History Film / BrewsterMcCloud

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Officer Johnson accepts a ride from the sinister Suzanne while seeking to arrest her {{Protectorate}} Brewster and a bird poops on him as he gets into her car, just like birds pooped on each strangling victim before their murder, but his body never is shown being discovered, leaving his fate ambiguous.]]

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Suzanne, toward the end of the film.

* MeetCute: Brewster and Suzanne meet when he tries to steal her car. [[spoiler: Turns out the car belongs to someone else anyway]]

* TokenGoodCop: Except for goofy but intrepid beat cop Johnson, the Houston Police Department is so incompetent that the city fathers have to bring in San Francisco [=PD=]'s [[GreatDetective Lt. Frank Shaft]] (who some of the local cops jealously sabotage) to handle the murder investigation.

* TokenGoodCop: Except for intrepid beat cop Johnson, the Houston Police Department is so incompetent that the city fathers have to bring in San Francisco [=PD=]'s [[GreatDetective Lt. Frank Shaft]] (who some of the local cops jealously sabotage) to handle the murder investigation.

* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: It does at Officer Breen's.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Suzanne

* RomancingTheWidow: Officer Hines gleefully pursues Mrs. Breen after her husband's death.

* TokenGoodCop: Except for intrepid beat cop Johnson, the Houston Police Department is so incompetent that the city fathers have to bring in San Francisco [=PD=]'s [[GreatDetective Lt. Frank Shaft]] (who the local cops jealously sabotage) to handle the murder investigation.

* AssholeVictim: Everyone who gets killed in the movie is a sorry excuse for a human being (such as racist, greedy, homophobic MeanBoss Abraham Wright). [[spoiler: Until Shaft and Johnson, anyway.]]

* AssholeVictim: Everyone who gets killed in the movie is a sorry excuse for a human being. [[spoiler: Until Shaft and Johnson, anyway.]]

* DirtyOldMan: Abraham Wright

* StoicSpectacles: Brewster's glasses emphasize his studiousness and seriousness, but in the eyes of Hope and Suzanne they help make him a {{Meganekko}}.

''Brewster [=McCloud=]'' is a 1970 BlackComedy/fantasy film, directed by Creator/RobertAltman. It was his follow-up to ''{{Film/MASH}}''.

Brewster (Creator/BudCort) is an odd young man living in the fallout shelter beneath the Houston Astrodome, who--under the guidance of the mysterious Louise (Creator/SallyKellerman)--is in the process of building a contraption that will enable him to fly. Meanwhile, the city of Houston has been terrorized by a string of murders. Hotshot detective Frank Shaft (Creator/MichaelMurphy) is brought in from San Francisco to investigate, and seems to be closing in on Brewster. In the middle of all this, kooky Astrodome tour guide Suzanne (Creator/ShelleyDuvall, in her acting debut) strikes up a relationship with Brewster, complicating things for everyone involved.

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[[caption-width-right:300:It is most definitely "something else".]]

Brewster (Creator/BudCort) is an odd young man who lives in the fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. Under the guidance of the mysterious Louise (Creator/SallyKellerman), he is in the process of building a contraption that will enable him to fly. Meanwhile, the city of Houston has been terrorized by a string of murders. Hotshot detective Frank Shaft (Creator/MichaelMurphy) is brought in from San Francisco to investigate, and seems to be closing in on Brewster. In the middle of all this, kooky Astrodome tour guide Suzanne (Creator/ShelleyDuvall, in her acting debut) strikes up a relationship with Brewster, complicating things for everyone involved.

Brewster (Creator/BudCort) is an odd young man who lives in the fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. Under the guidance of the mysterious Louise (Sally Kellerman), he is in the process of building a contraption that will enable him to fly. Meanwhile, the city of Houston has been terrorized by a string of murders. Hotshot detective Frank Shaft (Creator/MichaelMurphy) is brought in from San Francisco to investigate, and seems to be closing in on Brewster. In the middle of all this, kooky Astrodome tour guide Suzanne (Creator/ShelleyDuvall, in her acting debut) strikes up a relationship with Brewster, complicating things for everyone involved.

* FakeShemp: Stacy Keach and Margaret Hamilton weren't available for the final scene so they used stand-ins. Hamilton's replacement has her face covered by a flag, and since Keach was in heavy makeup anyway, it's not as noticeable.

* [[OneBookAuthor One Film Actor]]: Several cast members were Houston locals who never made another film. William Baldwin (Bernard) (no, not [[Creator/AlecBaldwin Alec's brother]]) was a college newspaper reporter who went to interview Altman and got cast in the film instead.

Brewster (Creator/BudCort) is an odd young man who lives in the fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. Under the guidance of the mysterious Louise (Sally Kellerman), he is in the process of building a contraption that will enable him to fly. Meanwhile, the city of Houston has been terrorized by a string of murders. Hotshot detective Frank Shaft (Michael Murphy) is brought in from San Francisco to investigate, and seems to be closing in on Brewster. In the middle of all this, kooky Astrodome tour guide Suzanne (Creator/ShelleyDuvall, in her acting debut) strikes up a relationship with Brewster, complicating things for everyone involved.

Brewster (Bud Cort) is an odd young man who lives in the fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. Under the guidance of the mysterious Louise (Sally Kellerman), he is in the process of building a contraption that will enable him to fly. Meanwhile, the city of Houston has been terrorized by a string of murders. Hotshot detective Frank Shaft (Michael Murphy) is brought in from San Francisco to investigate, and seems to be closing in on Brewster. In the middle of all this, kooky Astrodome tour guide Suzanne (Creator/ShelleyDuvall, in her acting debut) strikes up a relationship with Brewster, complicating things for everyone involved.

* AssholeVictim: Everyone who gets killed in the movie is a sorry excuse for a human being.

Brewster (Bud Cort) is an odd young man who lives in the fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. Under the guidance of the mysterious Louise (Sally Kellerman), he is in the process of building a contraption that will enable him to fly. Meanwhile, the city of Houston has been terrorized by a string of murders. Hotshot detective Frank Shaft (Michael Murphy) is brought in from San Francisco to investigate, and seems to be closing in on Brewster. In the middle of all this, kooky Astrodome tour guide Suzanne (Shelley Duvall, in her acting debut) strikes up a relationship with Brewster, complicating things for everyone involved.

* GreekChorus: The Lecturer, who doesn't narrate the story per se, but punctuates the action by comparing the behavior of birds to the behavior of the film's characters.

* {{Animorphism}}: The Lecturer (played by Rene Auberjonois) slowly transforms into a giant bird with each new appearance.