Starring Donald Sutherland as Hawkeye Pierce and Elliot Gould as Trapper John McIntyre, two hip young surgeons drafted against their will. Their general attitude-while never corroding either their humanity or their professionalism as surgeons-is one of insolence towards military authority and the arbitrary structures and regulations continually droning from the tannoy system. The film, too, thrives on a lack of attention to conventional order, with its cross-dialogue and random, episodic style reflecting the vivacious and unbuttoned feel of the content. However, MASH has dated and much of what seemed like "liberating" high jinks, today smacks of sexist, frathouse boorishness and harassment, especially at the expense of Major "Hotlips" Hoolihan (Sally Kellerman), while the episode in which "Painless" plans a suicide out of a fear of being gay reflects the persistence of homophobia even in 60s counterculture. Despite this MASH feels ahead of its time and certainly sharper and blacker than the too-cute sitcom it spawned. On the DVD: this is an excellent restoration, overseen by Altman himself, in which any obfuscation from the original have been cleaned up, especially the sound quality. As well as a commentary from Altman, there are three separate documentaries, featuring interviews with Altman, the cast and screenwriter Ring Lardner Jr, who had been blacklisted during the anti-Communist witch-hunt which swept through Hollywood in the 1950s. We learn he was initially appalled at how little of his script Altman actually used but was mollified by the Academy Award he received. Altman is candid about the making of the movie ("It wasn't released by Fox, it escaped from Fox"). There's an abundance of similarly rich, anecdotal material here. -David Stubbs.

There are three mini-documentaries that look like they should have been edited together. "Getting it Made" talks about working with a five million dollar budget but no other restrictions; "The Creative Process" continues the theme and leads into the backslapping of friends working together in "Making the Music of Made". Five deleted scenes with optional commentary include an alternate ending that clearly wouldn't have worked. But for the disc's best extra it's a toss up between best buddies Vaughn and Favreau proving themselves knowledgeable in their movie "Telestrator" commentary, or the 25 minutes of outtakes that make them look like amateur idiots. -Paul Tonks.

What's more, it's all done WITH THE VOLUME TURNED RIGHT UP, Green obviously thinking that the louder you scream the funnier it is. Wrong. -Jamie Graham.