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Johnny Got His Gun
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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   4,182 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Dalton Trumbo (novel)
Dalton Trumbo (screenplay)
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Release Date:
14 August 1972 (Sweden) more
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The most shattering experience you'll ever live.
Plot:
Joe, a young American soldier, is hit by a mortar shell on the last day of World War I. He lies in a hospital bed in a fate worse than death... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations more
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(6 articles)
Trumbo (2007) (Short Ends and Leader)
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User Comments:
Easily the greatest film on war, EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more (61 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Don 'Red' Barry ... Jody Simmons (as Donald Barry)

Timothy Bottoms ... Joe Bonham
Craig Bovia ... Little Guy
Peter Brocco ... Ancient Prelate
Judy Howard Chaikin ... Bakery Girl
Kendell Clarke ... Hospital Offical
Eric Christmas ... Corporal Timlon
Dalton Trumbo ... Orator (as Robert Cole)
Maurice Dallimore ... British Colonel

Robert Easton ... Third Doctor

Kathy Fields ... Kareen
Larry Fleischman ... Russ
Eduard Franz ... Col. / Gen. Tillery
Anthony Geary ... Redhead (as Tony Geary)
Ed Gilbert ... Priest (as Edmund Gilbert)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
111 min
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Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" at the end of the film means, "It is sweet and proper to die for one's country." more
Quotes:
Joe: When it comes my turn, will you want me to go?
Father: For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Last Picture Show: A Look Back (1999) (V) more

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What is the statistics shown on screen just before the end credits?
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28 out of 46 people found the following comment useful.
Easily the greatest film on war, EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 27 August 2005
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Author: CommunistQuads from Chongqing, China

Just watch it. Pacifist for life. Nothing will ever change me after this. The most horrifying experience ever. Dalton Trumbo made this possibly the greatest book to film creation of all time. People who love war are simply not human, and this movie shows it perfectly. The acting is normal, and it should be. Johnny is a normal man, as all men who fight for the machine. The human condition has never been portrayed as real as this. I now see why trumbo was named one of the Hollywood 10. He was not a genius. He was a messenger with a gift for seeing reality.

Watch this film.

NOW!

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