2230 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, California 94704

Filmed stage presentation of anti-war morality play;
Starts in Berkeley only October 10, 2008
Director Rowan Joseph in person at select weekend shows

Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas – 2230 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, (510) 464-5980
Tickets are $10.00 for general admission and $8.00 seniors and children
Director Rowan Joseph in person Fri, 10/10 at both evening shows. Sat, 10/11 & Sun 10/12 late afternoon & early eve shows.
Showtimes and tickets available Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Advance ticket purchase at: http://www.landmarktheatres.com/tickets and at theatre box office.



Official Film website at: http://www.johnnygothisgunmovie.com/about.htm

One of the most memorable anti-war novels of all time returns to the silver screen in a remarkably intimate, emotionally powerful, visually unique adaptation. Presented “live on stage, on film,” Dalton Trumbo's JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN is a cross between Lars Von Trier's Dogville and Jonathan Demme and Spalding Gray's stage monologue, Swimming to Cambodia. Ben McKenzie ('Ryan Atwood' on The O.C., Junebug, 88 Minutes) gives a riveting tour-de-force performance as an American soldier hit by an artillery shell on the last day of World War I. Filmed entirely in a black box theatre with minimal scenery, 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.

The film is adapted from the 1982 Off-Broadway play, “Dalton Trumbo's JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN.”

THE DAILY TEXAN: "BEN MCKENZIE STARS IN POWERFUL DRAMA - Ben McKenzie should no longer be remembered as 'that cute blonde guy from THE OC.' Instead, people should think of him as the actor who gives a stunning performance as a disabled war veteran in JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN…"

THE RAG BLOG: "See this movie. See it because Ben McKenzie is a fine actor. See it because Dalton Trumbo, one of the blacklisted Hollywood 10, writes a compelling story. Let it stir memories of what a simply staged production can evoke. Buy a ticket because a portion of the ticket price supports the Fallen Patriot Fund for injured soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.…"

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