Johnny Got His Gun

Name: Johnny Got His Gun
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 1971-08-04
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland

The most shattering experience you'll ever live.

Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

Timing: 1:52 (112 min)

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Production

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Budget

$1 000 000

Revenue

$2 735

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Director

Dalton Trumbo

Actors

Timothy Bottoms, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Charles McGraw, Sandy Brown Wyeth, Don Barry, Peter Brocco, Kendell Clarke
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Scenario

Luis Buñuel

Producer

Bruce Campbell, Tom Tryon

Operator

Jules Brenner

Composer

Jerry Fielding

Artist

Audition

Tony Monaco

Editing

Millie Moore
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Short description

A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.

What's left behind the scenes

The film is based on a novel written by Dalton Trumbo in 1939, which was banned in the US during World War II due to its radical anti-war sentiments.
The scenes with Jesus were written and introduced into the script by Luis Buñuel (1900-1983).
The band Metallica was so impressed with the film that they bought the rights to it and used footage from it in their music video for the song 'One'.
The band Metallica was so impressed by the film that they purchased the rights to it and used footage from it in their music video for the song "One".
The scenes featuring Jesus were written and integrated into the script by Luis Buñuel (1900-1983).