HealtH (H.E.A.L.T.H.) (1979)
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Robert Altman, the director responsible for M*A*S*H, came up with another acronymic title for his 1979 comedy H.E.A.L.T.H The letter stand for Happiness, Energy And Longevity Through Health--the name given a health-food convention at a Florida luxury hotel. In the tradition of his earlier Nashville… More Robert Altman, the director responsible for M*A*S*H, came up with another acronymic title for his 1979 comedy H.E.A.L.T.H The letter stand for Happiness, Energy And Longevity Through Health--the name given a health-food convention at a Florida luxury hotel. In the tradition of his earlier Nashville and A Wedding, Altman utilizes the hotel as a gathering place for numerous interrelated, interconnecting plot threads. The unifying theme is a satire of corrupt politics, a la Watergate. 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). By rights, H.E.A.L.T.H should have been a real crowd pleaser, but the film's preview went so poorly that its release was held up for nearly a year. Virtually thrown away by 20th Century-Fox, H.E.A.L.T.H has appeared recently on The Fox Movie Channel, but never received a commercial video release, which hasn't helped it it attain a following. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Altman
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Sep 12, 1980 Wide
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Cast
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Glenda Jackson
as Isabella Garnell
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Carol Burnett
as Gloria Burbank
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James Garner
as Harry Wolff
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Lauren Bacall
as Esther Brill
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Dick Cavett
as Dick Cavett
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Paul Dooley
as Dr. Gil Gainey
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Alfre Woodard
as Hotel Manager
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Henry Gibson
as Bobby Hammer
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Margery Bond
as Daisy Bell
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Macintyre Dixon
as Fred Munson
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Robert Fortier
as Chief of Security
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Georgann Johnson
as Lily Bell
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Donald Moffat
as Colonel Cody
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Ann Ryerson
as Dr. Ruth Ann Jackie
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Dinah Shore
as Herself
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Diane Stilwell
as Willow Wertz
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Julie Janney
as A Steinette
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Mina Kolb
as Iris Bell
