1971 Anti-War
film
Director: Dalton
Writer: Dalton
Cinematography: Jules Brenner
Running time: 111 minutes
Country: United
States
Tagline: The most shattering
experience you'll ever live.
Cast:
Timothy Bottoms
as Joe Bonham
Kathy Fields as Kareen
Marsha Hunt as Joe's Mother
Jason Robards as Joe's Father
Donald Sutherland as Christ
Charles McGraw as Mike Burkeman
Sandy Brown Wyeth as Lucky
Don 'Red' Barry as Jody Simmons (billed as Donald Barry)
Kathy Fields as Kareen
Marsha Hunt as Joe's Mother
Jason Robards as Joe's Father
Donald Sutherland as Christ
Charles McGraw as Mike Burkeman
Sandy Brown Wyeth as Lucky
Don 'Red' Barry as Jody Simmons (billed as Donald Barry)
Plot
Joe, a young American
soldier, is hit by a mortar shell on the last day of World War I. He lies in a
hospital bed in a fate worse than death --- a quadruple amputee who has lost
his arms, legs, eyes, ears, mouth and nose. He remains conscious and able to
think, thereby reliving his life through strange dreams and memories, unable to
distinguish whether he is awake or dreaming. He remains frustrated by his situation,
until one day when Joe discovers a unique way to communicate with his
caregivers.
Awards:
- FIPRESCI Prize-Dalton Trumbo-Cannes Film Festival
- Grand Prize of the Jury-
- Readers' Choice Award-Best Foreign Language Film
Trivia
Only a minor success at the
time of its release, this long-forgotten film became well known in 1989 when it
was incorporated in the Metallica video "One" (1989), which
turned it into a cult item.
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