From Here to Eternity (1953)

Directed by

Fred Zinnemann

Genre

drama film, war film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 711 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The movie follows three U.S. Army soldiers stationed in Hawaii in 1941. They deal with personal conflicts, forbidden romance, and the harsh realities of military life right before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

romantictensedramaticlongingmoodybittersweetvisceralsweeping

What happens

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 by James Jones. It deals with the tribulations of three United States Army soldiers, played by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Frank Sinatra, stationed in 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 features Ernest Borgnine, Philip Ober, Jack Warden, Mickey Shaughnessy, Claude Akins, and George Reeves. The film is famed for its torrid seaside scene of two of its main characters lying in the sand at the water's edge kissing in an adulterous tryst, a groundbreaking display in its time. Jones's book title originates from Rudyard Kipling's 1892 poem "Gentlemen-Rankers", about soldiers of the British Empire who had "lost [their] way" and were "damned from here to eternity". The film was released by Columbia Pictures on August 5, 1953, becoming a major critical and commercial success. It won 8 Academy Awards out of 13 nominations, including Best Picture, Director (Fred Zinnemann), Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actor (Frank Sinatra), and Supporting Actress (Donna Reed). In 2002, From Here to Eternity 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)

Trailer

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