Robert Weide Releases Kurt Vonnegut Unstuck In Time

<p>"I was 23 when I first approached him about making this film," filmmaker Robert Weide says in the trailer for his IFC Films documentary <em>Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time.</em></p> <p>"I became obsessed. What high school kid isn't going to gobble this up?" Weide continudes, holding a copy of the author's dark comic novel <em>Breakfast of Champions</em>, "He thinks what I think about the world."</p> <p>Thirty-nine years ago, Weide reached out to his literary idol proposing a documentary on Vonnegut's life and work. Shooting began in 1988 and the doc reflects the friendship and bond Weide and Vonnegut formed over the decades.</p> <p>"I was always filming on and off with him over the years," says Weide in the trailer. Vonnegut died on April 11, 2007.</p> <p><em>Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time</em> dives into the author's upbringing and his creative output, spanning his childhood in Indianapolis, his experience as a prisoner of war in World War II, his marriage, family and divorce, his early careers as a publicist for General Electric and a car salesman, and his long years as a struggling writer, leading to eventual superstardom in 1969 following the publication of his lightning-bolt anti-war novel <em>Slaughterhouse-Five</em> (which would later be adapted into the 1972 movie from George Roy Hill).</p> <p>The documentary follows Weide's odyssey as he examines the impact of Vonnegut's legacy on his own life, extending far beyond the printed page.</p> <p><em>Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time</em> was announced as part of the lineup for Doc NYC today. IFC is releasing the documentary in theaters and VOD on November 19.</p> <p>Weide produced and wrote <em>Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time</em> and he co-directed with Don Argott.</p> <p>Weide was nominated for a Documentary Feature Oscar in 1999 for <em>Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth</em>. He would go on to win a Primetime Emmy for that docu in Non-Fiction Programming, Picture Editing, as well as two other Emmy wins for Directing in a Comedy Series (<em>Curb Your Enthus