Between 1971 and 1972, three separate live-action adaptations of Kurt Vonnegut's work hit movie theaters and television screens. Two were films: Slaughterhouse-5, which won critical acclaim, nabbing the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize Award; and an adaptation of Vonnegut’s play Happy Birthday, Wanda June, which flopped pretty miserably.

The third production was released the same year as Wanda June, but came and went without much fanfare. Between Time and Timbuktu or Prometheus-5: A Space Fantasy was part of the National Education Television (predecessor to PBS) series NET Playhouse, which aired from 1964 to 1972 and was a mixture of theatrical adaptations and wholly original works. Vonnegut’s contribution was a sort of Frankenstein-ing of characters and narratives from some of his most popular works: Cat's Cradle, Sirens of Titan and the short story “Harrison Bergeron.” It is also amazing.

A full-length version of Between Time and Timbuktu hard to come by, though there are some disparate clips available on YouTube. Two outlets appear to have copies for sale on DVD-R: Roberts Hard to Find Videos ($24.99) or STOJO.com (£3.99, listed as “low quality”).