Brewster McCloud (1970)
- Starring:
- Bud Cort, Sally Kellerman, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Altman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Synopsis of Brewster McCloud
A boy yearns to fly in Robert Altman's whimsical youthquake parable. With the aid of seraphic Louise (Sally Kellerman), owlish Brewster (Bud Cort) constructs a pair of human-size wings in his Houston Astrodome nest to realize his dream. Meanwhile, conservative creeps, including a witchy "Star-Spangled Banner"-belting crone (Margaret Hamilton) and Brewster's skinflint boss (Stacy Keach), keep turning up dead covered with bird droppings; the Houston Establishment calls in blue-eyed, turtleneck-wearing "San Francisco super cop" Frank Shaft (Michael Murphy) to investigate. Brewster cooks his own goose, however, when he defies Louise's edict against sex and hooks up with Astrodome usher Suzanne (Shelley Duvall) after she impresses him (and saves him) by out-driving Shaft in her Road Runner. Despite her apparent sweetness, Suzanne ultimately will not compromise her comfortable home for flight with Brewster. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Brewster McCloud
- Bud Cort - Brewster McCloud
- Michael Murphy - Frank Shaft
- Shelley Duvall - Suzanne
- Stacy Keach - Abraham Wright
- Margaret Hamilton - Daphne Heap
- Corey John Fischer - Lt. Hines
- Bert Remsen - Douglas Breen
- Bill Baldwin - Weeks's Aide
- Sally Kellerman - Louise
- William Windom - Haskel Weeks
- René Auberjonois - Lecturer
- John Schuck - Lt. Alvin Johnson
- Jennifer Salt - Hope
- G. Wood - Police Capt. Crandall
- Angeline Johnson - Breen's Wife
- David Welch - Green Jr.
- Director(s):
- Robert Altman
- Writer(s):
- Doran William Cannon
- Producer(s):
- Lou Adler
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Mild Violence, Adult Language, Brief Nudity)
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