103 mins |
Rated
M (Offensive Language)
The Lumiere and Park Circus proudly present the 50th Anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut's SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE.
Middle-aged optometrist Billy Pilgrim suddenly finds that he has become unstuck in time. He is randomly thrown back and forth through the events of his life. He is forced to relive the time when he was captured as a POW by the Germans while serving as an infantryman in World War II and survived the Allied bombing of Dresden in 1945, through a dull middle-class post-War married life, to the far-flung future where he and Hollywood starlet Montana Wildhack have been abducted by aliens and placed as exhibits in a zoo on the planet Tralfamadore.
A real curiosity which disconcerted critics and public alike on its release, remains a classic of science fiction cinema.
“A Cannes winner of the time, Slaughterhouse–Five is one of the best grown-up movies you’ve never seen, a wise, satirical and important story that sees several great talents realise a difficult text.” – Film Authority
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The Lumiere and Park Circus proudly present the 50th Anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut's SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE.
Middle-aged optometrist Billy Pilgrim suddenly finds that he has become unstuck in time. He is randomly thrown back and forth through the events of his life. He is forced to relive the time when he was captured as a POW by the Germans while serving as an infantryman in World War II and survived the Allied bombing of Dresden in 1945, through a dull middle-class post-War married life, to the far-flung future where he and Hollywood starlet Montana Wildhack have been abducted by aliens and placed as exhibits in a zoo on the planet Tralfamadore.
A real curiosity which disconcerted critics and public alike on its release, remains a classic of science fiction cinema.
“A Cannes winner of the time, Slaughterhouse–Five is one of the best grown-up movies you’ve never seen, a wise, satirical and important story that sees several great talents realise a difficult text.” – Film Authority
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