From Here to Eternity (1953) | |
| Director(s) | Fred Zinnemann |
| Producer(s) | Buddy Adler |
| Top Genres | Romance, Drama, War, Film Adaptation |
| 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.
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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Sinatra Centennial: From Here to Eternity
By Virginie Pronovost on Dec 11, 2015 From The Wonderful World of CinemaFrank Sinatra, who was one of the most acclaimed crooner of music history, would have been 100 on December 12, 2015. The man wasn’t only a great singer, but also a swell actor. One of his most acclaimed performances was the one in From Here to Eternity for which he won an Oscar for Best Suppor... Read full article
From Here to Eternity (1953)
By Beatrice on Oct 13, 2015 From Flickers in TimeFrom Here to Eternity Directed by Fred Zinnemann Written by Daniel Taradash from the novel by James Jones 1953/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation Repeat viewing/Netflix rental #273 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This sure deserved to win a bunch of Oscars. The story is set on Oahu in t... Read full article
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By Vanessa Buttino on Aug 13, 2013 From StardustHoly Moly Discovery: From Here To Eternity (1953) A sweaty Montgomery Clift digs for his dinner. Welcome to the very first "Holy Moly Discovery" post! I created this tag line to introduce you to films that have really had an OMG!-impact on me. The first of which is one of the films I watche... Read full article
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By RBuccicone on Jun 24, 2013 From MacGuffin MoviesFrom Here to Eternity (1953) There’s a reason From Here to Eternity won eight Academy Awards and was nominated for five others. The stellar cast is in large part responsible as two leading men and several supporting characters of almost leading caliber delivery hard-hitting performances. The s... Read full article
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Quotes from
Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson: Tough monkey. Guys like you end up in the stockade sooner or later. Some day you'll walk in; I'll be waiting. I'll show you a couple of things.
Karen Holmes: Come back here, Sergeant. I'll tell you the story; you can take it back to the barracks with you. I'd only been married to Dana two years when I found out he was cheating. And by that time I was pregnant. I thought I had something to hope for. I was almost happy the night the pains began. I remember Dana was going to an officers' conference. I told him to get home early, to bring the doctor with him. And maybe he would have... if his "conference" hadn't been with a hat-check girl! He was drunk when he came in at 5 AM. I was lying on the floor. I begged him to go for the doctor, but he fell on the couch and passed out. The baby was born about an hour later. Of course it was dead. It was a boy. But they worked over me at the hospital, they fixed me up fine, they even took my appendix out - they threw that in free.
Sergeant Milton Warden: Karen...
Karen Holmes: And one more thing: no more children. Sure I went out with men after that. And if I'd ever found one that...
Sergeant Milton Warden: Karen, listen to me, listen.
Karen Holmes: I know. Until I met you I didn't think it was possible either.
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Facts about
The novel was deemed unfilmable for a long time because of its negative portrayal of the US army (which would prevent the army from supporting the film with people and hardware/logistics) and the profanity. To get army support and pass the censorship of the time crucial details had to be changed. The brothel became a night club, the whores hostesses. The profanity was removed, the brutal treatment in the stockade toned down and Captain Holmes removed from the army instead of promoted.
Eli Wallach accepted the role of Angelo Maggio, but then turned it down because he had agreed to appear in Elia Kazan's Broadway production of "Camino Real" and had a scheduling problem.
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