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JOHNNY
GOT HIS GUN
Shot “live on stage, on film.” All
of the action takes place on stage in a black box theatre
with minimal scenery. Ben McKenzie gives a riveting tour-de-force
performance as an American soldier hit by an artillery
shell on the last day of World War I. The movie takes
place in the mind of 'Joe Bonham', a quadruple amputee
who has also lost his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. Regaining
consciousness, Joe discovers that while his brain is
healthy and able to reason, the rest of his body is irreparably
shattered, leaving him trapped forever within the confines
of his own imagination. He struggles valiantly to find
some way to communicate with the outside world. Tapping
his head in Morse code, he breaks through and pleads
with his caretakers to be put on display as a living
example of the cost of war. |