story surrounding mccloud is accompanied by equally absurd bird lectures from auberjonois known only as the lecturer that continue throughout the film, always interrupting the flow of action with some ridiculous comment about mans similarity to birds, and birds similarity to men, often describing the mating habits interspersed with brewsters own sexual. He wants to fly within the dome with his own pair of wings. Given that little resume of movie roles, he has forever won a place in my heart, as has this movie. Mervyn leroy gold diggers of 1933 19 robert altman. A grownup fairy tale with a surreal murder story and a wild cast including the lead from harold and maude and a very. Film history isnt a highlight reel of universally agreedupon classics. It is no wonder, then, that its legacy saw little embrace in the succeeding decades. In a trademark fit of perverse iconoclasm, altman scooped up one of the hottest scripts in the businessa black comedy about a misanthropic, womanizing new york murderer obsessed.
Brewster mccloud is a film that exists distinctly, and almost exclusively, in the sociological imagination. When robert altman completed mash in early 1970, no one, certainly not 20th century fox, was expecting it to return money by the bushel basket. Brewster mccloud 1 is a 1970 american experimental comedy film directed by robert altman. Too inscrutably weird for its own financial good, brewster mccloud was not wellreceived by either critics or audiences. Brewster mccloud is just as densely packed with words and action, and you keep thinking youre missing things. Trailer for robert altams 1970 film brewster mccloud.
Brewster mccloud movie posters from movie poster shop. The intimate daybyday journal of the filming of the new movie by the director of mash. Brewster mccloud i was surprised to learn that of all the films robert altman made, this was his favorite. Jul 02, 2012 brewster mccloud 1970 i last saw brewster mccloud late night on the old black and white tv i had in my teenage bedroom. Scenes of brewster mccloud 1971 for the best quality vintage movie stills please visit. R 1h 45min comedy, fantasy june 1971 uk an introverted loner living in the bowels of the astrodome plots to develop with the aid of a mysterious guardian angel a pair of wings that will help him fly. Brewster mccloud 1970 buy the dvd on amazon the runaway success of mash 1970 ended twenty years in the wilderness for robert altman. Good or bad, they leave an impression, and today i thought would be nice to revisit one of those iconic. He also appeared in a cameo at the tailend of sweet charity, another of my favorites. On december 5, 1970, a record 23,930 people attended the premiere of the movie at the houston astrodome in typical robert altman fashion, a huge cast of characters assembles to take on birds, flight, and the power of dreams in 1970s brewster. Duvall had a supporting role in annie hall 1977 before starring in altmans. Brewster mccloud dvdr 1970 warner archive collection.
Aug 08, 2011 trailer for robert altams 1970 film brewster mccloud. Over the duration of her career, duvall garnered critical acclaim for her portrayals of various eccentric characters. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Brewster mccloud original theatrical trailer youtube. A quirky independent comedy that helped define the renegade spirit of the new hollywood of the earlytomid 1970s, brewster mccloud foregrounded cort as a reclusive genius who lives in a fallout shelter beneath the houston astrodome. In 2002, the american film institute named him director of the year for gosford park and in 2006 he was given an honorary academy award.
On the threat of arrest, he works alongside two dirty policemen by becoming a narc, and reports on his former fellow junkies. Miller is a 1971 american revisionist western film directed by robert altman, and starring warren beatty and julie christie. Starring bud cort, sally kellerman, michael murphy, shelley duvall and rene. Brewster mccloud the scene houston and its fabulous astrodome. Shelley duvall celebrity profile check out the latest shelley duvall photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Brewster mccloud is a film that presents society as circus performers and life as a circus, if you havent figured that out by the end altman hits you over the head with it as he goes out with perhaps the best black comedy ending of all time. It concerns a young recluse bud cort, as the title character who lives in a fallout shelter of the houston astrodome, where he is building a pair of wings so he can fly. Duvall began her career as a muse for robert altman, starring in a multitude of his films in the 1970s, including brewster mccloud 1970, thieves like us 1974, nashville 1975, and 3 women 1977. While brewster works to complete his wings and condition himself for flight, houston suffers a string of unexplained. He is helped by his comely and enigmatic fairy godmother, played by sally kellerman, as he becomes a suspect in a series of murders. Striving to become a modern icarus, mccloud subjects himself to a rigid regimen of exercise, nourishes himself with health food, and perfects a pair of wings. Buy brewster mccloud movie posters from movie poster shop.
Bud cort was coming off starring in robert altmans askewed dark comic classic brewster mccloud. Robert altmans anarchic trifle, brewster mccloud makes its long awaited debut on dvd tuesday, july th, in an improbably nifty looking edition from the manufacturedondemand warner archive label. Miller 1971, thieves like us 1974 and nashville 1975. Brewster mccloud the lecturer 1970 mash father john mulcahy 1970 petulia fred six 1968. He resides in a nuclear fallout shelter in the houston astrodome. Brewster mccloud remastered, manufactured on demand, mono. But some chapters of the story draw more attention than others. Brewster mccloud wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Bud cort, shelley duvall, sally kellerman tag line. Complete with the original screenplay, the final shooting script. In addition, murphy portrayed a presidential candidate in altmans satire of politics tanner 88 hbo, 1988 and was the chief judge in altmans the caine mutiny court martial cbs. One of the things about mash was that people wanted to see it a second time.
Starring bud cort, sally kellerman, michael murphy, shelley duvall and rene auberjonois. Robert altman was born on february 20th, 1925 in kansas city, missouri, to b. After a single hellish day working for a creepy geriatric miser stacy keach in unsettling old age makeup, young brewster mccloud cort absconds to a fallout shelter inside the houston astrodome to build a bizarre flying machine, aided by a mysterious woman in a trench coat kellerman who arrives at only the most convenient moments. Brewster mccloud 1971 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Scenes of brewster mccloud 1971 color for the best quality vintage movie stills please visit. Bud cort appeared in two of my favorite and two of the quirkiest movies from the 1970s. He is helped by his comely and enigmatic fairy godmother, played by sally kellerman, as he becomes a suspect in a. I havent included books which concentrate only on visual elements andor special effects. The secret cinema is a column dedicated to shining a light on compelling littlenoticed, overlooked, or fadedfrommemory movies from years past. Jul 12, 2019 brewster mccloud is a film that exists distinctly, and almost exclusively, in the sociological imagination. Duvall had a supporting role in annie hall 1977 before starring in altmans popeye. Somewhat unexpectedly, the film even pays antitribute to bullitt 1968 via an arrogant.
The screenplay by altman and brian mckay is based on the 1959 novel mccabe by edmund naughton. Altman referred to it as an anti western film because the film ignores or subverts a number of western. Reputedly one of altmans favorites of his own films, brewster mccloud has the charm and selfindulgence expected from a project deliberately. Brewster mccloud 1970 cort has the sad, slightly blank face of a lost wilson brother, and his role in robert altmans brewster mccloud foreshadows andersons obsessive heroes. There are performances in horror that truly stand out for audiences. He labors to make on a set of wings that he hopes will allow him to fly, and is supported in his oddball mission by the maternal louise sally kellerman. Altmans most overtly felliniesque cinematic work to the point where the film s epilogue seems like a pardycumtribute to the italian maestros somewhat more obscure work i clowns 1970 aka the clowns, brewster mccloud is probably the directors most overtly cinephile oriented film. Keachs movie career took off afterward and he appeared in several major movies in quick succession, including brewster mccloud 1970 and the new centurians 1972. Here, cort plays a kid fiercely dedicating to flying inside the thennew astrodome, and exhibiting the unflappable tenacity owen wilson brings to his doomed heists in. But brewster mccloud, robert altmans wild, anarchic cult fave, isnt about dreams as much as it is about the highs and lows of humanity. Shelley duvall debuts as the tour guide whose seduction of brewster may lead to his undoing. Miller 1971 followed, with duvall as ida coyle, a rather unfulfilled mailorder bride. Brewster mccloud is a classic example of an independent filmmaker in the 1970s making one for himself after making a massive box office hit for the studio. An introverted loner living in the bowels of the astrodome plots to develop with the aid of a mysterious guardian angel a pair of wings that will help him fly.
Branded as hollywoods preeminent manchild after playing misunderstood youths in robert altmans brewster mccloud 1971 and hal ashbys harold and maude 1971, bud cort found it difficult to find steady work as an actor when the film industry homogenized middecade. Cort fared better when robert altman called upon him to be the star of brewster mccloud 1971. Keach made his feature film debut as an alcoholic wanderer in the heart is a lonely hunter 1968. In 1971, keach made an awardwinning short film, the repeatery. Robert altmans deft handling of tone helps keep this movie in the highest tier of the cult film pantheon. But when the boys enemies start dying off including a national.
It was then that he started exploring the art of exploring sound with the. Download shannon mckennas mccloud brothers bundle the mccloud brothers series read online. Their first collaboration was brewster mccloud 1970, where she played a houston astrodome usher who befriends the offbeat title character, played by bud cort. Brewster mccloud 1970 article 2095 by dave sindelar viewing date. Ruth gordon was adding another character to her gallery of offthewall geriatrics. Watch brewster mccloud full movie video dailymotion. Brewster mccloud was director robert altmans followup to his smash hit mash. Debut theatrical feature film of actress shelley duvall. Brewster mccloud bud cort lives deep within the cavernous underground of the houston astrodome, but his dreams rise much higher. Duvalls debut was portraying the freespirited love interest to bud corts reclusive brewster in brewster mccloud.
Shelley alexis duvall born july 7, 1949 is an american former actress, producer, writer and singer. Other articles where brewster mccloud is discussed. He must make these wings himself and evade those who would stop. But exactly what they were meant to be is not quite clear. Altman presents brewsters wish to fly away from it all as irresistible, yet doomed by late 60searly 70s cultural confinements. After the success of 1970s mash, hollywood essentially gave robert altman the green light to pursue any project his heart desired, no matter how strange or seemingly noncommercial. Gosford park best director and best picture, short cuts director, the player director. We never see brewster actually kill anyone in the film and kellerman is.
Brewster mccloud 2002 stream and watch online moviefone. Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the houston astrodome. It is the one he chose to make when he could have made almost anything right after his breakout hit with mash. A strange wonderful piece of counterculture film making. Its that quality thats so attractive about these two altman films. Brewster mccloud original soundtrack album 1970, vinyl. With the aid of seraphic louise sally kellerman, owlish brewster bud cort constructs a pair of humansize wings in his houston astrodome. With bud cort, shelley duvall, sally kellerman, michael murphy. Altman referred to it as an antiwestern film because the film ignores or subverts a number of western conventions. Stanley kubricks a clockwork orange is pretentious, boring. Duncan grays rating of the film brewster mccloud duncan gray it speaks to the contrariness of robert altman that after hitting it big with mash after more than a decade of hacking away at hollywood he chose to follow it up with a film.
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