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[Gregory Sumner] Trout was based on
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Trout was based on an actual science fiction writernamed Theodore Sturgeon

[Gregory Sumner]
Trout was based on an actual science fiction writer
named Theodore Sturgeon

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[Gregory Sumner] Trout was based on
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an actual science fiction writer named Theodore Sturgeon.
Duration
6 seconds
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25
Timestamp in Movie
01:06:40
Uploaded
May 07, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
9.14 Pictures,Whyaduck Productions

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Movie Summary

Recounting the extraordinary life of author Kurt Vonnegut, and the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it.
Vonnegut met him when he was down on his luck - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
Vonnegut met him when he was down on his luck
So he admired Sturgeon but he also saw — - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
So he admired Sturgeon but he also saw —
[Kurt Vonnegut] “Trout’s employer and co-workers - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
[Kurt Vonnegut] “Trout’s employer and co-workers
I think, psychologically, Kilgore Trout - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
I think, psychologically, Kilgore Trout
One woman said that Kilgore in the different books - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
One woman said that Kilgore in the different books
I think it’s pretty clear that he’s an alter ego of Kurt’s. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
I think it’s pretty clear that he’s an alter ego of Kurt’s....
Most authors will say that, you know, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
Most authors will say that, you know,
My position is it’s all I have to talk about, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
My position is it’s all I have to talk about,
[Jerome Klinkowitz] In 1965, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
[Jerome Klinkowitz] In 1965,
- [cow bells clanking] - [mooing] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:15
- [cow bells clanking] - [mooing]
Most of the other MFA students, they hadn’t read him. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
Most of the other MFA students, they hadn’t read him.
They had written him off on the basis of his reputation - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
They had written him off on the basis of his reputation
It was very compelling to me to be in the presence of - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:15
It was very compelling to me to be in the presence of
[Nanny Vonnegut] And we had a crummy little house we rented, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
[Nanny Vonnegut] And we had a crummy little house we rented,
For the first time, he met other writers, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
For the first time, he met other writers,
Nelson Algren, Richard Gates, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
Nelson Algren, Richard Gates,
He suddenly felt like, oh, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
He suddenly felt like, oh,
It led to the breakthrough of him discovering - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
It led to the breakthrough of him discovering
Hanging around these other creative people, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
Hanging around these other creative people,
I was working on my famous book about Dresden.” - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
I was working on my famous book about Dresden.”