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Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was an American writer known for his satirical and darkly humorous books. He published 14 novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works over six decades; and further works have been published since his death.
Total trailers found: 32
29 May 2009
2081 depicts a dystopian future in which, thanks to the 212th Amendment to the Constitution and the unceasing vigilance of the United States Handicapper General, everyone is "finally equal.
08 November 1981
Today it's a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems and ingenious solutions that marked the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.
01 November 1991
An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder in 1977, with commentary from those involved, including Peltier himself.
01 May 1974
Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic.
18 May 2007
A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States whose main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives.
13 June 1986
Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college.
18 February 1999
A millionaire car salesman who runs the biggest dealership in Midland City, Dwayne Hoover is a celebrity, loved and trusted by everyone.
01 November 1996
An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war.
22 April 2018
Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable.
15 July 2021
Michael, a struggling actor, dies right after a bad breakup. He finds himself awakening in a very bright room with a very strange lady and learns that he is in singles Purgatory, where he must find his soul mate in order to cross over to the other side.
15 March 1972
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.
02 February 1982
Harry is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater production, he becomes the part completely--while on stage.
19 November 2021
A documentary 33 years in the making. A director and friend of Kurt Vonnegut seeks through his archives to create the first film featuring the revolutionary late writer.
13 August 1995
"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt Vonnegut's futuristic short story Harrison Bergeron.
09 December 1982
A rich, beautiful couple give birth to deformed alien twins who, when their heads are together, are the smartest kids on the planet.
01 January 1980
David Potter, owner of a small town weekly newspaper, decides to get a more secure job. Despite his wife's misgivings, he applies to be a publicity writer at the mammoth Ilium Works.
01 October 2010
Sitting in a bar, Petar Lard decides to ring up his former sweetheart.
08 March 1983
A documentary featured on BBC's Arena series in 1983. The author discusses his life, his work and his thoughts and opinions.
10 October 1987
When he hears that the girl next door is getting married, Newt goes AWOL from the Army and hitch-hikes home to convince her to marry him.
01 January 2007
Rico reunites with his ex-wife after serving a five year prison term for armed robbery. Upon Rico's release he encounters old and new forces conspiring to bring him down and tear him between what he holds dear and what he most fears.
22 August 1975
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., discusses his development as a writer, including references to some of his major novels, his themes and their meaning, his relationship to other writers, problems in sustaining his special vision of American life, and his future.
13 March 1972
A poet-astronaut is shot through an area of space called the Chronosynclastic Infundibulum. He is duplicated into infinite copies of himself, each of whom finds himself in a bizarre situations on a different world.
14 June 1995
"Malowany chlopiec" - The first major mystification of the Holocaust was the novel "The Painted Bird" by Polish Emigrant Jerzy Kosinski, who in his book describes himself as an abandoned child who became mute, ended up in an orphanage and only later discovers his Jewish origin.
09 May 2015
An in-depth feature length documentary of one of America's greatest and least understood authors, Nelson Algren.
09 December 1971
A hunter back from years in the Amazon finds his wife and life changed.
24 April 2016
In the year 2204, the Earth has become a dystopian wasteland. In order to maintain strict population levels, any newborn is only permitted to live if another person's life is traded in and a receipt issued.
27 July 2016
Follows Elliot Rosewater, heir of a massive fortune controlled by the Rosewater Foundation, as he deals with the guilt surrounding his wealth.
06 May 1985
Displaced Person is a 1985 Emmy award winning drama based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. It was directed by Alan Bridges and adapted by Fred Barron from a story in the Welcome to the Monkey House collection.
11 September 1978
A three episode film consisting of three short films: "Promenade", "Poacher" and "Tattoo". The action of the films takes place in the 1930s in Estonia.
01 January 2013
Jeremy explains to John issues he faced in college while John tries to consolidate his old friend while nursing beers.
25 April 2007
Arguably the most influential person in American comics, Will Eisner, as artist, entrepreneur, innovator, and visual storyteller, enjoyed a career that encompassed comic books from their early beginnings in the 1930s to their development as graphic novels in the 1990s.
28 December 2015
"Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots" is a documentary examining how Kurt Vonnegut’s upbringing in Indianapolis shaped his life and work, drawing on archival material and interviews with family, friends, and fellow writers.
