The Americanization of Emily (1964)

Directed by

Arthur Hiller

Genre

drama film, comedy film, war film, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 83 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, a U.S. Navy adjutant gets caught up in a reckless scheme cooked up by his superiors. He ends up being hailed as a war hero after a deadly stunt on D-Day, which challenges the meaning of heroism.

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What happens

The Americanization of Emily is a 1964 American black-and-white black comedy anti-war film directed by Arthur Hiller, written by Paddy Chayefsky, and starring James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn, Joyce Grenfell, and Keenan Wynn. Set during World War II, the film follows a United States Navy adjutant who is roped into a reckless interservice rivalry-fueled stunt by his superiors, becoming a war hero by being the first American sailor killed on D-Day. Chayefsky's screenplay was loosely adapted from the 1959 novel of the same name by William Bradford Huie, who had been a Seabee officer during Operation Overlord. Controversial for its stance during the dawn of the Vietnam War, the film has since been praised as a "vanguard anti-war film". Both James Garner and Julie Andrews have considered the film to be the favorite of their films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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