Slaughterhouse Five (film)

SlaughterhouseFive is a 1972 antiwarsci fi film based on Kurt Vonneguts novel of the same name about a writer who tells a story in random order of how he was a soldier in WW2 and was abducted by aliens. The screenplay is by Stephen Geller and the film was directed by George Roy Hill. It stars Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, and Valerie Perrine, and features Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Holly Near, and Perry King. The scenes set in Dresden were filmed in Prague. The other scenes were filmed in Minnesota.

The film follows the novel in presenting a firstperson narrative from the point of view of Billy Pilgrim Sacks, who becomes unstuck in time and experiences the events of his life in a seemingly random order, including a period spent on the alien planet of Tralfamadore. Particular emphasis is placed on his experiences during World War II, including the bombing of Dresden in World War II, as well as time spent with fellow prisoners of war Edgar Derby Roche and the psychopathic Paul Lazzaro Leibman. His life as a husband to Valencia Gans, and father to Barbara Near and Robert King are also depicted, as they live and sometimes even enjoy their life of affluence in Ilium, New York. A sinkorswim scene with Pilgrims father is also featured. The scenes of extraterrestrial life on Tralfamadore feature Hollywood starlet Montana Wildhack Perrine.In addition to the condensation, there are a number of differences between the novel and the film, including the following ........

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