With Carol Burnett, Glenda Jackson, James Garner, Lauren Bacall. It is instead mournful and exasperating in about equal measure. "[2], Amid this situation, Altman began to distribute HealtH on his own[10]:329–330 by taking it to the film festival circuit. The Report showed in great detail the exten … They seek revenge against the middle class Schwab family, who embody all they detest: middle class. [5] The film's title is an acronym for "Happiness, Energy, and Longevity through Health". Playing the unflappable hotel manager, Alfre Woodard stands out in a stellar cast including Carol Burnett, Glenda Jackson, James Garner, Lauren Bacall, Henry Gibson, Dick Cavett, and Paul Dooley (who cowrote the screenplay with Altman and Frank Barhydt).

This FAQ is empty. Writers: Robert Altman, Frank Barhydt . A cynical Buffalo Bill hires Sitting Bull to exploit him and add his credibility to the distorted view of history presented in his Wild West Show. [36], Since its release, HealtH has been viewed as a parody, and satire, of the U.S. political scene at the time of its filming;[3][6] critic Daniel O'Brien also noticed "the parallels between the [HealtH] election and the U.S. Presidency explicitly spelt out (several times)" in the film. In August 1980 the United Kingdom Department of Health and Social Security published the Report of the Working Group on Inequalities in Health, also known as the Black Report (after chairman Sir Douglas Black, President of the Royal College of Physicians). Some other men dive in to rescue the drowned body, but it turns out that Gainey had been using an oxygen tank in order to play a publicity stunt.[8]:113. [2] The resulting previews played to poor audience response,[2] and some time later, Fox deemed it uncommercial for release.

The filmmaker complained, "[Levy] didn't return my phone calls for seven weeks. [26][27] Despite even worse acclaim this time,[2] Altman remarked that this run "did respectable business, considering that there was no advertising. As the convention takes place, the members of an organization called HealtH hold a campaign to find out who will become its President. (Their name stands for "Happiness, Energy and Longevity through Health";[3] it also serves as their slogan. I would purchase from here again. "[10]:384, Kolker also observed Altman's use of the carnivalesque, a style from Russian critic Mikhail Bakhtin that the filmmaker employed in many of his productions. [21] But by the time editing was complete,[20]:17 a change of management took place at the studio,[1][11]:474 and Alan Ladd, Jr. was among those to leave;[4]:84 as a result, Fox shelved the film. "You are for real.

It stars Carol Burnett, Glenda Jackson, James Garner, Lauren Bacall, and Paul Dooley, and was written by Altman, Dooley and Frank Barhydt. That night, Garnell announces a serious message from the top of the hotel through her loudspeaker; many guests take notice, and some complain. is a 1980 American ensemble comedy film, the fifteenth feature project from director Robert Altman. "[19], A short while after HealtH finished production, producer Robert Evans hired Altman for a musical version of Popeye, co-produced by Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions. [16], Robert Altman was known to wear different hats on every new production of his;[17] on the set of HealtH, he wore a straw one. "[28] Leonard Maltin gave HealtH two stars out of four in his Movie Guide, and added: "Non-Altman fans may love this more than devotees; Woodard steals the film—no easy feat considering that incredible cast—as [the] hotel's ultra-patient manager. Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush (1968). In the tradition of his earlier Nashville and A Wedding,  Altman utilizes the hotel as a gathering place for numerous interrelated, interconnecting plot threads.