The most shattering experience you'll ever live.
A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.
- Body horror
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Grave, earnest, overwhelming and contemplative.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Timothy BottomsJoe Bonham
- Kathy FieldsKareen
- Marsha HuntJoe's Mother
- Jason RobardsJoe's Father
- Donald SutherlandChrist
- Charles McGrawMike Burkeman
- Sandy Brown WyethLucky
- Don 'Red' BarryJody Simmons
- Peter BroccoAncient Prelate
- Kendell ClarkeHospital Offical
Crew
- Dalton TrumboDirector
- Dalton TrumboScreenplay
- Luis BuñuelWriter
- Dalton TrumboNovel
- Jules BrennerDirector of Photography
- Jerry FieldingOriginal Music Composer
- Millie MooreEditor
- Bruce CampbellProducer
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