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Brewster McCloud

Brewster McCloud

6,3 /10 (98 Votes)
1971 EN 105 min

Overview

Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines of the stadium. Brewster tells those he trusts of his dream, but displays a unique way of treating others who do not fit within his plans.

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Release date

18/08/1971

Votes

98

Popularity

1.1

"Something else" from the director of M*A*S*H

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

105 min

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Brent Marchant

2025-06-15

⭐ 8

Some movies simply defy description. So it is with this 1970 cult classic from director Robert Altman, a multifaceted offering that combines a diverse array of seemingly unrelated, but skillfully blended story threads that make for a quirky, thoroughly entertaining offering. In essence, this comical, surreal crime saga follows the investigation into a series of mysterious strangling deaths taking place in and around the Houston Astrodome, where the only clue is that the victims are covered in bird droppings. The primary suspect, Brewster McCloud (Bud Cort), is an ornithologically obsessed recl…

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