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From Here to Eternity

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

1953

Fred Zinnemann

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra ...

7.8

22,402

Drama. Romance When Private Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is transferred to Hawaii, Captain Holmes (Philip Ober) finds out about Prewitt’s boxing abilities and tries to coax him to join the team. Prewitt refuses, insisting his boxing days are behind him, but his refusal makes him a target. His friend Maggio (Frank Sinatra) wants to help him, but he does have his own problems too. In the meantime, Sergeant Milton Warden (Burt Lancaster) and Holmes’ wife ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	A.H. Weiler The New York Times	"A shining example of truly professional moviemaking (...) Above all, it is a portrait etched in truth and without the stigma of calculated viciousness."	POS
United States	William Brogdon Variety	"The James Jones bestseller, 'From Here to Eternity', has become an outstanding motion picture in this smash screen adaptation. It is an important film from any angle"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Blandly realized (...) Sominex is cheaper and probably safer."	NEG
United States	Edwin Schallert Los Angeles Times	"This film is sensationalism gone rampant with sex, cruelty, and all the ruddy elements which make for what is known as rough, rugged, brutal appeal."	NEU
United States	Kate Cameron New York Daily News	"The essential integrity of Jones' description of army life comes through the film intact (...) There isn't a dull moment in the picture."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"What a punch this movie still packs (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	David Gritten Telegraph	"It is now regarded as one of the finest war dramas ever to be made in Hollywood. And that beach scene with Lancaster and Kerr is iconic in movie history (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"It has more than enough iconic moments to make it endlessly rewatchable (...) This is old school drama of the highest order (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	David Jenkins Time Out	"It seduces as a hot-blooded spectacle that stitches emotional detail onto the epic canvas of history (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Adrian Turner Radio Times	"[A] powerful adaptation (...) [The characters] are brought to life by superb performances (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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