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- 1972
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 44 m
- 1972
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 44 m
Summary A man named Billy Pilgrim tells the story of how he became unstuck in time and was abducted by aliens.
Directed By: George Roy Hill
Written By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Stephen Geller
- 1972
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 44 m
- 1972
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 44 m
Slaughterhouse-Five
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Summary A man named Billy Pilgrim tells the story of how he became unstuck in time and was abducted by aliens.
Directed By: George Roy Hill
Written By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Stephen Geller
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
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Captivating 1972 adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's novel, starring Michael Sacks as the time-tripping hero. [09 Jul 1998]
George Roy Hill's very professional, very entertaining 1972 adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's time-traveling novel, with the pseudoprofundities nicely tucked into place as peppy one-liners and narrative tricks.
A wild, noisy, sometimes very funny film that eventually becomes as unstuck in its own exuberance as its hero, Billy Pilgrim, the Illium, N. Y., optometrist, is unstuck in time.
Slaughterhouse-Five is a mechanically slick, dramatically sterile commentary about World War II and afterward, as seen through the eyes of a boob Everyman. Director George Roy Hill's arch achievement emphasizes the diffused cant to the detriment of characterizations, which are stiff, unsympathetic and skin-deep.
Occasionally Hill comes up with some nice touches of the unexpected: a few moments of black humour, the suggestion of a deliberate pastiche here and there, but on the whole he's too resolutely fashionable a director to really get behind Vonnegut's idea of time-tripping. It ends up the wrong side of unadventurous.
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Production Company
Vanadas Productions
Release Date Mar 15, 1972
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating R
Tagline He survived the deadliest day on Earth! To enjoy the sexiest night in outer space!
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
