HealtH (also known as Health and H.E.A.L.T.H.) is a 1980 American ensemble comedy film, the fifteenth feature project from director Robert Altman. It stars Carol Burnett, Glenda Jackson, James Garner, Lauren Bacall, and Paul Dooley, and was written by Altman, Dooley and Frank Barhydt. The film's title is an acronym for "Happiness, Energy, and Longevity through Health".
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An advertisement for the film in The New York Times, April 1982 | |
Directed by | Robert Altman |
Produced by | Robert Altman |
Written by | Frank Barhydt Robert Altman Paul Dooley |
Starring | Carol Burnett Glenda Jackson James Garner Lauren Bacall Paul Dooley Alfre Woodard |
Music by | Joseph Byrd |
Cinematography | Edmond L. Koons |
Edited by | Tony Lombardo Dennis Hill Tom Benko |
Production company | Lion's Gate Films |
Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | US$6 million:84 |
A parody and satire of the U.S. political scene of the time, HealtH is set at a health food convention at a Florida luxury hotel, where a powerful political organization is deciding on a new president. The election is rife with backroom deals and scandal; a businessman, Colonel Cody, is out to rig the votes and the outcome. Dick Cavett and Dinah Shore, two television talk show personalities of the time, are mentioned prominently in the film.
HealtH was made by Robert Altman's company, Lion's Gate Films (no relation to Lionsgate Films), in early 1979. It was the director's last film for the 20th Century-Fox studio, which shelved its official release for over two years. Despite this, it received festival showings and a brief Los Angeles run during 1980. The film was broadcast on various U.S. television stations over the years, including The Movie Channel and Fox Movie Channel, but has never been issued on home video.
Screenplay
Bearing similarities to Altman's 1975 film Nashville, along with a plotless structure,:128 HealtH chronicles the progress of a health-food convention held at a luxury hotel in St Pete Beach, Florida. As the convention takes place, the members of an organization called HealtH hold a campaign to find out who will become its President. (Their name stands for "Happiness, Energy and Longevity through Health"; it also serves as their slogan.:113) The candidates are Esther Brill, an 83-year-old afflicted with narcolepsy who calls herself "the first lady of health"; Isabella Garnell, who is serious against commercialism and materialism; and Dr. Harold (Gil) Gainey, a salesperson-turned-independent.:82:113
On the first day of the conference, The Steinettes (a female quartet dressed in green and yellow) introduce Dick Cavett, who is hosting his show on location and covering the details of the event. He interviews Gloria Burbank and Esther Brill, two of the candidates competing for the new Presidency of the HealtH organization. Burbank, a White House representative, has been sent to this venue on the President of the United States' behalf. Later that day at the hotel lounge, Burbank's ex-husband:113 Harry Wolff plans to re-schedule the Cavett interview, due to difficulties with Brill during her profile. The moment Burbank heads to her room, Gil Gainey (a minor candidate) stops her and debates on the worth of her strategy.
On the morning of the second day, several conventioneers notice a seemingly dead body sunk to the bottom of the pool from their balconies. Harry Wolff and the President's advisor on health, Gloria Burbank, are chatting by the deep end of the pool. Gloria then dives into the pool, not realizing there is a body floating on the bottom. As she approaches it, she finally sees it and screams in fear, heading back to the surface. Some other men dive in to rescue the drowned body, but it turns out that Gainey had been using an oxygen tank in order to play a publicity stunt.:113
That night, Garnell announces a serious message from the top of the hotel through her loudspeaker; many guests take notice, and some complain. Around that time, a businessperson named Colonel Cody arrives at the conference, and heads to Garnell's room to interrogate and find out her plans.
Next morning, Harry finds out that Burbank is beginning to support Garnell, and thinks that this is not right. Later on, while discussing breastfeeding and abortion with Brill, Burbank is astonished that Garnell and Brill were actually born male. After serving in the Army, both had sex change operations in 1960. Bobby Hammer, a dirty tricks specialist, actually concocted this revelation to trick Burbank.:82
After another discussion with Brill, Burbank enters the empty convention hall, where Cody interrupts her. He finds her title, and the ideals of the HealtH organization, worthless. Ashamed and in tears, Burbank is shocked that he controls not only HealtH, but also the ongoing election; he even plans to rig the votes and the outcome. She runs back to tell Wolff on Cody's scheme. As the couple start making love, Burbank is worried that it will be all over for her if Garnell wins. Harry, however, assures her that Garnell is still a woman anyway.
On the fourth and final day, the results of the HealtH election are announced live on Cavett's show, and Esther Brill comes out as the victor. Burbank and her ex-husband watch on from their balcony outside, and also take a glimpse at Cody proposing an offer to Brill. Some time later, Cody, who turns out to be her harmless nut brother, gets into a fit of anger, knocking down everything in his path, and demands to get away immediately.
With the HealtH convention over, another one involving hypnotists is taking root at the hotel.:385 Before he and the candidates leave, Cavett briefly greets Dinah Shore,:476 the host on hand for this event.:385 As the HealtH sign is taken down in front of the hotel, the Steinettes perform a Broadway-style show tune that closes the film.
Name | Character | Description | Source |
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Carol Burnett | Gloria Burbank | A candidate for the HealtH election, and a White House representative. She becomes sexually aroused whenever she is frightened.:383 Burnett appeared in another Altman film, 1979's A Wedding. |
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Lauren Bacall | Esther Brill | An 83-year-old virgin:113:383 who is the most popular pick for the election; her motto is "Free Yourself".:383 Suffering from narcolepsy, she drifts into sleep every time she tries finishing a sentence, and also believes that orgasms shorten a woman's life by 28 days.:383 | |
Glenda Jackson | Isabella Garnell | Brill's rival in the HealtH campaign,:383 she borrows her speeches from Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson:113 and commits her thoughts to a tape recorder.:383 | |
James Garner | Harry Wolff | Gloria Burbank's ex-husband,:113 and Esther Brill's campaign manager.:383 | |
Paul Dooley | Dr. Gil Gainey | A salesperson for "Vita-Sea", a powdered kelp product.:113 Twice in the film, he pretends to drown in a pool in order to receive publicity, after his part in the campaign gets little attention.:383 His character is similar to John Triplette in Altman's Nashville.:113 Dooley co-scripted HealtH along with Altman and Barhydt.:82 | |
Henry Gibson | Bobby Hammer | Specializes in dirty tricks in the political field.:82 To convince Burbank that Garnell is a transsexual, he disguises himself as a female navy officer.:82 | |
Alfre Woodard | Sally Benbow | An African-American, and the hotel's public relations director.:383 At one point in the film, she observes that the convention's guests may not be as healthy as they seem. | |
Donald Moffat | Colonel Cody | A businessperson who claims to own not only the convention, but the government as well.:384 He is actually Esther Brill's brother, Lester.:82 | |
Dick Cavett | Himself | A talk show host at hand for the coverage of the HealtH events. | |
Dinah Shore | Herself | Appears at the end of the film in a small cameo, as she prepares for a hypnotists' convention.:385 | |
Nancy Foster | Gilda Hoffintz | A Jewish model who is also Bobby Hammer's girlfriend | |
Nathalie Blossom | The Steinettes | An a cappella quartet from Greenwich Village, New York,:1-D who are dressed in different outfits during the convention. Gerard Plecki calls their songs "ironic commentary on the health crisis implied in the film".:113 | |
Julie Janney | |||
Patty Katz | |||
Diane Shaffer |
Under the supervision of Alan Ladd, Jr., head of 20th Century-Fox,:128 director Robert Altman
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