Brewster McCloud
Robert Altman hated the script so much, he tossed it out and actors were coached on lines as they shot scenes.,Shaft's Camaro Z28 changes from a Z28/Rally Sport (a.k.a. Z28/RS) to a base Z28 during the chase. A base 1970 Camaro Z28 has the parking lights below the headlights; the Z28/Rally Sport has the parking lights next to the headlights, as well as an open-aired grille.,Det. Lt. Frank Shaft: [Shaft is asking the butler about Brewster] How tall was he?
Butler: Oh, short. Very short, like you.
Det. Lt. Frank Shaft: I'm six one, Milhouse.
Butler: You are? I'm five nine and you look shorter than me.
Det. Lt. Frank Shaft: You're standing on the steps.
Butler: Oh. So I am.,The opening credits are done twice. The credits are superimposed over Daphne Heap (Margaret Hamilton) rehearsing "The Star-Spangled Banner" with a marching band in the Astrodome. She stops the song and accuses the band of being on the wrong key. The band begins again, and the credits also start over, with the same titles repeated with the "better" version of the song. One of the opening credits reads: "Title song by Francis Scott Key",Featured in The Directors: The Films of Robert Altman (2001),Lift Every Voice and Sing (Black National Hymn)
Written by J. Rosamond Johnson and James Weldon Johnson
Performed by Merry Clayton
[Played during the opening credits],I saw this film long ago, when it first came out in the theaters. One of the things you have to remember is that Altman's style (now copied so much it has become a cliché.. of the odd camera angles, the everyone-talking-at-once dialogue and such) was, at the time, quite new and much different than anything else out there. Thirty years later, this film is still amazing to watch. Brewter McCloud is more like a cartoon, something to be viewed for pure entertainment value, even the dark parts (and there are many of those). Bud Cort (Harold and Maude) is delightful, and the supporting cast (many of whom are Altman regulars) is great......I think that people with little or no sense of humor will not like this movie, but those raised in the post-South Park era will enjoy its wonderful portrayal of neurotic characters...as only Altman can deliver 'em.,