In which year was the film M*A*S*H released?

The film M*A*S*H was released in 1970. Directed by Robert Altman, it was a satirical black comedy about medical personnel serving in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War, although audiences also recognized its connections to the Vietnam War era in which it was made.

The movie was adapted from Richard Hooker’s 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors. Its ensemble cast included Donald Sutherland as Hawkeye Pierce, Elliott Gould as Trapper John McIntyre, Sally Kellerman as Margaret Houlihan, and Gary Burghoff as Radar O’Reilly.

M*A*S*H became one of the major commercial and critical successes of 1970. It won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival and earned an Academy Award for Ring Lardner Jr.’s adapted screenplay. The television adaptation premiered in 1972, two years after the film, and ran until 1983.