While Japanese attack looms, an Army sergeant (Burt Lancaster), a former boxer (Montgomery Clift) and an... (Learn more)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr (View All)
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Starring: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr
The scene is Schofield Army Barracks in Honolulu, in the languid days before the attack on Pearl Harbor, where James Jones' acclaimed war novel From Here to Eternity brought the aspirations and frustrations of several people sharply into focus. Sergeant Milt Warden (Burt Lancaster) enters into an affair with Karen (Deborah Kerr), the wife of his commanding officer. Private Robert E. Lee "Prew" Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is a loner who lives by his own code of ethics and communicates better with his bugle than he does with words. Prew's best friend is wisecracking Maggio (Frank Sinatra, in an Oscar-winning performance that revived his flagging career), who has been targeted for persecution by sadistic stockade sergeant Fatso Judson (Ernest Borgnine). Rounding out the principals is Alma Lorene (Donna Reed), a "hostess" at the euphemistically named whorehouse The New Congress Club. All these melodramatic joys and sufferings are swept away by the Japanese attack on the morning of December 7. No words could do justice to the film's most famous scene: the nocturnal romantic rendezvous on the beach, with Burt Lancaster's and Deborah Kerr's bodies intertwining as the waves crash over them. If you're able to take your eyes off the principals for a moment or two, keep an eye out for George Reeves; his supporting role was shaved down when, during previews, audiences yelled "There's Superman!" and began to laugh. From Here to Eternity won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and supporting awards to Sinatra and Reed. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
6/30/53
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Running Time
118 mins.
Locations
- Pacific Islands
- Pearl Harbor, HI
Language
- English
Awards
- Winner of the Best Sound award at the 1953 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the 100 Greatest American Movies award at the 1998 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1953 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1953 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1953 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion award at the 1953 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 1953 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1953 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1953 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1953 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1953 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Black and White Costume Design award at the 1953 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Black and White Cinematography award at the 1953 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 1953 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1953 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 1953 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 1953 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 1953 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Out Of Competition award at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 1953 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Drama or Comedy Score award at the 1953 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
Distributor
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Releasing
