{"id":393,"date":"2014-07-01T23:57:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T23:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=393"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:48:52","slug":"slaughterhouse-five-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=393","title":{"rendered":"Slaughterhouse Five-1972"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Slaughterhouse Five-1972<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director George Roy Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #84<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/972612.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1000\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/972612-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"972612\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/972612-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/972612.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed July 1, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Slaughterhouse-Five, adapted from the novel of the same name and made in 1972, is a dream-like visual experience through cinematic time.<\/p>\n<p>The main character (Billie Pilgrim) is a World War II soldier who survives a horrific explosion during the war, and he, along with the viewer, floats through time to relive, but not change, three other periods in his life.<\/p>\n<p>It is a first-person narrative.<\/p>\n<p>As a senior during the most engaging period, he is transported to a lavish planet in outer space where he falls in love with a Goddess.<\/p>\n<p>There is a certain anti-war sentiment to the film, and it is certainly cerebral, unique, mesmerizing, and tough to explain, but it is dreamy and clever, and, after 30-plus years, is surprisingly fresh. It should be experienced.<\/p>\n<p>It is a science fiction type of film.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite scene is the humorous, yet tragic, runaway Cadillac scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slaughterhouse Five-1972 Director George Roy Hill Starring Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman Scott&#8217;s Review #84 Reviewed July 1, 2014 Grade: A- Slaughterhouse-Five, adapted from the novel of the same name and made in 1972, is a dream-like visual experience through cinematic time. The main character (Billie Pilgrim) is a World War II soldier who survives a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=393\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Slaughterhouse Five-1972<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,49,192,9396,10797,9398,9926,9399,103,9371,9400,9401],"tags":[66,252,193,9397,10806,9402,9930,9403,105,9375,9404,9405],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1972-films","category-comedies","category-dramas","category-george-roy-hill","category-gilmer-mccormick","category-michael-sacks","category-perry-king","category-ron-leibman","category-scifi","category-sorrell-booke","category-valerie-perrine","category-warren-frost","tag-1972-movie-reviews","tag-comedies","tag-dramas-2","tag-george-roy-hill","tag-gilmer-mccormick","tag-michael-sacks","tag-perry-king","tag-ron-leibman","tag-sci-fi-films","tag-sorrell-booke","tag-valerie-perrine","tag-warren-frost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22635,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions\/22635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}