The Best Years of Our Lives 1946

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 172 min

genre: drama

theme: high school

director: William Wyler

Score: 7 / 10

The Best Years of Our Lives (also known as Glory for Me and Home Again) is a 1946 American drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo and Harold Russell. The film is about three United States servicemen re-adjusting to societal changes and civilian life after coming home from World War II. The three men come from different services with different ranks that do not correspond with their civilian social class backgrounds. It is one of the earliest films to address issues encountered by returning veterans in the post World War II era.

Plot

Three returning World War II veterans meet on a flight to their midwestern hometown of Boone City: USAAF bombardier captain Fred Derry, U.S. Navy petty officer Homer Parrish, and U.S. Army sergeant Al Stephenson. Each had left a very different life behind:

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author	MacKinlay Kantor Robert E. Sherwood
award	Academy Award for Best Actor 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 Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Film National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
director	William Wyler
editor	Daniel Mandell
events	aviation World War II
genre	drama social
keywords	air force aircraft boneyard army sergeant b-17 bar hopping best man binge drinking boeing b-17 flying fortress bombardier captain climb date divorce drink drug store even excessive drinking flashback house inebriate luxury apartment married mechanical hooks midwestern midwestern united states party girl petty officer ptsd sergeant ship soda jerk u.s. army u.s. navy united states army united states army air forces united states navy usaaf wait wed whirlwind romance wrong side of the tracks
musicBy	Hugo Friedhofer
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor 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 Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Samuel Goldwyn
productionCompany	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
publisher	RKO Radio Pictures
theme	high school