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Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) Movie Overview
Slaughterhouse-Five is an award-winning 1972 film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s novel of the same name. The screenplay is by Stephen Geller and the film was directed by George Roy Hill. It stars Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, and Valerie Perrine, and features Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Holly Near, and Perry King. The scenes set in Dresden were filmed in Prague. The other scenes were filmed in Minnesota. Vonnegut wrote about the film soon after its release, in his preface to Between Time and Timbuktu: The film follows the novel in presenting a first-person narrative from the point of view of Billy Pilgrim, who becomes “unstuck in time” and experiences the events of his life in a seemingly random order, including a period spent on the alien planet of Tralfamadore. Particular emphasis is placed on his experiences during World War II, including the bombing of Dresden in World War II, as well as time spent with fellow prisoners of war Edgar Derby (played by Roche) and the psychopathic Paul Lazzaro (played by Leibman). His life as a husband to Valencia (played by Gans), and father to Barbara and Robert (played by Near and King respectively) are also depicted, as they live and sometimes even… Source
- Slaughterhouse-Five Movie Details
- Director: George Roy Hill
- Tagline: A Man Becomes Unstuck In Time In The Film That Became A Classic.
- Country: USA
- Run Time: 104 min | Canada:93 min (Ontario – edited version)
- Genre: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi , War
- Cast Overview
Michael Sacks as Billy Pilgrim- Ron Leibman as Paul Lazzaro
Eugene Roche as Edgar Derby- Sharon Gans as Valencia Merble Pilgrim
Valerie Perrine as Montana Wildhack- Holly Near as Barbara Pilgrim
Slaughterhouse-Five Movie Overview – Yahoo Movies
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972): Billy Pilgrim lives his life as one not-so random existance that blurs his past as a POW, his present as a middle-aged New York optometrist and his future as a zoo resident on the planet Tralfamadore. Source
Slaughterhouse-Five Movie Details from Imdb
“Listen: Billie Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.” The opening words of the famous novel are the quickest summary of this haunting, funny film. Director Hill faithfully renders for the screen Vonnegut’s obsessive story of Pilgrim, who survives the 1945 firebombing of Dresden, then lives simultaneously in his past as a young American POW, in the fut… Source
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