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Slaughterhouse Five - WOW! What a great movie! I had wanted to see this film for a long time, after reading the book in my mid teens.
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George Roy Hill's adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's whimsical antiwar black comedy-an immensely popular novel at the time of the film's release because of its implicit condemnation of the war in Vietnam-stars Michael Sacks as the placid Billy Pilgrim. He's become 'unstuck in time', as the author describes him, or more prosaically, he's had a nervous breakdown as a result of a recurrence of the trauma of witnessing the horrific Allied firebombing of Dresden in 1945. The desultory narrative has Billy jumping from his war experience to his future on the planet Tralfamadore with the buxom Montana Wildhack (Valerie Perrine), then to an episode of shock therapy, then to an episode in his childhood, and then to his life as a relatively unhappy suburban optometrist. Throughout, the naive Billy remains a curious mixture of kindness and detachment, the best combination of qualities one could have, the author seems to imply, for surviving in a world of meaningless suffering. Vonnegut's novel may be unfilmable, and Hill may have been too cautious a choice as director, but he does a good job of conveying many of the qualities of the author's elusive style. Michael Sacks possesses the requisite air of innocence for his role, and Ron Liebman gives a great performance as a choleric fellow G.I.
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A marvellous excursion...the writing is pungent. The antics uproarious, the wit as sharp as a hypodermic needle.
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George Roy Hill's adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's whimsical antiwar black comedy-an immensely popular novel at the time of the film's release because of its implicit condemnation of the war in Vietnam-stars Michael Sacks as the placid Billy Pilgrim. He's become 'unstuck in time', as the author describes him, or more prosaically, he's had a nervous breakdown as a result of a recurrence of the trauma of witnessing the horrific Allied firebombing of Dresden in 1945. The desultory narrative has Billy jumping from his war experience to his future on the planet Tralfamadore with the buxom Montana Wildhack (Valerie Perrine), then to an episode of shock therapy, then to an episode in his childhood, and then to his life as a relatively unhappy suburban optometrist. Throughout, the naive Billy remains a curious mixture of kindness and detachment, the best combination of qualities one could have, the author seems to imply, for surviving in a world of meaningless suffering. Vonnegut's novel may be unfilmable, and Hill may have been too cautious a choice as director, but he does a good job of conveying many of the qualities of the author's elusive style. Michael Sacks possesses the requisite air of innocence for his role, and Ron Liebman gives a great performance as a choleric fellow G.I.
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| Leading Role: | Michael Sacks, Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Ron Leibman, Valerie Perrine, Valerie Perrine |
| Director: | George Roy Hill, George Roy Hill |
| Producer: | Paul Monash |
| Score Composer: | Glenn Gould |
| Features | |
| Region: | Region 2 |
| Release Format: | DVD |
| Rating: | UK:15 |
| Genre: | Science Fiction |
| Running Time: | 98 min. |
| EAN: | 5050582420746 |
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Underrated little known movie - Simply Excellent!
Created: 10/11/08
) Slaughterhouse Five - WOW! What a great movie! I had wanted to see this film for a long time, after reading the book in my mid teens.
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 (in his first film), Ron Leibman, and Valerie Perrine.
The basis of the story is the central character 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, (Semi-autobiographical as Kurt Vonnegut was in Dresden during this time as a prisoner of war) as well as time spent with fellow prisoners of war Edgar Derby and the psychopathic Paul Lazzaro (played by Leibman).
Billy's life as a husband to Valencia, and father to Barbara and Robert are also depicted, as they live and sometimes even enjoy their life of affluence in Ilium, New York. The scenes of extraterrestrial life on Trafalmador feature Hollywood starlet and fellow abductee Montana Wildhack (played by Perrine). You may be thinking WTF?? But the film is an excellent interpretation of a book (like all Vonnegut’s major works) that straddles Science Fiction, fantasy, social commentary, and dark comic humour.
But these disparate elements are drawn together with a subtle hand, and watching the movie is an experience that will stay with you for many days afterwards. The acting and direction is top notch, and very quickly you empathise and accept the "normalness" of Billy's predicament, and therefore experience the gut wrenching shock as Billy is randomly pulled from one instance of his life to another.
Vonnegut said of the movie "I love George Roy Hill and Universal Pictures, who made a flawless translation of my novel Slaughterhouse-Five to the silver screen ... I drool and cackle every time I watch that film, because it is so harmonious with what I felt when I wrote the book."
If Vonnegut liked the movie, and you like Vonnegut's novels, then what are you waiting for?!?!?!
- Kilgore Trout
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 (in his first film), Ron Leibman, and Valerie Perrine.
The basis of the story is the central character 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, (Semi-autobiographical as Kurt Vonnegut was in Dresden during this time as a prisoner of war) as well as time spent with fellow prisoners of war Edgar Derby and the psychopathic Paul Lazzaro (played by Leibman).
Billy's life as a husband to Valencia, and father to Barbara and Robert are also depicted, as they live and sometimes even enjoy their life of affluence in Ilium, New York. The scenes of extraterrestrial life on Trafalmador feature Hollywood starlet and fellow abductee Montana Wildhack (played by Perrine). You may be thinking WTF?? But the film is an excellent interpretation of a book (like all Vonnegut’s major works) that straddles Science Fiction, fantasy, social commentary, and dark comic humour.
But these disparate elements are drawn together with a subtle hand, and watching the movie is an experience that will stay with you for many days afterwards. The acting and direction is top notch, and very quickly you empathise and accept the "normalness" of Billy's predicament, and therefore experience the gut wrenching shock as Billy is randomly pulled from one instance of his life to another.
Vonnegut said of the movie "I love George Roy Hill and Universal Pictures, who made a flawless translation of my novel Slaughterhouse-Five to the silver screen ... I drool and cackle every time I watch that film, because it is so harmonious with what I felt when I wrote the book."
If Vonnegut liked the movie, and you like Vonnegut's novels, then what are you waiting for?!?!?!
- Kilgore Trout
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