SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE
Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman
Universal Pictures; Directed by George Roy Hill
Rated R; 120 minutes; 1972
The first screen adaptation of a Kurt Vonnegut novel, SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE performs the remarkable task of faithfully capturing the popular novelist's complex vision and manic black humor. Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks), a buck-toothed Everyman, living in middle class America, becomes unstuck in time. In a dazzling cascade of time and space shuttles, Billy travels to the Planet Tralfamador where he lives his future with a glamorous movie star, and bounces through past events of his life.
Reviews
"One of the most daring, original and totally fascinating pictures ever made."
— Rex Reed, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
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