Slaughterhouse-five [Blu-ray] / 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.
Title and credits from screen. Based on the novel "Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1972. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: audio commentary by Troy Haworth; And so it goes (21:05 ; new video appreciation with Kim Newman); Pilgrim's progress: Playing Slaughterhouse-Five (14:07 ; an interview with actor Perry King); Only on Earth: Presenting Slaughterhouse-Five (8:41 ; an interview with Rocky Lang, son of producer Jennings Lang, who discusses his father's career before, during and after the production of this film) Unstuck in time: Documenting Slaughterhouse-Five (14:38 ; an interview, with behind the scenes filmmaker Robert Crawford, Jr. discussing his efforts on the marketing); Eternally connected: Composing Slaughterhouse-Five (11:36 ; features film music historian Daniel Schweiger discussing the film's interesting score that features Glenn Gould performances ; Trailer [original theatrical trailer] (5 min.); Reversible Sleeve features original and newly commissioned artwork by Corey Brickley. Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions. 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).
Contents:
Unstuck in time (main titles) -- Behind enemy lines -- Time tripping -- Shock therapy -- Sink or swim -- Out of this world -- Electing a leader -- Beautiful city -- Schlachthof 5 -- Emergency entrance -- Either us or them -- Aftermath -- Alien abduction -- End of the world -- Time to mate -- Collection of moments -- Live again -- End titles.
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.
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