9岁的城市男孩卢卡斯害怕死亡，不惜一切代价保持清醒。为了缓解焦虑，他听从心理医生的建议，带着妈妈奥利维亚和他的新宠物第一次去外公的牧场度假。到了那里之后，卢卡斯发现其实他的外公才是那个一直在准备死亡的人。Lucas, a 9-year-old city boy, is afraid of death and tries to stay awake at all costs. To alleviate his anxiety, he follows his therapist's suggestion to go on a trip, along with his mother and new pet, to visit his grandfather's ranch. After arriving, Lucas discovers that his grandfather is actually the one who has been preparing to die.

六十年代「电懋」与「邵氏」之间的竞争日趋剧烈，经常出现闹双胞与不惜工本互相抢拍的情形。《啼笑姻缘》便是两大公司动用庞大人力物力竞逐拍摄的其中一部，均以三十年代在上海风糜一时的张恨水同名原著为本。在此之前两者已抢拍过黄梅调影片《宝莲灯》。「电懋」吸收了后者在赶拍下成绩难免会大打折扣的教训，决定慢功出细货，力求雕琢，结果虽然公映在后，失去先机，但却嬴尽了口碑，一众演员都有优秀的演出，其中尤以乔宏一改鲁顿木讷的型像，初演反派，维肖维妙，可惜因版权问题，片中角色的名字都与原著近音而不同字，片名也由《啼笑因缘》改为《啼笑姻缘》。

影片取材自同名小说，以二战为背景的奥德赛传奇，穿越多个时空和幻想场景。经Glenn Gould授权，该片采用了他演奏的巴赫音乐。Plot Summary forSlaughterhouse-Five (1972)"Listen: Billie Pilgrim has come unstuck in time." The opening words of the famous novel are the quickest summary of this haunting, funny film. Director Hill faithfully renders for the screen Vonnegut's obsessive story of Pilgrim, whosurvives the 1945 firebombing of Dresden, then lives simultaneously in his pastas a young American POW, in the future as a well-cared-for resident of a zoo on the planet Tralfamadore, and in the present as a middle-aged optometrist in Ilium, N.Y.Summary written by Anonymous

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