Brewster McCloud

Ignore the other review this is a genuine Warners release all their archive releases are dvd-rs and the quality is superb.

Possibly attractive as the film which laid out the ground rules and production values for the much better known MASH, this is an unnaccountably poorly distributed - in Region 2 - comic fantasy of much humour which also gives a rare opportunity to see Bud Cort, then a rising star but who suffered a two-year career break due to an almost fatal traffic accident. So this film is fascinating because of it's MASH connection, but also because it's very entertaining in it's own right.

Good but no sub-titles. All Regions but DVD-R.

Possibly better viewed in the early 70s. Now seems more like a chaotic mess.

Amazon seem to have mixed up reviews for different versions of this. I bought this particular item, with the (VO and VF) in the description, which in fact has a sleeve in French, though there's an English soundtrack available. Unfortunately I left it unused for several months before playing it. While the disk looks fine I think it's been created from a faulty master. While the video is OK, the sound starts jumping about in a very odd way over the last 10 minutes, completely ruining the film. Too late to return it unfortunately.

I like a lot of Altman's films but this one left me cold and I bailed out after forty minutes. I'll go back and finish it at some stage but it will be a chore. I might have liked it if I'd seen it in 1970 but now it just seems laboured and tiresome. It's a very broad (that is crude) zany, counter-culture comedy that was before it's time but in many ways it's what would later come to be recognised as quintessenial Altman, a large fresco peopled by what would become his stock company albeit carried out with more refinement and a surer touch. Heaven only knows what Paul Thomas Anderson, David Lynch and the Coen Brothers would have done without the example of Alman, the Grand Daddy of American post-modernism.

These are not DVD's of Brewster McCloud they are DVD-r's this film has never been released on DVD by Warner Home Video who own the copywright.

Den Film auf DVD - wenn auch nur in der englisch/französischen Fassung - zu haben ist angenehm. Weniger angenehm ist, dass die englische Tonspur von Stunde, Minute: 1,28 - 1,38 stockend daherkommt. 10 Minuten lang ist der Ton also merkwürdig bröckelig. Meinen Verkäufer, "cashplay", daraufhin angeschrieben. Kam als Antwort: Zitat: ---------------------------------------- HALLO Ich bin nicht für die Filmaufnahme verantwortlich ein Warnhinweis auf der Rückseite Warnung auf der Aufnahmequalität herzlich Lucia ---------------------------------------- Und tatsächlich findet sich auf der Rückseite der DVD ein Hinweis in französicher Sprache, dass die Qualität des Filmes nicht optimal sein könnte. Darum also in der Konsequenz eine dummdreiste Antwort Lucias's, da eben dieser Hinweis schon bei der Bestellung hätte zu sehn sein müssen. Das war er nicht, und ist er nicht.

I just finished watching this movie which I haven't seen since it first came out 44 years ago. I was curious to see if it had the same effect on me and to some extent it did. A strange wonderful piece of counterculture film making. I felt the movie was a tongue in cheek stab at the establishment from the movies onset. I was in the service and Viet Nam was a constant reminder every day of how my generation was trapped fighting a war most of us didn't want or agree with. Along comes Altman with this wonderful irreverent poke at the establishment. The cultural avatars were perfect. The Steve McQueen super cop modeled on Bullitt and so on. Some reviewers seem disturbed by the fact that Brewster is a serial killer without embracing the concept that the movie is more about what it's events are meant to represent than their actual substance. This movie is all about a young mans quest for freedom which Brewster hopes to achieve by flying away on home made wings. The movie has many unanswered questions. Who or what is Sally Kellermans character ? A Fallen Angel ? How did Brewster meet her ? Is Brewster really a serial killer ? We never see Brewster actually kill anyone in the film and Kellerman is always present so doe she actually commit the crimes ? The final murder after Kellerman leaves Brewster would seem to implicate him but it is not a hard fact. This is a movie that requires some suspension of disbelief to watch and enjoy it. It allows the audience to feel "Wow it would be cool to be able to flaunt authority like that !" At the time I really enjoyed the car chase because I knew Brewster and his ditzy girl friend would emerge victorious. For fans of this type of movie I also recommend Malcom McDowell in "IF" and "O' Lucky Man." At the time I first saw this film a lot of us would have liked to be able to put on wings and just fly away.

Good experience!!! Would buy from again.

film surrealiste, presque Belge, je dois lui consacrer une après midi...

Brewster Mc Cloud est un jeune homme idéaliste qui rêve de quitter les vicissitudes de ce bas-monde. Pour cela il fabrique une machine volante mue par des ailes pareilles à celles des oiseaux, assisté par un ange gardien Louise, laquelle non seulement l'assiste mais également le protège contre tous ceux (dont les policiers qui le recherchent pour différents assassinats) qui se mettent en travers de son chemin. Mais Brewster va découvrir l'amour terrestre en la personne de Suzanne et ayant de ce fait perdu sa pureté originelle va se voir abandonné par son ange gardien. Dans ce film, tourné tout juste après MASH, Robert Altman développe des trésors d'inventivité. On y trouve tout à la fois du burlesque, de l'humour, de l'action, du merveilleux et beaucoup de poésie. Quant au final il est sublime. La distribution est, sans jeu de mot, de haut-vol. Brewster est interprété avec beaucoup de fraîcheur et d'authenticité par Bud Cort (Harold de "Harold et Maude), Louise a la beauté de Sally Kellerman et Shelley Duvall, égérie de Robert Altman dans son premier rôle au cinéma, est épatante en Suzanne, jeune femme à la fois déjantée et pleine de bon sens. A noter également la performance de René Auberjonois, autre sociétaire de la bande à Robert Altman, hilarant en récitant conférencier spécialisé dans les oiseaux à tel point qu'il finit par non seulement leur ressembler mais par adopter leurs habitudes alimentaires. Un film qu'il faut absolument découvrir ou redécouvrir d'autant plus que la copie est d'excellente qualité.