Slaughterhouse-five / a Universal Picture ; a George Roy Hill / Paul Monash production ; screenplay by Stephen Geller ; produced by Paul Monash ; directed by George Roy Hill ; a Universal / Vanadas Productions, Inc. picture.

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Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time. An otherwise typical soldier in WWII, without warning, he jumps back and forth in his life with no control over where he is going next. Sometimes he is an ophthalmologist at home in suburbia; deep in World War II Europe, surviving the Allied bombing of Dresd...

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Uniform Title:Slaughterhouse-five (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Universal Pictures (Firm)
Vanadas Productions, Inc. (Firm)
Other Authors: Hill, George Roy, 1921-2002
Monash, Paul, 1917-2003
Geller, Stephen
Sacks, Michael
Leibman, Ron
Perrine, Valerie
Roche, Eugene, 1928-2004
Gans, Sharon
Vonnegut, Kurt
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional subtitles in English for the hearing impaired, French, or Spanish.
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures : Distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2004], ©2004.
Edition:Widescreen [edition].
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Time travel > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Drama.
War films.
Feature films.
Horror films.
Fantasy films.
Science fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
War films.
Feature films.
Horror films.
Fantasy films.
Science fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Slaughter house-five.
Slaughterhouse-5.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time. An otherwise typical soldier in WWII, without warning, he jumps back and forth in his life with no control over where he is going next. Sometimes he is an ophthalmologist at home in suburbia; deep in World War II Europe, surviving the Allied bombing of Dresden; on the planet Tralfamadore, being held captive by aliens in an intergalactic zoo--accompanied by a porn star. In the end, he learns that the many tragic and sometimes funny ironies of life--the randomness of tragedy, the cruelty and senselessness of war, and man's complete lack of control over his fate--remain constant.
Note:Based on the novel "Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1972.
Special features: Trailer [original theatrical trailer] (5 min.).
Videorecording.
Call Number:AQ3 D0036239 VideoDVD
PS3572.O5 S55 2004 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: Rated R.
Awards:Winner, George Roy Hill, of the Jury Prize at the 1972 Festival International du Film de Cannes.
ISBN:9780783291253
0783291256
Credits:Director of photography, Miroslav Ondricek ; film editor, Dede Allen ; music, Glenn Gould ; production design by Henry Bumstead.
System Details:DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono; anamorphic widescreen, presentation aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Cast:
Michael Sacks (Billy Pilgrim), Ron Leibman (Paul Lazzaro), Eugene Roche (Derby), Sharon Gans (Valencia), Valerie Perrine (Montana Wildhack), Holly Near (Barbara), Perry King (Robert), Kevin Conway (Weary), Friedrich Ledebur (German leader), Nick Belle (Young German guard), Sorrell Booke (Lionel Merble), Roberts Blossom (Wild Bob Cody), John Dehner (Rumfoord), Gary Waynesmith (Stanley), Richard Schaal (Campbell), Gilmer McCormick (Lily), Stan Gottlieb (Hobo), Karl Otto Alberty (German guard, Group two).