Johnny Got His Gun is a 1939 anti-war novel by Dalton Trumbo and a 1971 film adaptation. It tells the harrowing story of Joe Bonham, a young soldier in WWI who loses his limbs and face to an artillery shell but remains conscious, trapped within his own body. 📖 Plot Summary

to the 1971 movie or the Metallica music video.

Directed by Trumbo himself, the movie uses black-and-white for reality and color for Joe's dreams.