Brewster McCloud is a 1970 movie directed by Robert Altman; it centers on a young recluse who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome building a pair of wings so he will be able to fly.
This was an early film to be shot on location in Houston, Texas. During the opening credits, shots of the downtown Houston skyline (with the One Shell Plaza building under construction) zoom toward the Houston Astrodome and Astrohall, with the emerging...
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Brewster McCloud is a 1970 movie directed by Robert Altman; it centers on a young recluse who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome building a pair of wings so he will be able to fly.
This was an early film to be shot on location in Houston, Texas. During the opening credits, shots of the downtown Houston skyline (with the One Shell Plaza building under construction) zoom toward the Houston Astrodome and Astrohall, with the emerging Texas Medical Center in the background.
It was the first film to be filmed inside the Houston Astrodome.
There are many references in the film to Altman's own career, his other films, and places.
Homages to The Wizard of Oz (1939) are noted in the film where Margaret Hamilton, who was the Wicked Witch of the West, is the music conductor seen during the opening credits. In the film, she is sighted wearing the red slippers. Her demise in this film in the first few minutes befits a Wicked Witch archetype. The character is also racist in nature -...
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