Slaughterhouse-Five (film)
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| Directed by | George Roy Hill |
| Produced by | Paul Monash |
| Screenplay by | Stephen Geller |
| Based on |
Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| Starring |
Michael Sacks Ron Leibman Valerie Perrine |
| Music by | Glenn Gould |
| Cinematography | Miroslav Ondrícek |
| Edited by |
Dede Allen Stephen Rotter (assistant editor) |
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| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
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Release date
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March 15, 1972 |
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Running time
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104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Slaughterhouse-Five is a 1972 anti-war/sci fi film based on Kurt Vonnegut's novel of the same name about a writer who tells a story in random order of how he was a soldier in World War II and was abducted by aliens. 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 (Sacks), 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 firebombing of Dresden, as well as time spent with fellow prisoners of war Edgar Derby (Roche) and the psychopathic Paul Lazzaro (Leibman). His life as a husband to Valencia (Gans), and father to Barbara (Near) and Robert (King) are also depicted, as they live and sometimes even enjoy their life of affluence in Ilium, New York. A "sink-or-swim" scene with Pilgrim's father is also featured. The scenes of extraterrestrial life on Tralfamadore feature Hollywood starlet Montana Wildhack (Perrine).
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