Between Time and Timbuktu

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Between Time and Timbuktu
Written by	David Odell Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Directed by	Fred Barzyk
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	David Loxton
Editor	Dick Bartlett
Running time	90 minutes
Original release
Release	March 13, 1972 (1972-03-13)
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Between Time and Timbuktu is a television film directed by Fred Barzyk and based on a number of works by Kurt Vonnegut.^[1] Produced by National Educational Television and WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, it was telecast March 13, 1972 as a NET Playhouse special. The television script was also published in book form in 1972, illustrated with photographs by Jill Krementz and stills from the production.

The first draft of the script was written by David Odell, with contributions from Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, and the film's director. Vonnegut himself served as an "advisor and contributor to the script."^[1] The primary title refers to a collection of poetry written by one of the main characters in Vonnegut's second novel, The Sirens of Titan.