from here to eternity

original movie poster Directed by Fred Zinnemann Produced by Buddy Adler Written by James Jones (novel)

Daniel Taradash Starring Burt Lancaster

Montgomery Clift

Deborah Kerr

Donna Reed

Frank Sinatra

Ernest Borgnine

Philip Ober Cinematography Burnett Guffey Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release date(s) August 5, 1953 (U.S. release) Running time 118 min Language English IMDb • Allmovie

From Here to Eternity is a 1953 Academy Award winning drama film based on the novel of the same name by James Jones. It deals with the troubles of soldiers stationed on Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The material of the rather explicit novel had to be considerably toned down to appease the censors of the time. For example, in the famous beach scene, it is less obvious that Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster's characters have actually been having sex than it is in the novel and the later, more frank 1979 miniseries based on the book. Contents [hide] 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reception 5 Awards and nominations 5.1 Academy Awards 5.2 Golden Globe Awards 5.3 New York Film Critics Circle Awards 5.4 Cannes Film Festival 5.5 British Academy of Film and Television Arts 5.6 Directors Guild of America 5.7 Writers Guild of America 5.8 Photoplay 5.9 National Film Registry 5.10 American Film Institute 6 Notes 7 External links //

Plot Lancaster and Kerr

Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is transferred to Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu. When Captain Dana Holmes (Philip Ober) learns of his reputation as a talented boxer, he pressures Prewitt to join the regimental boxing club that he heads, but the enlisted man stubbornly refuses. 1st Sergeant Milton Warden (Burt Lancaster) suggests that he try to get Prewitt to change his mind by making life as difficult as possible. He gets the other non-commissioned officers to help. Prewitt is supported only by his friend, Private Angelo Maggio (Frank Sinatra).

Behind his commander's back, Warden begins an affair with Holmes' neglected wife Karen (Deborah Kerr). As their relationship develops, she asks him to apply for officer training, so she can divorce Holmes and marry him. When he is finally forced to admit that he doesn't want to be an officer, she sadly ends the affair.

Meanwhile, Maggio antagonizes bigoted Sergeant James R. "Fatso" Judson (Ernest Borgnine). When the undisciplined Maggio goes AWOL, he is sentenced to the stockade, under Judson's charge. Judson takes the opportunity to beat the defiant prisoner repeatedly. Maggio manages to escape and find Prewitt; he tells him of the abuse he endured, then dies. Prewitt finds Judson and kills him in revenge in a knife fight, but suffers a serious wound across the stomach in the process. He then goes into hiding in the apartment of Lorene (Donna Reed), a nightclub "hostess" with whom he had become acquainted. His wound