Of the few Kurt Vonnegut adaptations out there, Slaughter House Five being the best, Mother Night runs a very close 2nd.
Plot: Nick Nolte stars as Howard W. Campbell Jr, the last 'free-American' in WWII Berlin. A playwrite and an American by birth, turned propaganda machine for the Third Reich, Campbell and his wife (Sheryl Lee) live only for each other, so when the war comes, Campbell carries on regardless. Until John Goodman, a US agent approaches the romantic Campbell to be selfless and become a double agent for the Allies.
What comes after is the torment and the realization that he would be then and forever disavowed as an American and following the death of his wife live for nothing except his mourning.
A powerful performance by Nolte, who was in himself headhunted by the director-Keith Gordon. Also stars Alan Arkin.
Superb. Well worth the time and a very faithful version of the novel.
Plot: Nick Nolte stars as Howard W. Campbell Jr, the last 'free-American' in WWII Berlin. A playwrite and an American by birth, turned propaganda machine for the Third Reich, Campbell and his wife (Sheryl Lee) live only for each other, so when the war comes, Campbell carries on regardless. Until John Goodman, a US agent approaches the romantic Campbell to be selfless and become a double agent for the Allies.
What comes after is the torment and the realization that he would be then and forever disavowed as an American and following the death of his wife live for nothing except his mourning.
A powerful performance by Nolte, who was in himself headhunted by the director-Keith Gordon. Also stars Alan Arkin.
Superb. Well worth the time and a very faithful version of the novel.
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