From Here to Eternity 1953

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 118 min

genre: drama

theme: war

director: Fred Zinnemann

Score: 7 / 10

From Here to Eternity is a 1953 American romantic war drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and written by Daniel Taradash, based on the 1951 novel of the same name by James Jones. The picture deals with the tribulations of three United States Army soldiers, played by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Frank Sinatra, stationed on Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed portray the women in their lives. The supporting cast includes Ernest Borgnine, Philip Ober, Jack Warden, Mickey Shaughnessy, Claude Akins, and George Reeves.

Plot

In 1941, bugler and career soldier Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt transfers from Fort Shafter to a rifle company at Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu. Because Prewitt was also a boxer, Captain Dana "Dynamite" Holmes wants him on his regimental team. Prewitt refuses. Consequently, Holmes makes Prewitt's life miserable and ultimately orders First Sergeant Milton Warden to prepare a court-martial. Warden suggests doubling Prewitt's company punishment as an alternative. Prewitt is hazed by the other NCOs and is supported only by his close friend, Private Angelo Maggio.

Awards

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author	Daniel Taradash
award	Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Hawaii
director	Fred Zinnemann
editor	William A. Lyon
events	Attack on Pearl Harbor World War II
genre	drama romance
keywords	absence awol beat bomber pilot box court martial first sergeant fort shafter knife fight lei making of military police morning nco non-commissioned officer nothing oahu pearl harbor robert e lee schofield barracks silver star the making of walk wound
musicBy	George Duning
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Buddy Adler
productionCompany	Columbia Pictures
publisher	Columbia Pictures
recordedAt	Honolulu
theme	romantic drama war