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Slaughterhouse-Five Movie Review

Starring: Michael Sacks, Valerie Perrine
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"This 1972 film (oddly sandwiched between director Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Little Big Man") brought Kurt Vonnegut's bestselling novel to the big screen. Billy Pilgrim is a plain everyguy who (like Vonnegut) survived capture by the Germans in World War II and the firebombing of Dresden in 1945. He's become "unstuck in time" -- bouncing between his wartime experiences; his "present" as an optometrist with a ballooning wife, dog, and two kids in Ilium, New York (and a near-fatal plane crash in the mountains that lays him up in the hospital); and a future, distant life as an exhibit in the zoo on the planet Tralfamadore (with the companionship of exotic dancer Montana Wildhack). The movie may be a bit puzzling for viewers who have not read the book, but it's nicely done, with a Glenn Gould score that leans heavily on Bach's Goldberg Variations and Brandenburg Concertos."
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Time Travel: - a lot of past and future travel
Time Travel Story? Yes
To what time period? - 1900-1960's

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - doctor
Age: - long lived adults
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Body type - very skinny (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - introspective
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Body type - ample chest & buttocks (female)
Unclothed? - chest
How much in movie? - 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average Intelligence
Physical condition - average physique
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
Earth setting: - medium future 22-24th century - 20th Century (1950-1970) - 20th Century (1900-1950)
A substantial portion of this movie takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - inhabited by friendly aliens
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside our solar system? Yes
Forests? Yes
Big cities? Yes
Misc settings - prison
Kind of city - Beautiful sparkling advanced city

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - vauge references only - seeing breasts
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a - book
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