From Here to Eternity Movie Review 1953

Complex, hard-hitting look at the on and off-duty life of soldiers at the Army base in Honolulu in the days before the Pearl Harbor attack. There's sensitive Pvt. Prewitt (Clift), his always in trouble best friend Maggio (Sinatra), and their good-guy top sergeant (Lancaster) who just happens to be having a torrid affair with the commander's wife (Kerr). Prewitt, meanwhile, is introduced to a club "hostess" (Reed) who is a lot more vulnerable than she's willing to admit. A movie filled with great performances. Still has the best waves-on-the-beach love scene in filmdom. Based on the novel by James Jones, which was toned down by the censors.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 118 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

World War II, Torrid Love Scenes, Sex on the Beach, Pacific Islands, Top Grossing Films of 1953, Books to Film: James Jones, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Daniel Taradash

Cast

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Philip Ober, Jack Warden, Mickey Shaughnessy, George Reeves, Claude Akins, Harry Bellaver, John Dennis, Tim Ryan, John Bryant, John Cason, Doug(las) Henderson, Robert Karnes, Robert J. Wilke, Carleton Young, Merle Travis, Arthur Keegan, Barbara Morrison, Tyler McVey

Cinematography

Burnett Guffey

Director

Fred Zinnemann

Music

George Duning

Other

Mushy Callahan, Kendall J. Fielder

Producer

Buddy Adler, Columbia Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1953: B&W Cinematog., Director (Zinnemann), Film Editing, Picture, Screenplay, Sound, Support. Actor (Sinatra), Support. Actress (Reed); AFI 1998: Top 100; Directors Guild 1953: Director (Zinnemann); Golden Globes 1954: Support. Actor (Sinatra), Natl. Film Reg. 2002;; N.Y. Film Critics 1953: Actor (Lancaster), Director (Zinnemann), Film.