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Johnny Got His Gun is an anti-war novel written in 1938 by American novelist Dalton Trumbo and published in September 1939 by J. B. Lippincott. The novel won one of the early National Book Awards: the Most Original Book of 1939. A 1971 film adaptation was written and directed by Trumbo.
Johnny Got His Gun is a 1971 American independent epic anti-war film written and directed by Dalton Trumbo, in his directorial debut, based on his 1938 novel of the same name. The film stars Timothy Bottoms , Kathy Fields , Marsha Hunt , Jason Robards , Donald Sutherland and Diane Varsi .
Aug 4, 1971 · Johnny Got His Gun: Directed by Dalton Trumbo. With Timothy Bottoms, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt, Jason Robards. During World War I, a patriotic young American is rendered blind, deaf, limbless, and mute by a horrific artillery shell attack.
Hit by an artillery shell in World War I, Joe has suffered injuries that have all but erased his humanity: he's lost his sight, speech, hearing and sense of smell.
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Johnny Got His Gun Full Book Summary. Joe Bonham lies injured in a hospital bed. While conscious, Joe thinks back over scenes from his past: the night of his father's death and the night before he left his girlfriend Kareen to go to World War I.
Published in 1939, Johnny Got His Gun is about a WWI soldier who wakes in a hospital and is forced to come to terms with his horrific injuries. The book is heavy, claustrophobic, disturbing, joyous at times, manic at others, and all-around soul crushing.
During World War I, a patriotic young American is rendered blind, deaf, limbless, and mute by a horrific artillery shell attack. Trapped in what's left of his body, he desperately looks for a way to end his life.
After a shell leaves his body mangled on the final day of World War I, young Joe Bonham lies trapped in a hospital bed. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 7 days to finish once started.
Sep 22, 2008 · A filmed live theater performance starring Ben McKenzie of the Off-Broadway stage monologue adapted from Dalton Trumbo's classic anti-war novel. The story of a young American soldier hit by an artillery shell on the last day of the First World War.
A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.
