From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity is a 1953 movie based on a James Jones novel in which characters work through ordinary bouts of intimidation and infidelity on a military base in the days preceding the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Related Topics:
1953 - James Jones - Attack on Pearl Harbor

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In 2002 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Related Topics:
2002 - Library of Congress - National Film Registry

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The film won eight Oscars:

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• Academy Award for Best Picture - Buddy Adler, producer
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Frank Sinatra
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress - Donna Reed
• Academy Award for Best Cinematography, black-and-white - Burnett Guffey
• Academy Award for Directing - Fred Zinnemann
• Best Film Editing - William A. Lyon
• Best Sound Recording - John P. Livadary
• Best Writing, Screenplay - Daniel Taradash

It received nominations for a further five Oscars:

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• Academy Award for Best Actor - Montgomery Clift
• Academy Award for Best Actor - Burt Lancaster
• Academy Award for Best Actress - Deborah Kerr
• Academy Award for Costume Design, black-and-white - Jean Louis
• Best Music Score - George Duning and Morris Stoloff

Among the cast members without Oscar nominations are Philip Ober, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Warden, and Merle Travis. The novel's author had an uncredited bit part in the film.

Related Topics:
Philip Ober - Ernest Borgnine - Jack Warden - Merle Travis

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Legend has it that Frank Sinatra got the role in the movie because of his speculated Mafia connections, and that this was the basis for a similar subplot in The Godfather.

Related Topics:
Mafia - The Godfather

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The movie was also remade as a TV miniseries in 1979.

Related Topics:
TV - 1979

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