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From
Here To Eternity
Release date 5th August 1953
Country : USA
Running time : 118 mins
Genre : Drama/War
Starring Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr
Screenplay by Daniel Taradash based on the novel by James Jones
Directed by Fred Zinneman
An amateur boxer refuses to fight
because he blinded a man, he is bullied because of that refusal and
only has one friend Maggio. A sergeant falls in love with a general's
wife but when he refuses to become an officer the relationship is
doomed to failure.The whole situation changes when the Japanese attack
Pearl Harbour.
A quality example of Hollywood movie-making in the Fifties, this film was slightly toned down from the novel on which it was based yet still managed to shock with its iconic shot of Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr on the beach. It has many fine performances : Sinatra of course as Maggio, Ernest Borgnine as his enemy and best of all the definitive role for Montgomery Clift.
Joan Crawford rejected a role in the film because she hated the costumes.
Montgomery Clift had to be doubled by a real boxer in the boxing scenes.
The film was shot in just 41 days, only costing $1 million.
Release date 5th August 1953
Country : USA
Running time : 118 mins
Genre : Drama/War
Starring Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr
Screenplay by Daniel Taradash based on the novel by James Jones
Directed by Fred Zinneman
A quality example of Hollywood movie-making in the Fifties, this film was slightly toned down from the novel on which it was based yet still managed to shock with its iconic shot of Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr on the beach. It has many fine performances : Sinatra of course as Maggio, Ernest Borgnine as his enemy and best of all the definitive role for Montgomery Clift.
Joan Crawford rejected a role in the film because she hated the costumes.
Montgomery Clift had to be doubled by a real boxer in the boxing scenes.
The film was shot in just 41 days, only costing $1 million.
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