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Director Robert Altman's 14-year-old son, Mike, wrote the lyrics to the MASH theme "Suicide Is Painless," and in the end received more money in royalties than his father did for directing it. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/m/mi/mike_altman.htm See more...

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M*A*S*H (1970) - 6 mistakes

Directed by Robert Altman, starring Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Robert Duvall, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt (add more)

Genres: Comedy, War, Drama

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Revealing: Near the end of the film, there is a football game played between the rival MASH units. Although the game is supposed to be taking place in a remote location of Korea in 1951, late model 1960's automobiles can be seen driving on a nearby highway as the game progresses. This gave away the fact that the football scenes were shot at a university in Southern California.

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Factual error: In the scene where Colonel Blake is taken away, there is a shot of an American flag with 50 stars. During the Korean War, the flag had only 48 stars.

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Factual error: When Hawkeye and Trapper arrive in Japan, as they approach the hospital in a Jeep, you can see a football field in the background. Look closely at the goalpost on the field. Instead of looking like an "H" (then in use), it is in the style used since the late 1960s: a bent single goalpost, a crossbar, and the uprights.

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Factual error: In the football game scene, the players all have helmets with modern style (1970's) face guards.In 1951, the time period of the film, no face guards were used.

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Visible crew/equipment: At the end of the surgery scene after Trapper's entrance you see a reflection of a camera in the window.

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Continuity: In one of the early surgery scenes you see Trapper operating, although he arrives only later as the new chest cutter.

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