M*A*S*H - Goodbye, Farewell & Amen (1983)
by Hy Averback, Jackie Cooper, Larry Gelbart, William K. Jurgensen, George Tyne
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Actor: Alan Alda, Wayne RogersDirector: George Tyne, Hy Averback, Jackie Cooper, Larry Gelbart, William K. Jurgensen
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Cinematographer: William T. Cline
Cinematographer: Joseph Jackman
Cinematographer: Andrew Jackson
Cinematographer: Sherman Kunkel
Cinematographer: Vilis Lapenieks
Cinematographer: Meredith M. Nicholson
Editor: Samuel E. Beetley
Writer: Ring Lardner Jr.
Writer: Larry Balmagia
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Writer: Elias Davis
Writer: Sid Dorfman
Writer: Jay Folb
Writer: James Fritzell
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of M*A*S*H - Goodbye, Farewell & Amen (1983)
Movie Review: Alternate vision of the final episode.
Summary: 2 Stars
I remember seeing the MASH final episode when it was aired for the first time. It was a major event that EVERYONE was looking forward to. It was being viewed in living rooms and bar-rooms across the country. MASH was and remains one of my favorite TV shows that I haven't purchased on DVD because the series is still shown so much on TV in reruns.
On the whole, however, I find the final episode disappointing. Much of it seems predictable, and the coicidences are too "on the nose". Hawkeye goes nuts at the same time that Klinger gets married at the same time that Father Mulcahy goes deaf and Winchester becomes traumatized to classical music.
The marriage of Klinger to Soo-Yi was contrived and seemed to be a long way to go just so that he could make the joke: "I can't believe that I am stying in Korea". Much of the episode (including the marriage of Klinger) seems to also be a prelude to the long-forgotten spin-off AFTERMASH, which is unfortunate since that show was a shameless failure from the start.
What my major complaint concerning "Goodbye, Fairwell, Amen" is, I guess, the lack of subtlety. In war people loose a part of themselves; sometimes literally (as in Father Mulcahy going deaf) or mentally (as in Hawkeye going nuts and Winchester becoming traumatized); but those are themes that could have been explored without having to show the audience in sprawling detail.
I would have prefered a shorter final episode along the lines of the outstanding two part "dream" episode, where during surgery it is announced over the intercom that the war has ended. Each character imagines coming home. Winchester fulfills his dream of being made head of thoracic surgery at Mass General Hospital. Klinger returns to his buddies at a bowling alley in his beloved Teledo. Hawkeye is seen hugging his father as he returns to him in his dear old Maine. Potter returns to Mildred at his little home in Missouri. BJ is estatic to see Peg and Erin at an airport in San Fransisco.
MASH is like "Gilligan's Island" in a way. We all want to see them GET BACK HOME TO THE PEOPLE AND THE PLACE IN AMERICA THAT THEY LOVE. After all, the families of the MASH cast such as Winchester's sister Honoria; Hawkeye's dad; BJs wife and daughter; Potter's Mildred; Klinger's Uncle Abdul and Rizzo's wife Zola and baby Bubba; had become real enough character's to the audience even if they were never (or hardly ever) actually seen.
In my vison of the final episode, after the character's imagine thier homecomings, reality sets in and the audience is abrubtly taken from these joyful homecomings. They're still in the operating room and have work to do. quietly the scene fades out and we see a seriousness in the faces. At the end of the war there is no cheering, just sadness. The audience would have been left to wonder: was the final operating scene the reality or the memory of those who have returned? Without saying it directly: a part of each of them will always be left behind in Korea. What they have always imagined (and what we, the audience, has been waiting for all these years) could never completely come true because of the sacrifices they have made for their country.
And for we, the audience, THEY NEVER GET HOME. Which is in itself poingant since we, the faithful fans, will watch them in reruns years to come.
Summary of M*A*S*H - Goodbye, Farewell & Amen (1983)
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge the doctors nurses administrators and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable. Nevertheless the war goes on.System Requirements:Run Time: 119 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 024543439110 Manufacturer No: 2243911Comedy DVD Video
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