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Oct 18, 1974 · The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder: Directed by Arthur Hiller. With Timothy Bottoms, Barbara Hershey, George Marshall, Lawrence Pressman. Julius Vrooder returns from the Vietnam War, pretending to be crazy to cope with the world which lands him in a VA hospital.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Arthur Hiller
- 1974-10-18
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder is a 1974 film from Playboy Enterprises directed by Arthur Hiller and produced by Hugh Hefner. This was the final feature film role for actor George Marshall, who is mostly known as a director (Destry Rides Again, Boy, Did I Get A Wrong Number!, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man).
Jun 22, 2020 · The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974), directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Timothy Bottoms, explored the emotional trauma of war through a comedic lens. It tells the story of a Vietnam War vet who pretends to be crazier than he is as a means of coping with his emotional wounds.
- Arthur Hiller
- Lou Frizzell
After returning home from the war, Vietnam veteran Julius Vrooder (Timothy Bottoms) resides in a veteran's hospital, where he has been vaguely diagnosed as "psychiatrically impaired."
- Arthur Hiller
- Comedy, Drama
- Timothy Bottoms
A Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient for his service in the Vietnam War, twenty-two year old Julius Vrooder is a voluntary patient in the psychiatric ward of a VA Hospital in San Diego.
Taking the news with an air of initially lighthearted defiance, Vrooder escapes and sets up camp under a highway, where he builds a paranoia-driven booby-trapped bunker for himself. Falling in love with not-so-bright nurse Zanni, Vrooder soon plans to elope with her to a remote Canadian outpost.
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder. 1974. Directed by Arthur Hiller. If they think you’re crazy, you can get away with anything. After returning home from the war, Vietnam veteran Julius Vrooder resides in a veteran’s hospital, where he has been vaguely diagnosed as “psychiatrically impaired.”
