Im a metalhead to the end but that doesn't mean I only enjoy metal, will listen to pretty much anyth...
Im a metalhead to the end but that doesn't mean I only enjoy metal, will listen to pretty much anything and will try everything at least once.
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Johnny Got His Gun is originally an anti-war novel published in 1939 by Dalton Trumbo, an American novelist. The novel was based on a true event where a soldier lost all his senses and all of his limbs. The film was released in 1971 and was re-released in 2009 on DVD. The 2009 DVD also includes a documentary titled Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood, the music video One by Metallica, cast interviews, the original trailer, a radio told version of the book from 1940 and behind the scenes commentary.
The name Johnny got his Gun was an American propaganda call for rallying young men to subscribe to the military.
Plot A young soldier, Joe Bonham, is hit by a mortar shell on the last day of World War One and subsequently loses all of his limbs and all of his senses along with the ability to speak though his mind functions perfectly leaving him a prisoner in his own crippled body. As the story progresses it details how Joe slowly realises his condition and starts to slowly go crazy and attempts to kill himself but is incapable. He also forms a bond with a nurse who realises that his mind is still functioning and tries to help him but to no avail. Throughout the story we see flash backs and images from Joe’s child hood and memories from his short time in the war and the last days he spent with his girlfriend.
The plot is very emotional as we see Joe’s plight and we are made to realise the horrors and the futility of war as we see this young man who has a happy future ahead of him cowering in a muddy mortar crater, scared out of his mind until his entire life is taken away in an instant an ironically on the last day of the war.
The way the film is laid out is great, it is pieced together slowly and we see how Joe copes with his condition through a variety of ways but it all comes slowly and leaves you thinking, ‘well, then what happened’. In my opinion the film is truly amazing and very thought provoking.
I first heard of this film through the American heavy metal/ thrash band Metallica’s first music video One and I highly recommend that you watch this for an overview of the film in a very dramatic way. An epic video.
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Production Year: 1970 - War - Director: Brian G. Hutton - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles, Gavin MacLeod
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