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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Recounting the extraordinary life of author Kurt Vonnegut, and the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it.

Director

Robert B. Weide, Don Argott

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Genre

Box Office

$60,389

Production

9.14 Pictures,Whyaduck Productions

Awards

4 wins & 3 nominations

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http://vonnegutdocumentary.com/

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[Nanny Vonnegut]
They were very passionate,
long letters, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Nanny Vonnegut] They were very passionate, long letters,

[Mark Vonnegut] I mean,
she believed in him - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Mark Vonnegut] I mean, she believed in him

[Ginger Strand]
One day, while he was
still working at GE, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Ginger Strand] One day, while he was still working at GE,

Yeah. Well, this is a letter
dated October 28, 1949. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Yeah. Well, this is a letter dated October 28, 1949.

[reading] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[continues reading] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

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[continues reading] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

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And father glued this to
a piece of Masonite - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

And father glued this to a piece of Masonite

“An oath, an oath,
I have an oath in Heaven: - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

“An oath, an oath, I have an oath in Heaven:

[laughing] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

In a period of a few months,
I had made more money than - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

In a period of a few months, I had made more money than

[Ginger Strand]
It quickly became apparent - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Ginger Strand] It quickly became apparent

At the end of 1950,
he handed in his notice to GE - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

At the end of 1950, he handed in his notice to GE

[birds chirping] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[birds chirping]

“and the stone garage
in West Barnstable - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

“and the stone garage in West Barnstable

“And the Barnstable
Comedy Club - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

“And the Barnstable Comedy Club

[Edie Vonnegut]
Barnstable was
a great place to write - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Edie Vonnegut] Barnstable was a great place to write

He cut all his safety nets by
quitting General Electric - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

He cut all his safety nets by quitting General Electric

To me, it was thrilling just to
go and — and film these sites, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

To me, it was thrilling just to go and — and film these site...

If someone had told
the high school me - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

If someone had told the high school me

I remember it being just a mess,
papers everywhere, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

I remember it being just a mess, papers everywhere,

♪[Muzak] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Your posture’s too good,
you know, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Your posture’s too good, you know,

Also, he’d have
his ankles crossed, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Also, he’d have his ankles crossed,

[clacking] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[typewriter clacking] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[typewriter clacking]

He took a break once
and wanted to sit me down - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

He took a break once and wanted to sit me down

And he said, “As soon as you
think life is turning up roses, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

And he said, “As soon as you think life is turning up roses,...

The magazines got
knocked out, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

The magazines got knocked out,

[Jerome Klinkowitz]
TV is now controlling
the entertainment industry, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Jerome Klinkowitz] TV is now controlling the entertainment ...

As he put it,
television came - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

As he put it, television came

[Jerome Klinkowitz]
Vonnegut realizes - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Jerome Klinkowitz] Vonnegut realizes

The problem was, he could get
an advance for a novel, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

The problem was, he could get an advance for a novel,

It pretty quickly disappeared
from the literary scene. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

It pretty quickly disappeared from the literary scene.

And then he spends 17 years
writing every day - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

And then he spends 17 years writing every day

I think he wrote
his best books here - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

I think he wrote his best books here

You could tell. He was always
talking about it, an idea. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

You could tell. He was always talking about it, an idea.

Just seeing what my —
the chapters in his life, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Just seeing what my — the chapters in his life,

[clicking] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

And I thought about it
and realized - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

And I thought about it and realized

[Edie Vonnegut]
The situation was - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Edie Vonnegut] The situation was

So a tragedy was coming,
it was inevitable, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

So a tragedy was coming, it was inevitable,

She had four sons, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

She had four sons,

And the horrible thing
that happened - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

And the horrible thing that happened

I think Allie’s death was
the biggest loss of his life. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

I think Allie’s death was the biggest loss of his life.

And I can’t bear to look at
photo albums, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

And I can’t bear to look at photo albums,

I — I think of all that’s gone
and will never come back. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

I — I think of all that’s gone and will never come back.

I mean, that was just the purest
type of love there is. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

I mean, that was just the purest type of love there is.

And she was able to say, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

And she was able to say,

The gesture that Kurt made
to take all four of us, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

The gesture that Kurt made to take all four of us,

[Mark Vonnegut]
He came back with the kids, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Mark Vonnegut] He came back with the kids,

And, uh, changed
everybody’s life. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

And, uh, changed everybody’s life.

Over night, our house
went from being - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Over night, our house went from being

We’d break into houses,
we’d break windows, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

We’d break into houses, we’d break windows,

We were
one-stop shopping for - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

We were one-stop shopping for

They would just pull into
the driveway - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

They would just pull into the driveway

All the other kids
loved it over there - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

All the other kids loved it over there

[Nanny Vonnegut]
It was just total chaos - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Nanny Vonnegut] It was just total chaos

[Edie Vonnegut]
Kurt’s studio was off
the end of the house. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Edie Vonnegut] Kurt’s studio was off the end of the house....

And he would come out
and just, “Shut up!” - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

And he would come out and just, “Shut up!”

You had to be
sort of on guard - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

You had to be sort of on guard

[Bob Weide]
Is there any way that you
would describe him as - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Bob Weide] Is there any way that you would describe him as

I don’t think he wanted too much
cuddling. [chuckles] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

I don’t think he wanted too much cuddling. [chuckles]

[Edie Vonnegut]
Kurt would roll around with
Sandy on the kitchen floor, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Edie Vonnegut] Kurt would roll around with Sandy on the kit...

Why doesn’t he wrestle with me
like that? [chuckles] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Why doesn’t he wrestle with me like that? [chuckles]

She sort of
trapped him in there - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

She sort of trapped him in there

[Jim Adams] Jane was always
washing clothes, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Jim Adams] Jane was always washing clothes,

He’d come out,
he’d make a sandwich, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

He’d come out, he’d make a sandwich,

And he would be smoking
and, you know, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

And he would be smoking and, you know,

And we’d have these
wonderful music times - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

And we’d have these wonderful music times

- He’d be doing poetry and —
- He’d be right there, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

- He’d be doing poetry and — - He’d be right there,

[Jim Adams] The next day,
it’d just all turn to shit, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Jim Adams] The next day, it’d just all turn to shit,

And therefore, when he’s going
from the study to the kitchen, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

And therefore, when he’s going from the study to the kitchen...

[typewriter clacking] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[typewriter clacking]

And it just amazed me that
this man lived downstairs. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

And it just amazed me that this man lived downstairs.

It’s pretty remarkable that
by the mid 1960s, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

It’s pretty remarkable that by the mid 1960s,

Cat’s Cradle,
which made him - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Cat’s Cradle, which made him

But Cat’s Cradle
and Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

But Cat’s Cradle and Sirens of Titan

[man]
He really emerged as a writer - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[man] He really emerged as a writer

Who cares?
None of this stuff is — - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Who cares? None of this stuff is —

It’s disappearing before it
even hits the stands, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

It’s disappearing before it even hits the stands,

It had never occurred to me that - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

It had never occurred to me that

I loved him for being fantastic
and creating religions - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

I loved him for being fantastic and creating religions

I mean, she could not believe
how great these were, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

I mean, she could not believe how great these were,

[Mark Vonnegut]
Jane would do anything
to help Kurt along, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Mark Vonnegut] Jane would do anything to help Kurt along,

You could tell that these were
not big financial boons - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

You could tell that these were not big financial boons

When I was 12, he sincerely
and utterly came to me - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

When I was 12, he sincerely and utterly came to me

The normal answer, uh,
for most people - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

The normal answer, uh, for most people

[Mark Vonnegut]
And he was given the assignment
of writing about - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

[Mark Vonnegut] And he was given the assignment of writing a...

His attempts to work
regular jobs - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

His attempts to work regular jobs

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Recounting the extraordinary life of author Kurt Vonnegut, and the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it.

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Director: Robert B. Weide, Don Argott

Writer: Robert B. Weide

Production: 9.14 Pictures,Whyaduck Productions

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 70/100

ImdbRating: 7.9

BoxOffice: $60,389

Released: 22 Jul 2022

Awards: 4 wins & 3 nominations

Homepage: http://vonnegutdocumentary.com/