Johnny Got His Gun
Summary:
The author of the famous late 1930's antiwar book Johnny Got His Gun wrote and directed this film adaptation. It concerns a nameless young soldier (Timothy Bottoms) in a veteran's hospital in the World War I period. The young man has had his face blown off, he is without the use of any of his senses save touch, and also has no arms or legs. He is in a coma at the beginning of the f... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Don "Red" Barry - (Jody Simmons)
Timothy Bottoms - (Johnny)
Craig Bovia - (Little Guy)
Peter Brocco - (Ancient Prelate)
Judy Howard Chaikin - (Bakery Girl)
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Review:
Though he wrote the novel in 1939, when Hollywood Ten survivor Dalton Trumbo finally got to transform Johnny Got His Gun (1971) into a film, it had become all the more timely. A relentlessly grim antiwar allegory about a World War I soldier left with only his mind intact, Johnny Got His Gun spoke to the Vietnam era disgust with the hollow ... Continue >>
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