Former 'O.C.' Star Lands Lead Role in Anti-War Film

KrisDeLeon · 08-15-2007, 04:00 AM

After his stint on the teen drama series The O.C., Benjamin McKenzie has been preoccupied with several film projects. His latest endeavour involves playing the lead role in the remake of Johnny Got His Gun, a 1971 anti-war film based on the classic 1939 novel of the same name.

Slated for release in 2008, Johnny Got His Gun explores individual morality and the interplay between science, medicine, religion and politics. It revolves around Joe Bonham, played by McKenzie, as a young American soldier hit by an artillery shell on the last day of the First World War. As a quadruple amputee who has lost his eyes, ears, mouth and nose, he lies in a hospital bed but remains conscious and is able to reason. He struggles to communicate to his to his doctors his wish to be put in a show in a carnival as a demonstration of the horrors of war.

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08-15-2007, 04:00 AM	#1
KrisDeLeon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3,810,290	After his stint on the teen drama series The O.C., Benjamin McKenzie has been preoccupied with several film projects. His latest endeavour involves playing the lead role in the remake of Johnny Got His Gun, a 1971 anti-war film based on the classic 1939 novel of the same name. Slated for release in 2008, Johnny Got His Gun explores individual morality and the interplay between science, medicine, religion and politics. It revolves around Joe Bonham, played by McKenzie, as a young American soldier hit by an artillery shell on the last day of the First World War. As a quadruple amputee who has lost his eyes, ears, mouth and nose, he lies in a hospital bed but remains conscious and is able to reason. He struggles to communicate to his to his doctors his wish to be put in a show in a carnival as a demonstration of the horrors of war. To read the rest, click here.