what are the scenes behind the drama “Johnny Got His Gun”?”
There also is a new interview with Timothy Bottoms (10 min.). The actor recalls anecdotes from the film’s production and working with Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, and Dalton Trumbo. Bottoms also fondly reminisces about falling in love with Diane Varsi, who plays a sympathetic nurse in the film. Numerous clips from the film and rare production footage of Trumbo on the set supplement this interview. Behind-the-scenes footage (8 min.) is included. The archival production footage is silent but offers commentary from Timothy Bottoms and cinematographer Jules Brenner as both men discuss five fantasy sequences shown, mostly from rehearsal footage. A very nice bonus treat here is the March 9, 1940 radio adaptation of Johnny Got His Gun starring James Cagney (30 min.). This audio-only bonus is a reminder of the glory days of vintage radio plays, when the power of the human imagination created more lasting images than anything early television could have rendered visually. This particular b
