Brewster McCloud
"Something else" from the director of M*A*S*H
Overview
Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines of the stadium. Brewster tells those he trusts of his dream, but displays a unique way of treating others who do not fit within his plans.
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lion's Gate Films, Lou Adler-John Phillips Productions
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Cast
Bud Cort
Brewster
Sally Kellerman
Louise
Michael Murphy
Shaft
William Windom
Weeks
Shelley Duvall
Suzanne
René Auberjonois
The Lecturer
Stacy Keach
Abraham Wright
John Schuck
Johnson
Margaret Hamilton
Daphne Heap
Jennifer Salt
Hope
Corey Fischer
Hines
G. Wood
Crandall
Bert Remsen
Douglas Breen
Marilyn Burns
Tour Guide (uncredited)
Harvey Keitel
The Photographer (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Robert Altman
- Writers
- Doran William Cannon
- Producers
- James Margellos,Lou Adler
- Cinematography
- Lamar Boren,Jordan Cronenweth
- Composer
- Gene Page,Francis Scott Key
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Brent Marchant
June 15, 2025
Some movies simply defy description. So it is with this 1970 cult classic from director Robert Altman, a multifaceted offering that combines a diverse array of seemingly unrelated, but skillfully blended story threads that make for a quirky, thoroughly entertaining offering. In essence, this comical, surreal crime saga follows the investigation into a series of mysterious strangling deaths taking place in and around the Houston Astrodome, where the only clue is that the victims are covered in bi…