George Roy Hill's bold adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's popular novel focuses on the weird exploits of Billy Pilgrim (played by Sacks), a middle-aged optometrist who bounces back and forth from one stage of his life to another. Intercut are his devastating WW II experiences as a POW in
Dresden, where he lives through the Allies' disastrous bombing of the city; his postwar nervous breakdown; his marriage to the obese Gans; the raising of a daughter who grows up just like her mother and a son who goes from hippie to Green Beret; and Sacks's future stay on the planet Tralfamadore,
where he and beautiful adult-film star Perrine are closely observed by the Tralfamadorians....
Released:
1972
Rated:
R
Length:
104 mins