Slaughterhouse Five Movie Review 1972

A suburban optometrist becomes "unstuck" in time and flits randomly through the experiences of his life, from the Dresden bombing to an extraterrestrial zoo. Noticed at Cannes but not at theatres; ambitious failure to adapt Kurt Vonnegut's odd novel.

Distribution

Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, Phone: (818)407-9100, Email: inquiries@image-entertainment.com, URL: http://www.image-entertainment.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 104 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Books to Film: Kurt Vonnegut, Minnesota, World War II, Alien Beings--Vicious

Screenplay

Stephen Geller

Cast

Sharon Gans, Roberts Blossom, Michael Sacks, Valerie Perrine, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Perry King

Cinematography

Miroslav Ondricek

Director

George Roy Hill

Music

Glenn Gould

Producer

Mark Huffam

Awards

Cannes 1972: Special Jury Prize.