Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) 7.0
A man tells his story of how he became unstuck in time and abducted by aliens. Director:George Roy Hill |
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Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) 7.0
A man tells his story of how he became unstuck in time and abducted by aliens. Director:George Roy Hill |
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Michael Sacks | ... | |
| Ron Leibman | ... | ||
| Eugene Roche | ... |
Edgar Derby
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Sharon Gans | ... |
Valencia Merble Pilgrim
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| Valerie Perrine | ... |
Montana Wildhack
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Holly Near | ... |
Barbara Pilgrim
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| Perry King | ... |
Robert Pilgrim
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| Kevin Conway | ... |
Roland Weary
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Friedrich von Ledebur | ... |
German Leader
(as Friedrich Ledebur)
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Ekkehardt Belle | ... |
Young German Guard
(as Nick Belle)
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| Sorrell Booke | ... |
Lionel Merble
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| Roberts Blossom | ... |
Wild Bob Cody
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| John Dehner | ... |
Prof. Rumfoord
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Gary Waynesmith | ... |
Stanley
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Richard Schaal | ... | |
"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 future as a well-cared-for resident of a zoo on the planet Tralfamadore, and in the present as a middle-aged optometrist in Ilium, N.Y. Written by Anonymous
This is a very clever, thoughtful, well made movie. It succeeded in doing what I thought was nearly impossible, i.e. to put this amazing book on film. There are one or two small points that keep me from giving this picture anything higher than a 7, the main one being Ron Liebman playing the Paul Lazzaro role - highly irritating. Other than that, a brave and imaginative, clever, witty film that I would heartily recommend to anyone.