From Here to Eternity (1953) | |
| Director(s) | Fred Zinnemann |
| Producer(s) | Buddy Adler |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance, War |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Drama) |
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From Here to Eternity Overview:
From Here to Eternity (1953) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Fred Zinnemann and produced by Buddy Adler.
The film was based on the novel of the same name written by James Jones published in 1951.
SYNOPSIS
Landmark example of Hollywood melodrama at its finest. An all-star cast brought what was considered an unfilmable novel to the screen with skill and grace. The story portrays the loves, hopes, and dreams of those in a close-knit army barracks in Hawaii shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Clift plays a former boxer who refuses to fight after blinding a friend in the ring and is sent to the remote outpost as punishment for his insubordination. Reed plays spectacularly against type as a bar girl who comforts Clift. Lancaster and Kerr have their illicit sprawl in the surf, and Sinatra makes a remarkable movie-career rebound. A big story with performances to match.
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.From Here to Eternity was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2002.
Academy Awards 1953 --- Ceremony Number 26 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Montgomery Clift | Nominated |
| Best Actor | Burt Lancaster | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | Frank Sinatra | Won |
| Best Actress | Deborah Kerr | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Donna Reed | Won |
| Best Cinematography | Burnett Guffey | Won |
| Best Costume Design | Jean Louis | Nominated |
| Best Director | Fred Zinnemann | Won |
| Best Film Editing | William Lyon | Won |
| Best Music - Scoring | Morris Stoloff, George Duning | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Buddy Adler, Producer | Won |
| Best Writing | Daniel Taradash | Won |
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Quotes from
Sgt. Pete Karelsen: I'm getting sick and tired watching you being a stooge for Holmes.
Sergeant Milton Warden: You won't see it much longer. I'm getting sick and tired of it myself. I'm through, Pete. Any day now. And I mean it.
Sgt. Pete Karelsen: [laughing]
Sergeant Milton Warden: Listen, if Holmes let me, I'd transfer out of here tomorrow. Half a dozen companies in this regiment would grab me, and in grade, too.
Sgt. Pete Karelsen: Oh, sure. I could be Chief of Staff, too. Only I just can't think of leaving my old buddies.
Sergeant Milton Warden: Where're you going, Little Sir Echo?
Sgt. Pete Karelsen: To take my shower, if the stinking First Sergeant has no objections. Where do you think? To the movies in this towel?
Sergeant Milton Warden: Hurry up. We'll get some beer.
Sgt. Pete Karelsen: I wouldn't drink with you if it was the last beer in the world.
Sergeant Milton Warden: I'm buying.
Sgt. Pete Karelsen: That's different.
Alma: I do mean it when I say I need you. 'Cause I'm lonely. You think I'm lying, don't you?
Robert E. Lee "Prew' Prewitt: Nobody ever lies about being lonely.
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Facts about
James Jones himself was one of the numerous writers who had attempted to adapt the book for the screen.
Joan Crawford was originally meant to play her role in From Here to Eternity, but when she insisted on shooting the film with her own cameraman, the studio balked. They decided to take a chance and cast Deborah Kerr, who then was struggling with her ladylike stereotype, to play the adulterous military wife who has an affair with Burt Lancaster. The casting worked and Ms. Kerr's career thereafter enjoyed a new, sexier versatility.
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