A longtime fan, documentarian Robert Weide first approached Kurt Vonnegut about a biographical effort in the early '80s-and the project fostered a quarter-century friendship that lasted till the author's passing in 2007. Weide's hours of footage have finally been culled into a fascinating portrait, bringing insights into the profound personal challenges and traumas that underlay the glib and fantastical prose that brought Vonnegut literary stardom. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.