| Release Date: | Mar 1972 |
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| Genres: | War / Drama / Sci-Fi / Comedy |
| Awards: | Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations |
| Runtime: | 104 min |
| Cast: | Michael Sacks (Billy Pilgrim), Ron Leibman (Paul Lazzaro), Eugene Roche (Edgar Derby), Sharon Gans (Valencia Merble Pilgrim) Valerie Perrine (Montana Wildhack) Holly Near (Barbara Pilgrim) Perry King (Robert Pilgrim) Kevin Conway (Roland Weary) Friedrich von Ledebur (German Leader (as Friedrich Ledebur)) Ekkehardt Belle (Young German Guard (as Nick Belle)) Sorrell Booke (Lionel Merble) Roberts Blossom (Wild Bob Cody) John Dehner (Prof. Rumfoord) Gary Waynesmith (Stanley) Richard Schaal (Howard W. Campbell Jr.) |
"Listen: Billie Pilgrim has come unstuck in time." The opening words of the famous novel are the quickest summary of this haunting, funny film. Director Hill faithfully renders for the screen Vonnegut's obsessive story of Pilgrim, who survives the 1945 firebombing of Dresden, then lives simultaneously in his past as a young American POW, in the future as a well-cared-for resident of a zoo on the planet Tralfamadore, and in the present as a middle-aged optometrist in Ilium, N.Y.
