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In — In one version, uh, middle-age Billy Pilgrim
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

In — In one version, uh,middle-age Billy Pilgrim receives a crank phone callfrom a drunken...

In — In one version, uh,
middle-age Billy Pilgrim receives a crank phone call
from a drunken Vonnegut who taunts Billy
by telling him he’s a fictional character in
a book Vonnegut is writing

Full Transcript

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In — In one version, uh, middle-age Billy Pilgrim
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receives a crank phone call from a drunken Vonnegut
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who taunts Billy by telling him
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he’s a fictional character in a book Vonnegut is writing.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:12:23
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.
And remember, this is, you know, in the days before computers, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
And remember, this is, you know, in the days before computer...
Sometimes he’s halfway through the novel - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
Sometimes he’s halfway through the novel
You just see him persevering and rewriting again and again, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
You just see him persevering and rewriting again and again,
It’s like he’s not just trying to get a bead on the book; - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
It’s like he’s not just trying to get a bead on the book;...
And just when you think Dresden - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
And just when you think Dresden
[Edie Vonnegut] In 1969 when Slaughterhouse-Five came out, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
[Edie Vonnegut] In 1969 when Slaughterhouse-Five came out,
The current idol of the country’s - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
The current idol of the country’s
Slaughterhouse-Five was the breakthrough - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
Slaughterhouse-Five was the breakthrough
It was in the ugliest phase of the Vietnam War - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
It was in the ugliest phase of the Vietnam War
[Morley Safer] His gentle fantasies of peace - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
[Morley Safer] His gentle fantasies of peace
[Edie Vonnegut] Fans would come to the door, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
[Edie Vonnegut] Fans would come to the door,
[Nanny Vonnegut] The sudden money coming in - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
[Nanny Vonnegut] The sudden money coming in
I remember at the dinner table, he said, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
I remember at the dinner table, he said,
And then when that article came out - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:11
And then when that article came out
[Nanny Vonnegut] And I was getting attention, Edie was getting attention, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:12
[Nanny Vonnegut] And I was getting attention, Edie was getti...
I’ll never forget, she came into the kitchen and, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:13
I’ll never forget, she came into the kitchen and,
It was just after Easy Rider, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
It was just after Easy Rider,
But I told her, “Hey, listen, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
But I told her, “Hey, listen,
She says, “Really? Okay.” And we — we all came back, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
She says, “Really? Okay.” And we — we all came back,
I suspect that I’m 21 years old, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
I suspect that I’m 21 years old,