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The movie MASH is based on a book by Richard Hooker entitled "MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors."
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What year was the movie mash released?
Robert Altman's movie MASH was released in 1970. It is a fictional account of the real MASH 8055 based in Korea. The book's author, Robert Hooker, was one of the MASH surgeons in 1950.
Was mash based on a true story?
The book MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker, produced a movie, television series and several TV spin offs. It is based loosely on experiences of doctors and nurses in the first Korean based MASH unit 8055 which later became the 43rd Surgical Hospital.
Is story Mash a fraud?
MASH, the book, movie and television series, is certainly not a fraud. They are based on real life (fictionalized) events of the first Korean MASH unit (July 1950). The book is written by Robert Hooker, and actual surgeon from MASH 8055. The story lines of the first several years of the CBS television series were taken from memories by actual former army personnel assigned to MASH units.
Which came first Mash the series or Mash the movie?
The movie. There was also a book before the film.
Was there a real life MASH 4077?
No. It was based on the MASH unit 8055.Answer 1There were seven MASH units in the Korean War: 8054th Evacuation Hospital8055th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (this was the unit the author of MASH was assigned to)8063rd Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (this unit was mentioned frequently on the TV show MASH)8076th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital8209th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital8225th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital8228th Mobile Army Surgical HospitalAnswer 2Actually there was a mash 4077 and the tv show was based on, but after the tv show came out the unit was getting to much static and publicity so they changes the name to the 43rd mash. The motto really was "best care anywhere".Answer 3The author of the book and resulting TV series was assigned to the 8055th MASH on which he based the fictitious 4077th MASH.
When was the first telecast of the hit tv series mash?
September 17th, 1972It was based on a feature film called MASH in 1970. The film itself was based on a novel by Richard Hooker, MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors in 1968.
Was Spearchucker Jones from MASH a real person?
MASH was based on the actual 8055 MASH unit. There was said to be at least one black doctor in this unit during the Korean War
Who wrote the book about MASH 4077?
The story of MASH 4077 was set down in a book MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker, who was a doctor of the first Korean MASH 8055 (later the 43rd Surgical Hospital). The Robert Altman movie and CBS television series were enhanced by further memories of other folks assigned to the 8055 and other Korean MASH units.
Whom created mash?
M*A*S*H, the TV series, was developed by Larry Gelbart which was adapted from the 1970 movie MASH, which was based on a 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker.
At the campsite how did Hawkeye call Chingachgook?
Father..from the book by Diana Gabaldon (A Dark and Distant Shore) ..not MASH related.
Was mash 4077 based on a true story?
Not all of the story is true.
Do the MacDonald hall books have any relation to the tv show MASH?
They do seem similar. Bruno and boots do seem like Hawkeye and Trapper/BJ with all their practical jokes and George Wexford-Smyth III does seem similar to Winchester. The book this cant be happening at macdonald hall was written in 1978 when MASH was still on the air but I could not find any evidence that the books were based on MASH.
