
Slaughterhouse-Five

Billy Pilgrim lives —from time to time to time…
- 1972
- Rated R
- 1h 40m
- Drama
- Science Fiction
- War
Overview
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (1972) and the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film (1973)
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Nominations
3 award nominations, including the Golden Globe for New Star of the Year: Actor (1972)
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Box office
Made on a $3.2M budget
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Based on
Based on the novel Slaughterhouse-Five
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Filming locations
Filmed in the Czech Republic
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Setting
Set in New York, Dresden and Tralfamadore
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Music
Music by Glenn Gould
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Miroslav Ondříček
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Stephen GellerScreenplay
- Kurt VonnegutNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 15, 1972
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $3.2M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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