Slaughterhouse Five

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s classic novel comes to life in this haunting and darkly humorous film from acclaimed director George Roy Hill. Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks) is an ordinary World War II soldier with one major exception: he has mysteriously become unstuck in time.

Billy goes on an uncontrollable trip back and forth from his birth in New York to life on a distant planet and back again to the horrors of the 1945 fire-bombing of Dresden. This dazzling and thought-provoking drama co-stars Ron Leibman and Valerie Perrine.

Critic Reviews:

• " About as close an adaptation to Vonnegut's humanist triumph as possible. A moving work despite its flaws. " – Evan Dossey

• " provocative " – John A. Nesbit

• " The film captures the essence of the book even while diverging from it. Vonnegut himself always claimed to be extremely pleased with it. " – Christopher Lloyd