Brewster McCloud **** (1970, Bud Cort, Sally Kellerman, Shelley Duvall, René Auberjonois, John Schuck, Michael Murphy, Stacy Keach, Charles Durning) – Classic Movie Review 6478

Bud Cort stars as the likeably strange Brewster McCloud who learns to fly with his man-made wings inside the Houston Astrodome, Texas, in this appealing 1970 oddity from director Robert Altman.

It is easy to enjoy Altman’s attractively offbeat movie, which is an always interesting and usually highly amusing cult item. After soaring along nicely, it finally does take flight. Just in time, perhaps, because the police are surrounding the dome.

Cort gives a very strong turn, and Altman’s regular repertory company gang of good guys are here on soaring form: Sally Kellerman, Shelley Duvall, René Auberjonois and John Schuck.

It is written by Doran William Cannon, shot in Metrocolor by Lamar Boren and Jordan Cronenweth, produced by Lou Adler, and scored by Gene Page.

The precious Margaret Hamilton ((1902–1985) plays Daphne Heap.

Also in the cast are Michael Murphy, Stacy Keach, Charles Durning, William Windom, Margaret Hamilton (as Daphne Heap), Jennifer Salt, Corey Fischer, G Wood, Bert Remsen, Dean Goss, Bill Baldwin Sr, Angelina Johnson, Gary Chason, Amelia Parker, Pearl Chason, Dixie Taylor, Ronnie Camack, Thomas Danko, Keith V Erickson, Robert Warner, Verdie Henshaw and Ellis Gilbert.

Duvall’s apartment has a poster for Altman’s MASH (1970).

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