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	Slapstick (book) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Slapstick, or Lonesome No More is a 1976 science fiction novel by American author Kurt Vonnegut.
		The book was adapted into the 1984 film Slapstick of Another Kind.
		It is concerned with the life story of Dr. Wilbur Daffodil-11 Swain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slapstick_(book) (353 words)

	'Slaughterhouse Five: The Novel and the Movie
		Another mainstay is his use of historical and fictional sources, and yet another is his preference for description over dialogue.
		The film opens with a scene that is not directly in the novel in which an older Billy types a letter to the editor of the local paper explaining what he is experiencing.
		One instance of the film succeeding in adapting a transition from the novel into an original filmic transition occurs as Billy is having his picture taken while a prisoner of war.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/4953/kv_novel_vs_movie.html (3056 words)

	Rogue Cinema - Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982) — By Albert Walker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Along with 1999's Breakfast of Champions with Bruce Willis, Slapstick (Of Another Kind) is one of the worst adaptations of a Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
		Suddenly, the film jumps ahead fifteen years, and the first thing we learn is that gas is now $1000 a gallon (Boy, in the early '80s, inflation sure was a bitch, wasn't it?).
		In the film's one mildly amusing bit (which is all the more sad because it happens in the final five minutes), a glow surrounds the Swains' house and a toy car rolls by itself, just like in Spielberg's film.
	www.roguecinema.com /article204.html (1556 words)

	Rotten Tomatoes Forums - SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE: Literary "Movie of the Week" #1
		Slapstick (of Another Kind), Happy Birthday, Wanda June, and the completely vile (except for Albert Finney’s Kilgore Trout) Breakfast of Champions are among the worst films ever made.
		Both films were made at the peak of US/Vietnam fiasco and each personalized the horrors of war by centering on one individual with the atrocities of WW1 and the bombing of Dresden standing in for the then-current war overseas.
		One particular moment in the film that I liked was when they showed various close-ups of the young and old citizens in Dresden (actually Prague where it was filmed) and the wonderful architecture as the allied troops marched through.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=268420 (2834 words)

	Slapstick of Another Kind (1984)
		In the book, for example, Wilbur is writing in a decayed future where he has become the President of the US after everybody else either died off or was disinterested in the job and where he lives in the ruins of the Empire State Building.
		Like most Vonnegut screen adaptations, the film misses the unique essence of Vonnegut — Vonnegut specializes in a kind of sadly ironic pessimism, his is a comically absurd outlook where human endeavour seems foolish in the face of an uncaring universe.
		The film occasionally rises to create a certain degree of bathos for the two separated twins in its latter half, but mostly it exists down at the level of custard pie fights — its major set-pieces involve no more than the twins running about causing chaos.
	www.moria.co.nz /sf/slapstick.htm (479 words)

	Flare Sci-Fi Forums: Nebula Awards 20
		It is kind of weird, being about a man who gains the ability to travel around via the minds of dogs, and what he sees, and where his life ultimately leads him, this last including cyborgs and aliens.
		Another alternate history story, this one about Adolf Eichmann, featuring a different end to the European part of WWII, and a different fate for Eichmann, involving cloning and memory duplication and six million deaths, as well as a study into the roots of human evil.
		Another film my parents exposed me to as a young child via the magic of outdated video equipment.
	flare.solareclipse.net /cgi2/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=000527 (1960 words)

	Steven Paul @ Filmbug UK
		When he was 20 years old, Paul wrote, produced, directed, starred in and raised the $3.2 million budget for the motion picture Falling in Love Again with Susannah York, Elliot Gould and a then unknown Michelle Pfeiffer in her feature film debut.
		Two years later he wrote, produced and directed Slapstick based upon Vonnegut's novel of the same name and starring Jerry Lewis, Marty Feldman, and Madeline Kahn.
		He is very active in the American Film Market as a member of the AFMA Board of Directors and is spearheading a committee containing most of the major independent companies with the intention of coming up with ideas that could prepare them for the changing years ahead.
	www.filmbug.co.uk /db/35772 (519 words)

	Rogers Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		At age 24 he was given full liberty and complete power over his own film productions, he decided on depicting the life of one of the worlds most powerful men, media tycoon Randolph Hearst, the film called Citizen Kane.
		Though the film was critical gold, the film was fllisted by the Hollywood elite; afraid of what Hearst would do to them if they supported the film.
		All his films were applauded by critics and hailed by elite film audiences, but Welles was unable to escape the kibosh the Hearst legacy had put on him, he sunk more and more into his own darkness until his credibility as an actor and filmmaker were lost behind his madness.
	www.rogersvideo.ca /cast.asp?id=1315 (213 words)

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		In 1949 they made their film debut in George Marshall's My Friend Irma, and their supporting work proved so popular with audiences that their roles were significantly expanded for the sequel, the following year's My Friend Irma Goes West.
		With financing from the Swedish-based Cinema and Film Enterprises, in 1972 Lewis mounted The Day the Clown Cried, a disturbing tale focusing on a famous clown forced by the Nazis to lead children to their deaths in the gas chambers.
		The dismal Slapstick of Another Kind also arrived in 1984, with only small roles in the 1987 telefilm Fight for Life and Susan Seidelman's 1989 effort Cookie, as well as an extended supporting turn in the television series Wiseguy.
	www.deanandjerry.com /Biography.htm (1292 words)

	What A Character! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Bug-eyed British comedian Marty Feldman’s performance as “Igor” in Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein is so memorable that it may surprise some that his total career output was as thin as it was, but for many year’s Feldman had more success as a comedy writer for radio and television than as an actor.
		With a look that would have served him well during the silent film era, his bug-eyes were due to Hyperthyroidism.
		Neither film met with much success at the box-office or critically.
	www.what-a-character.com /cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=FeldmanM (210 words)

	The Complete Kurt Vonnegut Web Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Released in 1972, it was directed by George Roy Hill and it brought Vonnegut wide attention.
		This film version of Slapstick was produced as a feature film in 1984.
		Another adaption of a short story of the same name produced for Showtime in 1995.
	www.kurt-vonnegut.com /other.shtml (239 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Breakfast of Champions at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Slapstick of Another Kind starring Jerry Lewis, is certainly one of the stranger films I've ever had the chance to see, but in the end is completely unsuccesful (though the book itself wasn't one of Vonnegut's strongest works).
		The film's plot basically stays true to Vonnegut's novel - which is both its blessing and ultimately its downfall.
		Rudolph's film - in a rather daring move - goes out of its way to capture the inner workings of Hoover's mind, and Bruce Willis actually does a fairly credible job of portraying this crazy Vonnegut creation.
	www.epinions.com /content_91896254084 (997 words)

	Jerry Lewis - TheBestLinks.com - Actor, France, March 16, The Simpsons, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Joseph Levitch (born March 16, 1926), better known as Jerry Lewis, is an American comedian and actor known for his wacky, slapstick humor, and his charity fund-raising telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
		He starred in the 1983 film The King of Comedy, a seriocomic film in which he plays a late-night TV host plagued by an obsessive fan.
		In 1984, he was nominated for Worst Actor for his role in Slapstick of Another Kind.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Jerry_Lewis.html (357 words)

	4/25/02: The Missing Rejected Scores (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A few rejected film scores have received a wide amount of attention despite being unheard for years, especially Herrmann's Torn Curtain and North's 2001.
		The 28:19 Legrand recorded for the film was included on FSM's recent CD of John Williams replacement score.
		Doyle was recovering from leukemia when he scored this film about a woman dying of cancer and they still threw out his music, claiming he wasn't available to make changes.
	www.filmscoremonthly.com /articles/2002/25_Apr---Missing_Rejected.asp (1267 words)

	Reviews: July 2001 (concluded)
		Finally, the highly accessible cluster of essays on the 1996 film of Mother Night may hold the most interest for non-scholarly readers, both for the expansion on a single theme and for the relatively recent vintage of the object under study.
		But Branagh is so eccentric that few will bring his film into the classroom, so the essay seems instantly dated.
		R.H.: "We have a solid kind of heraldry..." Claeys: "We have a solid king of heraldry..." [21].
	www.depauw.edu /sfs/birs/bir84b.htm (4284 words)

	Slaughterhouse Five (1972)
		As a film adaptation it suffered from the usual “need to have read the book for the film to make any sense, and it doesn’t when you have” gripes.
		(1970), another popular film of the era that also eviscerated its source work, but this is something that seems to emerge in random bizarre bursts all over the place.
		But the film is not without its small successes - some of the double-takes that occur when Michael Sachs flips from one period to the other are often amusing.
	www.moria.co.nz /sf/slaughterhouse5.htm (663 words)

	20th-Century American Bestsellers
		I have called it “Slapstick” because it is grotesque, situational poetry--like the slapstick film comedies, especially those of Laurel and Hardy, of long ago.
		It is about what life feels like to me.” (Slapstick or lonesome no more!, Kurt Vonnegut, 1976) The characters and conflicts of Slapstick, however, transcend the limitations of an autobiographical novel, offering the social and human commentary which has characterized all of Vonnegut’s works.
		While in a unique form, Slapstick, also offers the same insightful exaggeration and magnification of problems which existed in Vonnegut’s contemporary society, but which continue to be problems for humanity.
	www3.isrl.uiuc.edu /~unsworth/courses/bestsellers/search.cgi?title=Slapstick (3238 words)

	See This Great Movie!!!!!! - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Another good movie I have seen in the last two years was Bringing Out The Dead, starring Nicolas Cage.
		Obviously Marty Feldman is Jewish, but he is totally excellent in any film, and he isn't portrayed as being a flashy overman anyway.
		In other words, this might be the best pro-white film ever made, unless one is made about an all-out pro-white victory against all scum at once.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=6410 (1227 words)

	Wisconsin Film Office - Wisconsin Stars & Films (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Films Include: Autumn Heart, Vig, The Lay of the Land, The Aviator, Movers and Shakers, Zoot Suit, Speed Trap, Telefon, The Enforcer, The Adultress, Play It As It Lays, Angel Unchained, John and Mary.
		Films Include: Con Air, Alien: Resurrection, The Fan, Nixon, Father of the Bride Part II, Seven (aka Se7en), Bushwacked, On Deadly Ground, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Army of One, Brain Smasher… A Love Story, Knights, Menace II Society, Chain of Desire.
		Films: Hands Across the Table; Alice Adams; Gilded Lady; Double Indemnity; The Egg and I; Caine Mutiny; The Shaggy Dog; The Apartment; The Absent Minded Professor; Son of Flubber.
	www.filmwisconsin.org /wisconsinstars/stars2.htm (4591 words)

	Rent Janice Beard 45 wpm. DVD rentals from ScreenSelect - the new online way to rent DVDs in the UK. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Not as sentimental as films in the vein of 'Four Weddings', which is a tick in the plus column.
		The main problem I had with the film, is that is doesn't actually raise any laughs.
		I've sat through some bad films in my time, but this is no doubt the worst.
	www.screenselect.co.uk /visitor/product_detail.html?product_id=4844&rrefertag=iofilmrent&promotion_code=IOFILM21 (398 words)

	Various Vonnegut Adaptations
		"The worst thing about film, from my point of view, is that it cripples illusions which I have encouraged people to create in their heads.
		Released in 1971, this film adaptation of Vonnegut's play of the same name was directed by Mark Robson and starred William Hickey (who played the role of Stony Stevenson in BTT).
		This wonderful movie was adapted for film by Stephen Geller and directed by George Roy Hill.
	www.ipass.net /brianrodr/vonnegut/adapt.html (680 words)

	Sam Fuller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		His films were part of a loose movement that upped the ante on violence and tension, heightened a certain noir romanticism (the individual against society, lovers on the run.) and explored new forms of psychological characterisation.
		Fuller's films are all about drives, impulses, emotional states that are imprinted on the social being, as traces of ideological socialisation, as much as they issue from within the hearts, minds and guts of individuals.
		And Fuller's films - with their heterogeneous mixes of footage, their hallucinatory dream sequences (especially in Shock Corridor), their plot trajectories of reporting and transmission, their clashes of sound and image - are also prophetic of the role of 'the audiovisual' in our modern world.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/directors/02/fuller.html (3170 words)

	Steven Paul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
		Slapstick of Another Kind - (Director / / Released / International Film Marketing Inc)
		Slapstick of Another Kind - (Producer / / Released / International Film Marketing Inc)
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/celeb/1114075 (538 words)

	So Bad, They're Good (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Bad Girls From Mars (1990, Fred Olen Ray) - Another campy exercise from no-budget auteur Fred Olen Ray, starring former Russ Meyer starlet Edy Williams as the new star of a sci-fi movie where the previous stars have all been murdered.
		Another gem from Billy Wilder's less (much less) talented brother (see also Snow Creature).
		To compensate for the missing scenes, the three stories were jumbled into one and released with a tribute from Walter Winchell.
	mondofausto.com /sobadthey'regood.htm (3987 words)

	LOVEFiLM \| Europe's No.1 online DVD rental service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The film 'Silent Movie' is director Mel Brooks's comic tribute to the golden days of the silent screen.
		This tragi-comedy of misplaced aliens is based on the best selling novel 'Slapstick' by Kurt Vonnegut....
		An affectionate parody that pays homage to the 'Frankenstein' films (from the novel 'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley) directed by James Whale in the 1930s, 'Young Frankenstein' is both a zany comedy and cinematic tour de force.
	www.lovefilm.com /actor.php?at_id=2504 (158 words)

	The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film and Television
		This week we've launched our first ever "Films and TV of the Year" Poll which you can find by clicking here.
		On a more sombre note we were saddened to hear this week of the death of Pat Morita, best known to a whole generation of film fans as Mr Miyagi, diminutive mentor to The Karate Kid.
		He was never a big player in our chosen fields but his fantasy work included such oddities as Larry Cohen's werewolf spoof Full Moon High [1981], the Kurt Vonnegut adaptation Slapstick [Of Another Kind] and the 1985 TV version of Alice in Wonderland in which, bizarrely, he played a horse!
	www.eofftv.com /index.shtml (405 words)

	Madeline Kahn Dead of Cancer - Dec 03, 1999 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Dec 3, 1999, 3:45 PM PT Oscar-nominated actress Madeline Kahn, the leading film comedienne of the 1970s who lent her considerable talents to the Mel Brooks classics Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, died today in New York of ovarian cancer.
		It was just last month that Kahn went public with her medical battle, saying she was undergoing "aggressive treatment" for "this awful disease." The veteran funnywoman was diagnosed in 1998.
		A fixture on TV, stage and screen, Kahn left two of her most indelible performances in the films that brought her to the brink of the Academy Awards podium.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,5696,00.html (609 words)

	Amazon.com: Caddy (1953) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Made in 1953, The Caddy was the best Martin & Lewis film to date, showing off both men's talents to the best of their ability.
		The boys were really hitting thier stride now and on top of their game and the entertainment world with this wonderfully funny film.
		Another one of my personal favorites.Along with The Stooge and Cinderfella.I love it when Dean sings That's Amore.But my favorite part is when Jerry's in the store on roller skates with all the dishes and stuff on the shelves!you just know it will all end up on the floor somehow.Hilarious!!
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6301031431?v=glance (804 words)

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		Then there’s a city made of tires, some eco-terrorists and a torture robot, and the plot kind of falls apart after that.
		The water represents a rare kind of nourishment that comes from the depths of the cosmos, a nourishment that is indeed becoming more and more scarce in today’s world.” Amen.
		Arnold “Strong,” in his first (1970) feature film as the heroic demigod transported to Central Park by a bolt of rebar.
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