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From Here to Eternity (1953) -- In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
From Here to Eternity (1953) -- British actress Deborah Kerr, famous for her roles in "The King And I," and "From Here To Eternity," passed away at the age of 86. Richard Roth takes a look at her career.
From Here to Eternity (1953) -- In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
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7.9/10   13,997 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Daniel Taradash (screenplay)
James Jones (novel)
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Release Date:
15 October 1953 (Australia) more
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Tagline:
Pouring out of impassioned pages...brawling their way to greatness on the screen! more
Plot:
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won 8 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 7 nominations more
User Comments:
Truly Excellent; Not Exactly the War Movie You Might Expect more (110 total)

Cast

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Burt Lancaster ... Sgt. Milton Warden

Montgomery Clift ... Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt

Deborah Kerr ... Karen Holmes

Donna Reed ... Alma 'Lorene' Burke

Frank Sinatra ... Pvt. Angelo Maggio
Philip Ober ... Capt. Dana Holmes
Mickey Shaughnessy ... Cpl. Leva
Harry Bellaver ... Pvt. Mazzioli

Ernest Borgnine ... Sgt. 'Fatso' Judson

Jack Warden ... Cpl. Buckley
John Dennis ... Sgt. Ike Galovitch
Merle Travis ... Sal Anderson
Tim Ryan ... Sgt. Pete Karelsen
Arthur Keegan ... Treadwell
Barbara Morrison ... Mrs. Kipfer - Owner of New Congress Club
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Runtime:
118 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording) | 3 Channel Stereo

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The last Academy Award Best Picture winner to receive nominations in all of the four acting categories. more
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Continuity: In the bar fight scene between Fatso and Maggio, Sgt. Warden breaks a bottle to use as a weapon to threaten "Fatso" and to stop the fight. Eventually he throws the bottle, apparently outside through an off stage, unseen door (he throws the broken bottle across the room). Later, the smashed bottle is visible on the table in a close-up. more
Quotes:
Karen Holmes: You certainly chose a lovely spot for our meeting. I've had three chances to be picked up in the last five minutes. more
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Soundtrack:
Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel) more

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19 out of 31 people found the following comment useful.
Truly Excellent; Not Exactly the War Movie You Might Expect, 24 October 2005
10/10
Author: ilikeimdb from Arlington, VA USA

How others have rated this movie any less than 10-"stars" eludes me. Combine uniformly terrific acting from all involved, an excellent script, keen editing and directing with beautiful visuals, and you do have the 10-star movie that won so many awards. Every acting job is measured and believable, whether Lancaster's just-let-me-do-my-job introverted bullheadedness to Kerr's not-quite-the-Captain's-slut-wife to Sinatra's multi-dimensional kid-from-home-with-an-irrational-chip-on-his-shoulder to Clift's I'm-smarter'n'subtler-than-James-Dean-defiance to Reed's putting-on-airs-(up)country-girl-at-heart...it's all there. The war scenes are besides the point in this movie. You know there's a war just a'brewing. The real battlefield action happens between the characters in a way so much more important and real than a bunch of bombs dropping to blow up the latest Bruckheimer set. I'll admit the ending strains the movie's own internal logic, but that doesn't take away from its power. There's a war on and not every battlefield is equally as obvious.

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