Between Time and Timbuktu (1972)

Directed by

Fred Barzyk

Genre

fantasy film, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A television film based on the works of Kurt Vonnegut. It follows a space traveler through a series of strange adventures and encounters. The story blends comedy with fantasy in a quirky narrative.

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What happens

Between Time and Timbuktu is a television film directed by Fred Barzyk and based on a number of works by Kurt Vonnegut. Produced by National Educational Television and WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, it was telecast March 13, 1972 as a NET Playhouse special. The television script was also published in book form in 1972, illustrated with photographs by Jill Krementz and stills from the production. The first draft of the script was written by David Odell, with contributions from Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, and the film's director. Vonnegut himself served as an "advisor and contributor to the script." The primary title refers to a collection of poetry written by one of the main characters in Vonnegut's second novel, The Sirens of Titan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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