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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.
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.
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 marked the feature film debut of David Soul, best known for his role in the popular 1970s television series Starsky and Hutch, and the last motion picture appearance of Kathy Fields.
