Slaughterhouse-Five
Turkish title: Mezbaha No.5
“Billy Pilgrim lives —from time to time to time…”
1972 · 1 h 44 min
Directed by 
George Roy Hill
George Roy HillCast
Michael Sacks Ron Leibman 
Valerie Perrine
Credits
Written by: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Plot
A man who has come unstuck in time moves between his experience of the bombing of Dresden, his life in America and an alien zoo. After Kurt Vonnegut.
Sinekatalog’s take
George Roy Hill's adaptation of Vonnegut hops through time with a man unstuck in it. Playful and sad, it captures the book's tone well, though its fragments sometimes feel too neat.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (15,133 votes)
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