Johnny Got His Gundidn't do very well financially, even though Jason Robards and Donald Sutherland starred in the film. Trumbo wrote the book Johnny Got His Gun in 1939 and came to direct the film in 1971, serving as his only directorial effort.
Of course, Trumbo came back into the limelight recently with the film Trumbo played by Bryan Cranston who was one of ten men in Hollywood who were put on trial for maybe spreading the word of communism in the United States. All of this was made possible by the infamous writer Dalton Trumbo. What most people forget is that Johnny Got His Gun is a truly terrifying film that is subdued in its horror and not only targets the atrocities of war but also the subject of being euthanized and where the line should be drawn. This film was not really remembered after its initial release in 1971, but then Metallica started using clips of the film during their concerts, which caused a big cult following of the film that led to the band purchasing the rights to the movie. Everyone can thank the heavy metal band Metallica for bringing back this forgotten movie Johnny Got His Gun into the main pipeline of movies again.
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