HealtH
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.
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Released
- 1980
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1980
Storyline
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.
Top credits
Carol Burnett — Gloria Burbank
Glenda Jackson — Isabella Garnell
James Garner — Harry Wolff
Lauren Bacall — Esther Brill
Did you know
• A music-clearance issue has kept it from ever being released on video or DVD.
• According to Robert Altman, Bacall's and Jackson's portrayals were based on Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. In fact, Glenda Jackson as Isabella Garnell had many of her speeches lifted from Stevenson.
• The hotel which hosted the health convention in the film was the Don CeSar Beach Hotel in St Petersburg Beach (St Pete Beach), Florida.
User reviews
The Health of Nations
A film way ahead of its time....
Good Altman
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color
