1. Who is Robert Altman?
American film director Robert Bernard Altman was born in Kansas City, Missouri on Febuary 20th 1925 and died November 20th 2006. Altman entered film as a whim selling to RKO the script for the 1948 picture Bodyguard. This immediate succesus encouraged Altman to move to New York where he attempted to forge a career as a writer. He returned to Kansas City in 1949 where he accepted a job as a director and writer of industry films for the Calvin Company. In 1956 a local buisness man hired Altman to write and direct a feature film in Kansas City on Juvinile delinquency. The finished product (The delinquents) made $60, 000 was purchased for $15, 000 and released in 1957. 1969 was the year Altman was offered the script for M*A*S*H Altman agreed to direct the project. The stars of the film Elliot Gould and Donald Sutherland attempted to have Altman fired over his unorthadox filming methods but the film still got relaesed in 1970 going on to win many awards.
2. Some of the films he has been involved in throughout his career:
M*A*S*H
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
The long goodbye
Thieves like us
Nashville
Brewster McCloud
A wedding
3 Women
Quintet
3. What kind of comments can you find to help to describe his style of filmmaking?
Elliot Gould and Donald Sutherland "unorthadox filming methods"
4. How did Robert Altman come to direct M*A*S*H?
Altman was offered the script for M*A*S*H in 1969 he accepted and the film was released in 1970 he then went on to be established as a major American director
5. How old was he when he directed M*A*S*H?
Altman was 44/45 when he directed M*A*S*H
6.What had he done prior to directing M*A*S*H?
in the 1950's in his home town Kansas City Altman made industrial and documentary films for the Calvin Comapany. His debut feature directorial was the drama 'The delinquents' in 1957. He then wen on to spend many years to direct series of top television programmes. He then moved on to direct feature films such as 'Countdown' and 'That cold day in the park' bfore being offered the script for M*A*S*H.
7. Interviews from Donald Sutherland and Elliot Guold explaining what happened during the filming of M*A*S*H in regards to Robert Altman and the crew:
8. Wich film studio produced M*A*S*H and what was the estimated budget for the film?
The estimated budget was $3,500,000 and the film was produced in 20th centuary fox studios.
