"From Here to Eternity" (1953)
"From Here to Eternity" (1953)
Columbia Pictures Corporation
In Hawaii in 1941, 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" is a drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and written by Daniel Taradash, based on the novel by James Jones. The picture deals with the tribulations of three U.S. Army soldiers, played by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Frank Sinatra, stationed on Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed portray the women in their lives, and the supporting cast includes Ernest Borgnine, Philip Ober, Jack Warden, Mickey Shaughnessy, Claude Akins, and George Reeves.
In 2002, From Here to Eternity was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Genre': Drama, Romance, War
Release date: August 5, 1953
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Screenplay by: Daniel Taradash
Based on: The novel "From Here to Eternity" by James Jones
Music: George Duning
Cinematography: Burnett Guffey
Edited by: William A. Lyon
Cast: Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame, Lyle Bettger
Distributed by: Columbia
Awards
- Best Picture
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Best Director
- Best Writing, Screenplay
- Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
- Best Sound, Recording
- Best Film Editing
- Best Director
- Best Supporting Actor
* © 1953 Columbia Pictures
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