Kurt Vonnegut
Know for: Acting
Born: 1922-11-11
Place of birth: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Also know as:
Mother Night (1996)
An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his...
Back to School (1986)
Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his...
Howard (2018)
Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely...
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: A Self-Portrait (1975)
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., discusses his development as a writer, including references to some of his major novels, his themes and their meaning, his...
Never Down (2007)
Rico reunites with his ex-wife after serving a five year prison term for armed robbery. Upon Rico's release he encounters old and new forces...
Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes (1983)
A documentary featured on BBC's Arena series in 1983. The author discusses his life, his work and his thoughts and opinions.
Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist (2007)
Arguably the most influential person in American comics, Will Eisner, as artist, entrepreneur, innovator, and visual storyteller, enjoyed a career...
Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots (2015)
He was one of the best-selling authors of the 20th Century. His books became movies. His writings became music. He became an icon. He was Kurt...
Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All... (2015)
An in-depth feature length documentary of one of America's greatest and least understood authors, Nelson Algren. This never before told compelling...
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)
A documentary 33 years in the making. A director and friend of Kurt Vonnegut seeks through his archives to create the first film featuring the...
The Painted Boy (1995)
"Malowany chlopiec" - The first major mystification of the Holocaust was the novel "The Painted Bird" by Polish Emigrant Jerzy Kosinski, who in his...
Breakfast of Champions (1999)
A millionaire car salesman who runs the biggest dealership in Midland City, Dwayne Hoover is a celebrity, loved and trusted by everyone. Then one...
Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
Today it's a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems and...
Between Time and Timbuktu (1972)
A poet-astronaut is shot through an area of space called the Chronosynclastic Infundibulum. He is duplicated into infinite copies of himself, each of...
Sicko (2007)
A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s...
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love (1974)
Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic. In this pilot, there were three different...
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater (2016)
Follows Elliot Rosewater, heir of a massive fortune controlled by the Rosewater Foundation, as he deals with the guilt surrounding his wealth. At the...
Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)
A hunter back from years in the Amazon finds his wife and life changed.
Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)
A hunter back from years in the Amazon finds his wife and life changed.
Faraway Eyes (2020)
Michael, a struggling actor, dies right after a bad breakup. He finds himself awakening in a very bright room with a very strange lady and learns...
Vonnegut's Cats Cradle (2013)
Jeremy explains to John issues he faced in college while John tries to consolidate his old friend while nursing beers.
2081 (2009)
2081 depicts a dystopian future in which, thanks to the 212th Amendment to the Constitution and the unceasing vigilance of the United States...
Breakfast of Champions (1999)
A millionaire car salesman who runs the biggest dealership in Midland City, Dwayne Hoover is a celebrity, loved and trusted by everyone. Then one...
Mother Night (1996)
An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his...
Who Am I This Time? (1982)
Harry is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater production, he becomes the part completely--while on...
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to...
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier (1991)
An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder in 1977,...
Daisy Petal Game (1978)
A three episode film consisting of three short films: "Promenade", "Poacher" and "Tattoo". The action of the films takes place in the 1930s in...
Who Am I This Time? (1982)
Harry is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater production, he becomes the part completely--while on...
2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be (2016)
In the year 2204, the Earth has become a dystopian wasteland. In order to maintain strict population levels, any newborn is only permitted to live if...
A Long Walk To Forever (1987)
When he hears that the girl next door is getting married, Newt goes AWOL from the Army and hitch-hikes home to convince her to marry him.
Harrison Bergeron (1995)
"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt...
Deer in the Works (1980)
David Potter, owner of a small town weekly newspaper, decides to get a more secure job. Despite his wife's misgivings, he applies to be a publicity...
The Man from Bagombo (2010)
Sitting in a bar, Petar Lard decides to ring up his former sweetheart.
Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
A rich, beautiful couple give birth to deformed alien twins who, when their heads are together, are the smartest kids on the planet.