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The Resource Slaughterhouse-five, a Universal picture ; a George Roy Hill - Paul Monash production ; screenplay by Stephen Geller ; produced by Paul Monash ; directed by George Roy Hill ; a Universal-Vanadas Productions, Inc. picture

Slaughterhouse-five, a Universal picture ; a George Roy Hill - Paul Monash production ; screenplay by Stephen Geller ; produced by Paul Monash ; directed by George Roy Hill ; a Universal-Vanadas Productions, Inc. picture

Label
Slaughterhouse-five
Title
Slaughterhouse-five
Statement of responsibility
a Universal picture ; a George Roy Hill - Paul Monash production ; screenplay by Stephen Geller ; produced by Paul Monash ; directed by George Roy Hill ; a Universal-Vanadas Productions, Inc. picture
Title variation
  • Slaughter house-five
  • Slaughterhouse-5
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Cinematographer
Composer
Director
Editor of moving image work
Producer
Production designer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time. An otherwise typical soldier in WWII, without warning, he jumps back and forth in his life with no control over where he is going next. Sometimes he is an ophthalmologist at home in suburbia; deep in World War II Europe, surviving the Allied bombing of Dresden; on the planet Tralfamadore, being held captive by aliens in an intergalactic zoo--accompanied by a porn star. In the end, he learns that the many tragic and sometimes funny ironies of life--the randomness of tragedy, the cruelty and senselessness of war, and man's complete lack of control over his fate--remain constant
Awards note
Winner, George Roy Hill, of the Jury Prize at the 1972 Festival International du Film de Cannes.
Cataloging source
PAP
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Slaughterhouse-five (Motion picture)
Credits note
Director of photography, Miroslav Ondricek ; film editor, Dede Allen ; music, Glenn Gould ; production design by Henry Bumstead
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Rated R
Language note
In English with optional subtitles in French or Spanish; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
LC call number
  • PS3572.O5
  • PS3572.O5
LC item number
  • S5 2004 DVD
  • S5 2004
PerformerNote
Michael Sacks (Billy Pilgrim), Ron Leibman (Paul Lazzaro), Eugene Roche (Derby), Sharon Gans (Valencia), Valerie Perrine (Montana Wildhack), Holly Near (Barbara), Perry King (Robert), Kevin Conway (Weary), Friedrich Ledebur (German leader), Nick Belle (Young German guard), Sorrell Booke (Lionel Merble), Roberts Blossom (Wild Bob Cody), John Dehner (Rumfoord), Gary Waynesmith (Stanley), Richard Schaal (Campbell), Gilmer McCormick (Lily), Stan Gottlieb (Hobo), Karl Otto Alberty (German guard, Group two)
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1921-2002
  • 1917-2003
  • 1928-2004
  • 1948-
  • 1900-1986
  • 1930-1994
  • 1947-
  • 1933-
  • 1934-2015
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Hill, George Roy
  • Monash, Paul
  • Geller, Stephen
  • Sacks, Michael
  • Leibman, Ron
  • Perrine, Valerie
  • Roche, Eugene
  • Gans, Sharon
  • Near, Holly
  • King, Perry
  • Conway, Kevin
  • Ledebur, Frederick
  • Booke, Sorrell
  • Blossom, Roberts
  • Dehner, John
  • McCormick, Gilmer
  • Alberty, Karl Otto
  • Gould, Glenn
  • Ondříček, Miroslav
  • Allen, Dede
  • Bumstead, Henry
  • Vonnegut, Kurt
  • Universal Pictures (Firm)
  • Vanadas Productions
  • Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
104
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Vonnegut, Kurt
  • Time travel
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Dresden (Germany)
  • Vonnegut, Kurt
  • Voyages dans le temps
  • Dresde (Allemagne)
  • Viaje a través del tiemp
  • Time travel
  • Germany
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Slaughterhouse-five, a Universal picture ; a George Roy Hill - Paul Monash production ; screenplay by Stephen Geller ; produced by Paul Monash ; directed by George Roy Hill ; a Universal-Vanadas Productions, Inc. picture
Instantiates
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Title from disc surface
  • Based on the novel "Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
  • Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1972
  • Special features: Trailer [original theatrical trailer] (5 min.)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Unstuck in time (main titles) -- Behind enemy lines -- Time tripping -- Shock therapy -- Sink or swim -- Out of this world -- Electing a leader -- Beautiful city -- Schlachthof 5 -- Emergency entrance -- Either us or them -- Aftermath -- Alien abduction -- End of the world -- Time to mate -- Collection of moments -- Live again -- End titles
Control code
ocm55638063
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (1 hr., 44 min.)
Governing access note
Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions
Isbn
9780783291253
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
025192354922
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
videodisc
Publisher number
23549
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono; anamorphic widescreen, presentation aspect ratio 1.85:1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Slaughterhouse-five, a Universal picture ; a George Roy Hill - Paul Monash production ; screenplay by Stephen Geller ; produced by Paul Monash ; directed by George Roy Hill ; a Universal-Vanadas Productions, Inc. picture
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Title from disc surface
  • Based on the novel "Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
  • Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1972
  • Special features: Trailer [original theatrical trailer] (5 min.)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Unstuck in time (main titles) -- Behind enemy lines -- Time tripping -- Shock therapy -- Sink or swim -- Out of this world -- Electing a leader -- Beautiful city -- Schlachthof 5 -- Emergency entrance -- Either us or them -- Aftermath -- Alien abduction -- End of the world -- Time to mate -- Collection of moments -- Live again -- End titles
Control code
ocm55638063
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (1 hr., 44 min.)
Governing access note
Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions
Isbn
9780783291253
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
025192354922
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
videodisc
Publisher number
23549
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono; anamorphic widescreen, presentation aspect ratio 1.85:1
Video recording format
DVD

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