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Johnny Got His Gun: Special Edition

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Dalton Trumbo directs this screen version of his own searing anti-war novel
Certificate: 12
Running Time: 106
Retail Price: £15.99
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
On the last day of the First World War a young solider (Joe) is involved in an explosion. He wakes up in hospital a shell of the man he used to be. Now without his arms and legs, the use of his eyes, ears or mouth yet remaining conscious and still able to reason he struggles to decipher between reality and nightmares. Trapped inside his own mind when he finally learns how to communicate he asks that he be used as a shocking demonstration of the horrors of war or be left to die.
 
Johnny Got His Gun inspired Metallica's Grammy Awarding winning song 'One', making the film famous to a new generation of MTV viewers and young audiences around the world.

Special Features:
• Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood
• Deleted nude scene
• Metallica 'One' video
• Trailer
• Booklet

Video Tracks:
Anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 English

Directed By:
Dalton Trumbo

Written By:

Starring:
Donald Sutherland
Jason Robards
Marsha Hunt
Kathy Fields
Timothy Bottoms

Casting By:
Tony Monaco

Soundtrack By:
Jerry Fielding

Director of Photography:
Jules Brenner

Editor:
Millie Moore

Costume Designer:
Theadora Van Runkle

Production Designer:
Harold Michelson

Producer:
Christopher Trumbo
Tony Monaco
Bruce Campbell

Distributor:
Arrow Films

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