Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Filmography

Born:: November 11, 1922 in Indianapolis, IN
Occupation:: Actor, Screenwriter, Book Author, Play Author

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Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist

Actors: Jules Feiffer, Will Eisner, Denis Kitchen, Art Spiegelman, Ann Eisner

Synopsis: Will Eisner never became a household name, but ask nearly anyone who works in comics about him and they'll speak with admiration about one of the pioneering talents in the medium. Born in New York City in 1917, Eisner started drawing at a young age, and became involved in comics at a crucial point Read More

2007
Never Down

Actors: Robert La Sardo, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Mary Kelsey, Nick Damici, Alejandra Gutierrez

Synopsis: Released from prison after serving a five year sentence for armed robbery, ex-convict Rico (Robert La Sardo) attempts to reconnect with his ex-wife and daughter in director Robert Oppel's emotionally-charged drama. Prison life was never easy, but now Rico is torn between his allegiance those who Read More

2006
The American Ruling Class

Synopsis: John Kirby's satirical documentary The American Ruling Class features Harper's Magazine editor Lewis Lapham leading the viewer through a number of clips and interviews that question if America has developed a culture that runs the nation, or if it still is possible to rise up through hard work and Read More

2005
Biography of America: The Redemptive Imagination

Synopsis: Biography of America is a series designed to present American history as a contiguous narrative, not a randomly associated stream of events, people, and places. Each episode is designed to present a facet of American history from a wide variety of viewpoints and perspectives. Intended for use in Read More

2000
Breakfast of Champions

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Bruce Willis, Albert Finney, Nick Nolte, Barbara Hershey, Glenne Headly

Synopsis: In a small American town called Midland City, Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis) -- a loyal father, a successful car dealer, and a respected member of the community --lives with his wife Celia (Barbara Hershey), who's addicted to pills and TV shows, and his son Bunny (Lukas Haas), who is a weakling. Read More

9/17/99
Mother Night

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Nick Nolte, Sheryl Lee, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Kirsten Dunst

Synopsis: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. once summarized the moral of his novel Mother Night like so: "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." In Keith Gordon's film adaptation of Vonnegut's book, Nick Nolte stars as Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American playwright living in Read More

1996
Harrison Bergeron

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Sean Astin, Christopher Plummer

Synopsis: Sean Astin stars as the title character in this creepy made-for-cable adaptation of the Kurt Vonnegut classic. Set in a future America, where a small, elite group controls the masses, teen Harrison Bergeron is chosen to lead a movement that promotes mediocrity. Christopher Plummer stars as John Read More

1995
Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: This made-for-cable-TV anthology is comprised of four provocative tales from one of America's most famous idealistic cynics, Kurt Vonnegut. The stories are "All The King's Horses," "Next Door," "The Euphio Question," and "Fortitude." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1991
Back to School

Actors: Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon, M. Emmet Walsh, Robert Downey, Jr.

Synopsis: Self-made wealthy guy Rodney Dangerfield decides he needs a better education--and also to spend some time away from his cheating new wife. Dangerfield joins his son Keith Gordon at college. Dad hopes to gain his son's respect (isn't that always Dangerfield's motivation?), while son tries to fit in Read More

6/13/86
D.P.

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: D.P. is also known as Displaced Person, the original title of the Kurt Vonnegut short story from which this TV drama is adapted. As World War II winds down, a young black boy is raised by an order of nuns in a small German town. The locals tease the boy, claiming that his long-lost father is an Read More

1985
Slapstick of Another Kind

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Jerry Lewis, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, John Abbott, Jim Backus

Synopsis: This dismal sci-fi comedy is based on a novel by Kurt Vonnegut and features Jerry Lewis and Madeline Kahn in dual roles as wealthy, respected parents who give birth to two gigantic, and ugly twins. The appalled parents try to keep them hidden away for they do not know that their "children" are Read More

1982
Who Am I This Time?

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken

Synopsis: To overcome his shyness, hardware store clerk Christopher Walken gets involved with his local community theatre group. Proving himself a powerful stage presence, Walken is cast as Stanley Kowalski in the group's upcoming production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Still, he remains as bashful as ever Read More

1982
Slaughterhouse-Five

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Valerie Perrine

Synopsis: "Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time." These opening words of Kurt Vonnegut's famous novel make an effective and short summary of a haunting, funny film. For the screen, director George Roy Hill faithfully renders Vonnegut's black anti-war comedy about Pilgrim (well played in a low key by Michael Sacks Read More

1972
Happy Birthday, Wanda June

Crew: Play Author, Screenwriter

Actors: Rod Steiger, Susannah York, George Grizzard, Don Murray, William Hickey

Synopsis: Based on a play by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Happy Birthday, Wanda June takes us to the Ryan household, where Penelope Ryan (Susannah York) has learned to accept the death of her husband Harold, a supremely macho explorer and big game hunter who married her when she was working as a carhop. He Read More

1971
Trials of Franz Kafka