Sergeant York (1941)
- Directed by
- Howard Hawks
- Genre
- drama film, war film, biographical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 234 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a biographical film about Alvin C. York, a man who became a decorated American soldier in World War I. It shows his journey from a troubled youth in Tennessee to a battlefield hero who was torn between his faith and his duty to fight.
patrioticinspirationalearnestdramaticreverentsteady-pacedheroicsincere
What happens
Sergeant York is a 1941 American biographical film about the life of Alvin C. York, one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War I. Directed by Howard Hawks, the film stars Gary Cooper in the title role, and was based on York's diary Sergeant York: His Own Life Story and War Diary, as edited by Tom Skeyhill, and adapted by Harry Chandlee, Abem Finkel, John Huston, Howard E. Koch, and Sam Cowan (uncredited). York refused, several times, to authorize a film version of his life story, but finally yielded to persistent efforts to finance the creation of an interdenominational Bible school. The story that York insisted on Cooper for the title role comes from a telegram that producer Jesse L. Lasky wrote to Cooper pleading with him to accept the part, to which he signed York's name. Sergeant York was a critical and commercial success, and became the highest-grossing film of the year. Cooper went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, while the film also won Best Film Editing and was nominated in nine other categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Walter Brennan), and Best Supporting Actress (Margaret Wycherly). The American Film Institute ranked the film 57th in its 100 most inspirational American movies list; it also rated Alvin York 35th in its list of the top 50 heroes in American cinema. In 2008, Sergeant York was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Kid from Kansas (1941)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.