| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen, NTSC. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Timothy Bottoms, Jason Robards, Kathy Fields, Donald Sutherland, Marsha Hunt, Diane Varsi. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Jules Brenner ; composer and conductor, Jerry Fielding. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Dalton Trumbo. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1971. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG; mild language, crude humor and some thematic elements. |
| Summary |
After a shell leaves his body mangled on the final day of World War I, young Joe Bonham lies trapped in a hospital bed. He is a fully conscious quadruple amputee who cannot speak, hear or see. He is left to wander within his own mind and goes between his harsh reality and memories of a happier life long gone. Delve into the mind of a man lost somewhere on the edges of sanity and insanity, life and death. |
| Note |
Special features: "Dalton Trumbo: rebel in Hollywood" documentary (2006); new interview with Timothy Bottoms; music video "One" by Metallica; rare behind-the-scenes footage with commentary by Timothy Bottoms and director of photography Jules Brenner; 1940 radio adapation of Johnny got his gun starring James Cagney; "Johnny got his gun" article from American Cinematographer (1971); original theatrical trailer. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Amputees -- Psychology -- Drama.
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Arm -- Amputation -- Drama.
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Leg -- Amputation -- Drama.
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Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries -- United States -- Drama.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
War films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Campbell, Bruce.
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Trumbo, Dalton, 1905-1976.
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Bottoms, Timothy, 1949-
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Robards, Jason.
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Fields, Kathy, 1958-
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Sutherland, Donald, 1935-2024
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Hunt, Marsha, 1917-2022
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Varsi, Diane.
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Fielding, Jerry, 1922-1980.
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Trumbo, Dalton, 1905-1976.
Johnny got his gun.
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Roxbury Entertainment (Firm)
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Arch Oboler Productions (Firm)
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Shout! Factory (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Johnny got his gun |
| ISBN |
9781603992602 |
| Standard No. |
826663113129 |
| Music No. |
SF11312 Shout! Factory |
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