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From Here to Eternity

  • 1953
  • Passed
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
49K
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Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine, Montgomery Clift, and Donna Reed in From Here to Eternity (1953)
In 1941 Hawaii, 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.
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At a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.At a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.At a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.

  • Director
    • Fred Zinnemann
  • Writers
    • Daniel Taradash
    • James Jones
  • Stars
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Montgomery Clift
    • Deborah Kerr
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    49K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,982
    344
    • Director
      • Fred Zinnemann
    • Writers
      • Daniel Taradash
      • James Jones
    • Stars
      • Burt Lancaster
      • Montgomery Clift
      • Deborah Kerr
    • 208User reviews
    • 131Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 8 Oscars
      • 25 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine, Mickey Shaughnessy, and Jack Warden in From Here to Eternity (1953)
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    Burt Lancaster
    Burt Lancaster
    • Sgt. Milton Warden
    Montgomery Clift
    Montgomery Clift
    • Robert E. Lee Prewitt
    Deborah Kerr
    Deborah Kerr
    • Karen Holmes
    Donna Reed
    Donna Reed
    • Alma - aka Lorene
    Frank Sinatra
    Frank Sinatra
    • Angelo Maggio
    Philip Ober
    Philip Ober
    • Capt. Dana Holmes
    Mickey Shaughnessy
    Mickey Shaughnessy
    • Sgt. Leva
    Harry Bellaver
    Harry Bellaver
    • Mazzioli
    Ernest Borgnine
    Ernest Borgnine
    • Sgt. 'Fatso' Judson
    Jack Warden
    Jack Warden
    • Cpl. Buckley
    John Dennis
    John Dennis
    • Sgt. Ike Galovitch
    Merle Travis
    Merle Travis
    • Sal Anderson
    Tim Ryan
    Tim Ryan
    • Sgt. Pete Karelsen
    Arthur Keegan
    • Treadwell
    Barbara Morrison
    Barbara Morrison
    • Mrs. Kipfer
    Claude Akins
    Claude Akins
    • Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom
    • (uncredited)
    Vicki Bakken
    • Suzanne
    • (uncredited)
    Margaret Barstow
    • Roxanne
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Fred Zinnemann
    • Writers
      • Daniel Taradash
      • James Jones
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Montgomery Clift threw himself into the character of Prewitt, learning to play the bugle (even though he knew he'd be dubbed) and taking boxing lessons. Fred Zinnemann said, "Clift forced the other actors to be much better than they really were. That's the only way I can put it. He got performances from the other actors, he got reactions from the other actors that were totally genuine."
    • Goofs
      The impromptu bugle solo in the club includes notes that only a trumpet could hit.
    • Quotes

      Robert E. Lee "Prew' Prewitt: Nobody ever lies about being lonely.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: SCHOFIELD BARRACKS HAWAII 1941
    • Connections
      Edited from December 7th (1943)
    • Soundtracks
      Re-enlistment Blues
      (1953)

      by James Jones, Fred Karger, Robert Wells

      Sung by men in the barracks twice

      Played often in the score

    User reviews208

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    Featured review
    9/10
    Involving Military Soap Opera Elevated by Sturdy Performances from an Offbeat Cast
    In hindsight, this 1953 classic doesn't seem as much a military drama as it does a highly charged soap opera, which shouldn't come as a surprise given that master filmmaker Fred Zinnemann ("the Nun's Story") was at the helm. The veteran director upended the western genre just a year earlier with the Gary Cooper classic "High Noon", and he places the same incendiary focus of character over action here, that is, until the inevitable climax which uses the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor as a catharsis for the characters' dilemmas now dwarfed by the coming world war.

    Based on James Jones' epic novel, screenwriter Daniel Taradash manages to reduce the complexity of the book's themes without trivializing them, and then-offbeat casting enhances the movie immeasurably. Set on a U.S. Army base in Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack, the focus is on two men, both dedicated to the military with no aspirations to become the officers they have grown to detest. One is Private Robert E. Prewitt, a talented boxer (and bugler) who refuses to fight on his regiment's team since blinding a sparring partner. The other is First Sergeant Milton Warden, a take-charge, professional soldier who earns the trust of his men even as he kowtows to his weak-willed commanding officer.

    Life in the barracks is fraught with adversarial personalities, chief among them Private Angelo Maggio, Prewitt's loudmouthed best friend, and Staff Sergeant "Fatso" Judson, the sadistic stockade warden. Both Prewitt and Warden meet women who seek to change their lives. Prewitt finds cynical nightclub "hostess" Lorene at a brothel masquerading as a social club, while Warden embarks on a passionate affair with his commanding officer's wayward wife Karen. Burt Lancaster is well cast as Warden, and he brings surprising nuance to his character's clandestine encounters with Karen. However, it's Montgomery Clift - despite looking too slight to be genuinely believable as a boxer - who transcends his loner role by playing off his innately sensitive nature to portray a man who will never sacrifice his honor despite how dire the consequences. Well within his comfort zone, Frank Sinatra's turn as Maggio is small but impactful.

    Still two years away from "Marty", Ernest Borgnine makes Judson's malevolence palpable in just a few scenes. Deborah Kerr submerges her Scottish accent and previous lady-like demeanor to reveal the embittered, sexually assertive side of Karen without sacrificing any of the character's vulnerability. The legendary, much-parodied beach scene with Lancaster still sizzles after all these years. Similarly, Donna Reed foregoes her good-girl image (epitomized by her memorable turn as Mary Bailey in "It's a Wonderful Life") to play the sultry, delusional Lorene. The 2003 DVD comes with a small set of extras - a three-minute making-of retrospective short, a nine-minute collection of on-set footage and interviews from a documentary entitled "Fred Zinnemann: As I See It", and the original theatrical trailer. The best extra is the commentary track from Tim Zinnemann (the director's son) and screenwriter Alvin Sargent ("Spider-Man 2"), who had a small role in the movie.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 28, 1953 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Od tod do večnosti
    • Filming locations
      • Halona Beach Cove, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA(Warden and Karen's kissing in the surf scene)
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,650,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $36,416
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $18,176
      • Dec 7, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $36,416
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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