Dalton Trumbo's Johnny got his gun
2009
DVD
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.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781603992602
Uniform Title: Johnny got his gun (Motion picture)
Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- digital video
- videodisc
- DVD
- video file DVD
Target Audience Note:
- Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated.
- MPAA rating: PG; mild language, crude humor and some thematic elements.
Other Title: Johnny got his gun.
Notes:
- Based on the novel by Dalton Trumbo.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
- 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 adaptation of Johnny got his gun starring James Cagney; "Johnny got his gun" article from American Cinematographer (1971); original theatrical trailer.
- Timothy Bottoms, Jason Robards, Kathy Fields, Donald Sutherland, Marsha Hunt, Diane Varsi.
- DVD, widescreen, NTSC.
- Closed-captioned.
- Winner, FFIPRESCI Prize, Cannes Film Festival, 1971 ; Winner, Grand Prize of the Jury, Cannes Film Festival, 1971.
Contents:
- Special features: Dalton Trumbo: rebel in Hollywood: the story behind Johnny got his gun (60 min.) (2006)
- interview with Timothy Bottoms (12 min.)
- rare behind-the-scenes footage with commentary by Timothy Bottoms and director of photography Jules Brenner (8 min.)
- radio adapation of Johnny got his gun starring James Cagney (30 min.) (1940)
- American Cinematographer article (1971)
- Metallica's music video "One" (8 min.)
- original theatrical trailer (2 minutes)
Publisher or Distributor Number: 10281966
Control Number: 3338271
UPC:
- 826663113129
- 826663113129
Subjects:
- Amputees -- Psychology -- Drama.
- Arm -- Amputation -- Drama.
- Leg -- Amputation -- Drama.
- Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries -- United States -- Drama.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals -- Drama.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American -- Drama.
Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Historical films.
- Personal narratives.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- War films.
Other Authors:
- Arch Oboler Productions (Firm)
- Bottoms, Timothy, 1949- actor.
- Brenner, Jules.
- Campbell, Bruce, producer.
- Dornisch, William P, film editor.
- Fielding, Jerry, 1922-1980, composer, conductor.
- Fields, Kathy, 1947- actor.
- Hunt, Marsha, 1917-2022, actor.
- Moore, Millie, film editor.
- Robards, Jason, actor.
- Roxbury Entertainment (Firm)
- Shout! Factory (Firm)
- Sutherland, Donald, 1935-2024, actor.
- Trumbo, Dalton, 1905-1976, screenwriter, director.
- Trumbo, Dalton, 1905-1976. Johnny got his gun.
- Varsi, Diane, actor.