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Brewster McCloud is a 1970 American black comedy film directed by Robert Altman. The film follows a young recluse who lives in a fallout shelter under the Houston Astrodome, where he is building a pair of wings in order to fly. He soon becomes a chief suspect in a series of bird-related murders.
Brewster McCloud: Directed by Robert Altman. With Bud Cort, Sally Kellerman, Michael Murphy, William Windom. An introverted loner living in the bowels of the Astrodome plots to develop - with the aid of a mysterious guardian angel - a pair of wings that will help him fly.
- (5.6K)
- Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
- Robert Altman
- 1971-06
Jul 8, 2014 · Brewster McCloud (Bud Cort) lives deep within the cavernous underground of the Houston Astrodome, but his dreams rise much higher. He aims to fly. Not in a plane. But with strapped-on wings he’s...
- 3 min
- 49.4K
- Warner Bros.
Brewster McCloud (Bud Cort) isn't your normal sort of boy. He resides in a nuclear fallout shelter in the Houston Astrodome. He labors to make on a set of wings that he hopes will allow him to...
- (22)
- Robert Altman
- R
- Bud Cort
Dec 3, 2018 · 4.2K views 5 years ago. The original trailer in high definition of Brewster McCloud directed by Robert Altman and starring Bud Cort, Shelley Duvall, Sally Kellerman, Michael Murphy and William...
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- HD Retro Trailers
That's typical of the recent Robert Altman style; "Brewster McCloud" is just as densely packed with words and action, and you keep thinking you're missing things. You probably are. It's that quality that's so attractive about these two Altman films.
While living in a bomb shelter beneath the Houston Astrodome, adolescent Brewster McCloud is employed as chauffeur to 120-year-old flying ace Abraham Wright. Striving to become a modern Icarus, McCloud subjects himself to a rigid regimen of exercise, nourishes himself with health food, and perfects a pair of wings.
