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{{Short description|1953 film directed by Fred Zinnemann}} {{About||the novel|From Here to Eternity (novel){{!}}''From Here to Eternity'' (novel)|other uses}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox film | name = From Here to Eternity | image = From Here to Eternity (1953 poster).jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Fred Zinnemann]] | producer = [[Buddy Adler]] | based_on = {{based on|''[[From Here to Eternity (novel)|From Here to Eternity]]''|[[James Jones (author)|James Jones]]}} | screenplay = [[Daniel Taradash]] | starring = {{ubl|[[Burt Lancaster]]|[[Montgomery Clift]]|[[Deborah Kerr]]|[[Donna Reed]]|[[Frank Sinatra]]|}} | music = [[George Duning]], [[Morris Stoloff]] | cinematography = [[Burnett Guffey]] | editing = [[William A. Lyon]] | color_process = [[Black and white]] | studio = [[Columbia Pictures]] | distributor = Columbia Pictures | released = {{Film date|1953|8|5|}} | runtime = 118 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $1.7–2.5 million<ref name =Numbers/><ref>{{Cite news|last=Webster |first=David Kenyon |title=Film Fare: Hollywood producers concentrate on fewer, more lavish pictures, theatre owners complain, but studios' profits are the best in year's Genghis Khan and Ben Hur |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=July 13, 1954 |page=1}}</ref> | gross = $30.5 million<ref name ="Numbers">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/From-Here-to-Eternity |title=Box Office Information for 'From Here to Eternity' |website=The Numbers |access-date=April 12, 2012}}</ref> }} '''''From Here to Eternity''''' is a 1953 American romantic [[Drama (film and television)#War drama|war drama]] film directed by [[Fred Zinnemann]] and written by [[Daniel Taradash]], based on the 1951 [[From Here to Eternity (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[James Jones (author)|James Jones]]. It deals with the tribulations of three [[United States Army]] soldiers, played by [[Burt Lancaster]], [[Montgomery Clift]], and [[Frank Sinatra]], stationed on [[Hawaii]] in the months leading up to the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]]. [[Deborah Kerr]] and [[Donna Reed]] portray the women in their lives. The supporting cast includes [[Ernest Borgnine]], [[Philip Ober]], [[Jack Warden]], [[Mickey Shaughnessy]], [[Claude Akins]], and [[George Reeves]]. It won 8 [[Academy Awards]] out of 13 nominations, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] (Fred Zinnemann), [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Adapted Screenplay]], [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Supporting Actor]] (Frank Sinatra), and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Supporting Actress]] (Donna Reed).<ref name="Oscars1954">{{Cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1954 |title=The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=May 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093858/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1954.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film's title originates from [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s 1892 poem "[[Gentleman ranker#Kipling's poem|Gentlemen-Rankers]]", about soldiers of the [[British Empire]] who had "lost [their] way" and were "damned from here to eternity". In 2002, ''From Here to Eternity'' was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-02-176/librarian-of-congress-adds-25-films-to-national-film-registry/2002-12-17/|date=December 16, 2002|access-date=2020-10-02|website=Library of Congress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|access-date=2020-10-02|website=Library of Congress}}</ref> ==Plot== In 1941, bugler and career soldier Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt, who was once a professional boxer, transfers from [[Fort Shafter]] to a rifle company at [[Schofield Barracks]] on the island of [[Oahu]]. Captain Dana "Dynamite" Holmes wants him on his regimental boxing team, but Prewitt refuses absolutely, with no further explanation. Consequently, Holmes makes Prewitt's life miserable and ultimately orders [[First Sergeant]] Milton Warden to prepare a [[court-martial]]. Warden suggests doubling Prewitt's company punishment as an alternative. Prewitt is hazed by the other [[non-commissioned officer|NCO]]s and is supported only by his close friend, Private Angelo Maggio. Prewitt and Maggio join a social club where Prewitt becomes attracted to Lorene. Prewitt confides to her he quit boxing after blinding his sparring partner. At the club, Maggio argues with [[Military prison|stockade]] Sergeant "Fatso" Judson. Later, at a local bar, Judson provokes Maggio and the two nearly come to blows before Warden intervenes. Despite being warned, Warden risks prison when he starts fraternizing with Holmes' wife, Karen. Her marriage to Holmes is unhappy and distant, made worse after Holmes' drinking and infidelity resulted in the stillbirth of her only child and consequent infertility. Karen encourages Warden to become an officer, which would enable her to divorce Holmes and marry him. Maggio is sentenced to the stockade after walking off guard duty and getting drunk, subjecting him to Judson's unqualified (and unauthorized) wrath. Prewitt discovers Lorene's name is really Alma, and her goal is to make enough money at the club to go back to the mainland and marry. Prewitt tells her his career is in the military, and the two wonder whether they have a future together. A member of Holmes' boxing team, Sergeant Galovitch, picks a fight with Prewitt. Holmes fails to stop it, which is noticed by the regimental commander. When Prewitt prevails in the fight, Holmes finally intervenes and is about to punish Prewitt again; but, does nothing after learning Galovitch started the fight. Maggio escapes from the stockade after a brutal beating from Judson and dies in Prewitt's arms. Seeking revenge, Prewitt engages Judson in a back alley knife fight. Prewitt kills Judson but is badly wounded and stays with Lorene. Warden covers for Prewitt's [[AWOL|absence]]. After initiating a review into Holmes' conduct, the regimental commander orders his resignation in lieu of a court martial. Holmes' replacement, Captain Ross, reprimands the other NCOs, demotes Galovitch to private, and affirms there will be no more promotions through boxing. Karen tells Warden that Holmes' resignation is forcing them back to the mainland, but Warden reveals he has no interest in becoming an officer, effectively ending their relationship. Warden promises her that they will meet somewhere someday. On December 7, the [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Japanese attack Pearl Harbor]]. Warden takes command, orders coffee be made and leads a fierce resistance to the attack. Despite Lorene's pleas to stay with her, Prewitt attempts to rejoin his company but is shot dead by [[military police]] when he refuses to halt. Warden identifies him as a hardhead but a good soldier. Days later, Karen and Lorene coincidentally stand next to each other on a ship going to the mainland. Karen tosses her [[Lei (garland)|leis]] into the sea, wondering if she will ever return to Hawaii. Lorene tells Karen she is not returning as her "fiancé", whom she identifies as Prewitt, was a bomber pilot who died during the attack and was awarded a [[Silver Star]]. Karen recognizes the name but says nothing. ==Cast== {{Cast listing| * [[Burt Lancaster]] as First Sergeant Milton Warden<ref name=Variety>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1953/film/reviews/from-here-to-eternity-2-1200417558/|title=From Here to Eternity|last1=Brogdon|first1=William|date=1953-07-29|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/From-Here-to-Eternity-film-by-Zinnemann|title=From Here to Eternity - Plot, Cast, Awards, & Facts|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref> * [[Montgomery Clift]] as Private Robert E. Lee "Prew" Prewitt * [[Deborah Kerr]] as Karen Holmes * [[Donna Reed]] as Alma Burke / Lorene * [[Frank Sinatra]] as Private Angelo Maggio * [[Philip Ober]] as Captain Dana "Dynamite" Holmes * [[Mickey Shaughnessy]] as Corporal Leva * [[Harry Bellaver]] as Private First Class Mazzioli * [[Ernest Borgnine]] as Staff Sergeant James R. "Fatso" Judson * [[Jack Warden]] as Corporal Buckley * John Dennis as Sergeant Ike Galovitch * [[Merle Travis]] as Private Sal Anderson * [[Tim Ryan (actor)|Tim Ryan]] as Sergeant Pete Karelsen * Arthur Keegan as Treadwell * Barbara Morrison as Mrs. Kipfer * [[George Reeves]] as Sergeant Maylon Stark (uncredited){{cn|date=February 2025}} * [[Claude Akins]] as Sergeant "Baldy" Dhom (uncredited){{cn|date=February 2025}} * [[Alvin Sargent]] as Sergeant Nair (uncredited){{cn|date=February 2025}} * [[Robert J. Wilke]] as Sergeant Henderson (uncredited){{cn|date=February 2025}} * [[Carleton Young]] as Colonel Ayres (uncredited){{cn|date=February 2025}} * [[Kristine Miller]] as Georgette (uncredited){{cn|date=February 2025}} }} ==Production== [[File:Frank Sinatra as Maggio From Here to Eternity.jpg|thumb|right|Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra]] [[S. Sylvan Simon]] suggested to [[Harry Cohn]] that Columbia buy the rights to the novel and Simon was assigned to make the film but died from a heart attack in May 1951 before he could make preparations for the film.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Inside Stuff - Pictures|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 19, 1953|page=15|url=https://archive.org/details/variety191-1953-08/page/n144/mode/1up?view=theater|access-date=March 17, 2024|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> Hollywood legend has it that Frank Sinatra got the role in the film by means of his alleged [[American Mafia|Mafia]] connections, and it was the basis for a similar subplot in ''[[The Godfather]]''.{{sfn|Sinatra|1995|p=106}} However, that has been dismissed on several occasions by the cast and crew of the film. Director [[Fred Zinnemann]] commented that "the legend about a horse's head having been cut off is pure invention, a poetic license on the part of [[Mario Puzo]], who wrote ''[[The Godfather]]''".{{sfn|Sinatra|1995|p=106}} One explanation of Sinatra's casting is that his then-wife [[Ava Gardner]] persuaded studio head [[Harry Cohn]]'s wife to use her influence with him; this version is related by [[Kitty Kelley]] in her Sinatra biography.{{sfn|Sinatra|1995|p=106}} [[Joan Crawford]] and [[Gladys George]] were offered roles, but George lost her role when the director decided he wanted to cast the female roles against type, and Crawford's demands to be filmed by her own cameraman led the studio to take a chance on Deborah Kerr, also playing against type. [[Kim Stanley]] heavily campaigned for the role of Lorene, which later garnered an [[Academy Award]] for [[Donna Reed]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moviesplanet.com/movies/88514/from-here-to-eternity/trivia |title=From Here to Eternity (1953) |website=moviesplanet.com |access-date=May 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929103204/http://www.moviesplanet.com/movies/88514/from-here-to-eternity/trivia |archive-date=2011-09-29}}</ref> The on-screen chemistry between Lancaster and Kerr may have spilled off-screen; it was alleged that the stars became involved romantically during filming.{{sfn|Buford|2000}}{{page needed|date=December 2015}} The songs "Re-Enlistment Blues" and "From Here to Eternity" were written by [[Robert Wells (songwriter)|Robert Wells]] and Fred Karger.<ref name="pc22">{{Gilliland|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19775/m1/|title=Show 22 – Smack Dab in the Middle on Route 66: A skinny dip in the easy listening mainstream. [Part 1]|show=22|track=2}}</ref> In 1951, LIFE magazine reported the novel's sale price to Hollywood as $82,500.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=James Jones and his Angel |last=Whipple |first=A. B. C. |magazine=[[Life (magazine)|Life]] |date=7 May 1951 |pages=143–44, 147, 149–50, 152, 154, 157 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gVEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA143 |access-date=4 August 2024 |issn=0024-3019}}</ref> ==Differences from the novel== [[File:From Here To Eternity (1953) - Trailer.webm|thumb|right|270px|The film's trailer]] Several of the novel's controversial plot points were changed or eliminated for the film to satisfy the [[Motion Picture Production Code|Production Code Office]] and the U.S. Army.{{sfn|Hischak|2012|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vfie60kGGuAC&pg=PA75 p. 75]}}{{sfn|Suid|2002|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ucQeBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA148 p. 148]}} Army cooperation was necessary in order to shoot on location at Schofield Barracks, use training aircraft, and obtain military footage of Pearl Harbor for use in the film, as well as for cost reasons.{{sfn|Smyth|2014|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=-7HWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA130 pp. 130–131]}}<ref name=nixon>{{cite web|last=Nixon |first=Rob |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/16762/from-here-to-eternity#articles-reviews?articleId=133547 |title=From Here to Eternity: The Essentials |date=May 3, 2006 |website=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=December 20, 2015}}</ref> According to screenwriter Daniel Taradash, both the Code Office and the Army were impressed by his script, which reduced the number of censorship problems.{{sfn|Dick|1992|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=K60eBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA150 p. 150]}} In the novel, Lorene was a prostitute at a brothel, but in the film, she is a hostess at a private social club.{{sfn|Hischak|2012|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vfie60kGGuAC&pg=PA75 p. 75]}} Karen's [[hysterectomy]] in the novel was caused by the unfaithful Holmes transmitting [[gonorrhea]] to her, but in the film, her hysterectomy resulted from a [[miscarriage]], thus avoiding the topic of venereal disease. The changes were made to meet Code Office standards.{{sfn|Suid|2002|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ucQeBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA148 p. 148]}} In the novel, several of the enlisted men fraternize with homosexuals, and one soldier commits suicide as a result, but homosexuality is not mentioned or directly explored in the film. Again, the change was made to satisfy the Code Office.{{sfn|Suid|2002|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ucQeBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA148 p. 148]}}{{sfn|Beidler|1998|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=DtoLcIjLBiYC&pg=PA127 p. 127]}} However, J. E. Smyth has written that the film's treatment of Judson's behavior towards Maggio "has all the indications of sexual abuse, and therefore reintroduces the fear of homosexuality in the 1930s military that the rest of the script had to repress for obvious reasons of censorship".{{sfn|Smyth|2014|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=-7HWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA139 pp. 139–140]}} In the novel, Captain Holmes ironically receives his desired promotion, and is transferred out of the company. In the film, Holmes is forced to resign from the Army under threat of court-martial for his ill-treatment of Prewitt. The Army insisted on this change, which the filmmakers reluctantly made.{{sfn|Hischak|2012|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vfie60kGGuAC&pg=PA75 p. 75]}}<ref name="nixon" />{{sfn|Smyth|2014|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=-7HWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA136 p. 136]}} Director Zinnemann later complained that the scene where Holmes is reprimanded was "the worst moment in the film, resembling a recruiting short",<ref name=nixon /> and wrote, "It makes me sick every time I see it."{{sfn|Eagan|2010|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=deq3xI8OmCkC&pg=PA472 p. 472]}} In the novel, Judson's systematic abuse of Maggio and other prisoners, including Prewitt at one point, is portrayed in detail. However, in the film, Maggio's abuse happens [[offscreen]], and it is told only verbally to Prewitt, who remains free. The Army required that the abuse of Maggio not be shown and that Judson's behavior toward Maggio be portrayed as "a sadistic anomaly, and not as the result of Army policy, as depicted in Jones' book".<ref name=nixon /> The filmmakers agreed, seeing these changes as improvements.<ref name=nixon />{{sfn|Eagan|2010|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=deq3xI8OmCkC&pg=PA472 p. 472]}} Maggio, who survives and is discharged in the novel, dies in the film,{{sfn|Hischak|2012|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vfie60kGGuAC&pg=PA75 p. 75]}} having been combined with two other prisoner characters from the novel (one of whom is killed by Judson in the novel) to add drama and make Maggio a stronger, more tragic figure.{{sfn|Smyth|2014|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=-7HWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA126 p. 126], [https://books.google.com/books?id=-7HWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA135 pp. 135–136]}}{{sfn|Dick|1992|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=K60eBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA146 p. 146]}}{{sfn|Dick|1992|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=K60eBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA149 p. 149]}} The Army was further appeased by the filmmakers' inclusion of a line suggesting that Maggio's death was partially caused by his falling off a truck during a prison break, rather than solely by Judson's beatings.{{sfn|Suid|2002|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ucQeBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA145 pp. 145–146]}} ==Reception== Opening to rave reviews, ''From Here to Eternity'' proved to be an instant hit with critics and public alike, the Southern California Motion Picture Council extolling: "A motion picture so great in its starkly realistic and appealing drama that mere words cannot justly describe it."{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' agreed: <blockquote>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, presenting socko entertainment for big business. The cast names are exceptionally good, the exploitation and word-of-mouth values are topnotch, and the prospects in all playdates are very bright, whether special key bookings or general run.<ref name="Variety"/></blockquote> Of the actors, ''Variety'' went on to say, <blockquote>Burt Lancaster, whose presence adds measurably to the marquee weight of the strong cast names, wallops the character of First Sergeant Milton Warden, the professional soldier who wet-nurses a weak, pompous commanding officer and the GIs under him. It is a performance to which he gives depth of character as well as the muscles which had gained marquee importance for his name. Montgomery Clift, with a reputation for sensitive, three-dimensional performances, adds another to his growing list as the independent GI who refuses to join the company boxing team, taking instead the 'treatment' dished out at the C.O.'s instructions. Frank Sinatra scores a decided hit as Angelo Maggio, a violent, likeable Italo-American GI. While some may be amazed at this expression of the Sinatra talent versatility, it will come as no surprise to those who remember the few times he has had a chance to be something other than a crooner in films.<ref name="Variety"/></blockquote> The ''[[New York Post]]'' applauded Frank Sinatra, remarking, "He proves he is an actor by playing the luckless Maggio with a kind of doomed gaiety that is both real and immensely touching."{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} ''[[Newsweek]]'' also stated that, "Frank Sinatra, a crooner long since turned actor, knew what he was doing when he plugged for the role of Maggio."{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} [[John McCarten]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' concurred, writing that the film "reveals that Frank Sinatra, in the part of Mr. Clift's best friend who winds up in the stockade, is a first-rate actor."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McCarten |first=John |date=August 8, 1953 |title=The Current Cinema |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |page=52 }}</ref> The cast agreed; [[Burt Lancaster]] commented in the book ''Sinatra: An American Legend'' that, "[Sinatra's] fervour, his bitterness had something to do with the character of Maggio, but also with what he had gone through the last number of years. A sense of defeat and the whole world crashing in on him... They all came out in that performance."{{sfn|Sinatra|1995|p=106}} Despite the rivalry between their respective characters, Sinatra and Borgnine, both from Italian roots, became lifelong friends. They corresponded with each other at Christmas season by exchanging cards signed using their film characters' names, "Maggio" and "Fatso". At a [[Dean Martin Celebrity Roast]] honoring Sinatra, Borgnine mockingly reprised his Fatso Judson character. The film was number one in the United States for four weeks during September 1953, with a gross of $2,087,000.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=12 Biggest Pix Grossers in September Paced by 'Eternity' ('Robe' Excluded)|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 7, 1953|page=4|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety192-1953-10#page/n3/mode/1up|access-date=September 23, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> With a final gross of $30.5 million equating to earnings of $12.2 million, ''From Here to Eternity'' not only became [[1953 in film|one of the highest-grossing films of 1953]], but also one of the ten highest-grossing films of the decade. Adjusted for inflation, its box office gross would exceed US$277 million in 2017 dollars.<ref name ="Numbers"/> Despite the positive response of the critics and public, the Army was reportedly not pleased with its depiction in the finished film, and refused to let its name be used in the opening credits. The [[United States Navy|Navy]] banned the film from being shown to its servicemen on its ships or Naval shore installations, calling it "derogatory of a sister service" and a "discredit to the armed services", although the Army and Air Force Motion Picture services purchased the film for screenings.{{sfn|Smyth|2014|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=-7HWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA147 p. 147]}}<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|title=Navy Nixes 'Eternity' Although Army OK's It|date=September 2, 1953|page=3|url=https://archive.org/details/variety191-1953-09/page/n2/mode/1up?view=theater|access-date=February 24, 2024|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds a score of 88% from 100 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "It has perhaps aged poorly, but this languidly paced WWII romance remains an iconic, well-acted film, featuring particularly strong performances from Burt Lancaster and Montgomery Clift."<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Here to Eternity |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1007931-from_here_to_eternity |access-date=August 13, 2023 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film holds a weighted average score of 85 out of 100 based on 21 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Here to Eternity Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/from-here-to-eternity-re-release |access-date=August 13, 2023 |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Fandom, Inc.]]}}</ref> ==Awards and nominations== [[William Holden]], who won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for ''[[Stalag 17]]'', felt that Lancaster or Clift should have won. Sinatra later said that he thought his performance of heroin addict Frankie Machine in ''[[The Man with the Golden Arm]]'' was more deserving of an Oscar than his role as Maggio.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024|reason=Extraordinary claims require extraordinary sources.}} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Award ! Category ! Nominee(s) ! Result ! Ref. |- | rowspan="13"| [[26th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]] | [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] | [[Buddy Adler]] | {{won}} | align="center" rowspan="13"| <ref name="Oscars1954"/> |- | [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] | [[Fred Zinnemann]] | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2"| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | [[Montgomery Clift]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Burt Lancaster]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | [[Deborah Kerr]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] | [[Frank Sinatra]] | {{won}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | [[Donna Reed]] | {{won}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] | [[Daniel Taradash]] | {{won}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography – Black-and-White]] | [[Burnett Guffey]] | {{won}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design – Black-and-White]] | [[Jean Louis]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]] | [[William Lyon (film editor)|William Lyon]] | {{won}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture]] | [[George Duning]] and [[Morris Stoloff]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound Recording]] | [[John P. Livadary]] | {{won}} |- | [[Bambi Award]]s | colspan="2"| Best Film – International | {{won}} | align="center"| |- | [[7th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]] | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref name="BAFTA">{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1954/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1954 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=November 17, 2017}}</ref> |- | rowspan="1"| [[1954 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] | [[Palme d'Or|Grand Prix]] | rowspan="2"| Fred Zinnemann | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/from-here-to-eternity-2/ |title=From Here to Eternity |website=Festival de Cannes |date=May 13, 2010 |access-date=August 4, 2024}}</ref> |- | [[6th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]] | [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]] | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1950s/1953.aspx?value=1953 |title=6th Annual DGA Awards |publisher=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"| [[11th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]] | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]] | Frank Sinatra | {{won}} | align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref name="GG">{{cite web |url=https://goldenglobes.com/film/from-here-to-eternity/ |title=From Here to Eternity |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=November 17, 2017}}</ref> |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]] | Fred Zinneman | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2"| [[Goldene Leinwand|Golden Screen Awards]] | colspan="2"| Golden Screen | {{won}} | align="center" rowspan="2"| |- | colspan="2"| Golden Screen with Star | {{won}} |- | [[National Board of Review Awards 1953|National Board of Review Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]] | {{draw|3rd Place}} | align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1953/ |title=1953 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> |- | [[National Film Preservation Board]] | colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]] | {{won|Inducted}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/ |title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"| [[1953 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]] | {{won}} | align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/nyfccas?year=1953 |title=1953 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |publisher=[[Mubi (streaming service)|Mubi]] |access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref> |- | [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]] | Fred Zinneman | {{won}} |- | [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | Burt Lancaster | {{won}} |- | Online Film & Television Association Awards | colspan="2"| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | {{won|Inducted}} | align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |title=Film Hall of Fame: Productions |publisher=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref> |- | [[Photoplay#The Photoplay Magazine Medal of Honor|Photoplay Awards]] | colspan="2"| Gold Medal | {{won}} | align="center"| |- | [[6th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]] | [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama|Best Written American Drama]] | Daniel Taradash | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> |} === [[American Film Institute]] === *[[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies]]: #52<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movies/ |website=American Film Institute |access-date=4 August 2024}}</ref> *[[AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions]]: #20<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-passions/ |website=American Film Institute |access-date=4 August 2024}}</ref> ==Television== An unsuccessful television pilot starring [[Darren McGavin]] as 1st Sgt. Warden, [[Roger Davis (television actor)|Roger Davis]] as Pvt. Prewitt, and [[Tom Nardini]] as Pvt. Maggio was made in 1966.<ref>{{cite book|last=Goldberg |first=Lee |chapter=Unsold Television Pilots: 1955-1989 |title=Adventures in Television |date=2015 |publisher=Adventures in Television, Incorporated |isbn=978-1511590679}}</ref> In 1979, [[William Devane]] starred as 1st Sgt. Warden in a [[From Here to Eternity (miniseries)|miniseries]] that became a [[From Here to Eternity (TV series)|television series]] in 1980. ==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist|30em}} ===Bibliography=== {{Refbegin}} * {{Cite book|last=Beidler |first=Philip D. |title=The Good War's Greatest Hits: World War II and American Remembering |location=Athens, Georgia |publisher=University of Georgia Press |year=1998 |isbn=0-8203-2001-3}} * {{cite book|last=Buford |first=Kate |title=[[Burt Lancaster: An American Life]] |location=New York |publisher=Knopf |date=2000 |isbn=0-679-44603-6}} * {{cite book|editor-last1=Dick |editor-first1=Bernard F. |chapter=Chapter 6: An Interview with Daniel Taradash: From Harvard to Hollywood |title=Columbia Pictures: Portrait of a Studio |location=Lexington, Kentucky |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-8131-3019-4}} * {{cite book|last=Dolan |first=Edward F. Jr. |title=Hollywood Goes to War |location=London |publisher=Bison Books |year=1985 |isbn=0-86124-229-7}} * {{cite book|last=Eagan |first=Daniel |title=America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry |location=New York City |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |year=2010 |isbn=978-0826-41849-4}} * {{cite book|last=Evans |first=Alun |title=Brassey's Guide to War Films |location=Dulles, Virginia |publisher=Potomac Books |year=2000 |isbn=1-57488-263-5}} * {{cite book|last=Hischak |first=Thomas S. |title=American Literature on Stage and Screen: 525 Works and Their Adaptations |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Company |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-7864-6842-3}} * {{cite book|last=Sinatra |first=Nancy |title=Frank Sinatra: An American Legend |location=Chappaqua, New York |publisher=Reader's Digest Association |year=1995 |isbn=0-7621-0134-2}} * {{cite book|last=Smyth |first=J.E. |title=Fred Zinnemann and the Cinema of Resistance |location=Jackson, Mississippi |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-61703-964-5}} * {{cite book|last=Suid |first=Lawrence H. |title=Guts & Glory: The Making of the American Military Image in Film |location=Lexington, Kentucky |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |year=2002 |isbn=0-8131-2225-2}} {{Refend}} ==External links== {{wikiquote}} {{Commons category|From Here to Eternity (film)}} * {{IMDb title|0045793}} * {{TCMDb title|16762}} * {{AFI film|id=50845|title=From Here to Eternity}} * {{Rotten-tomatoes|1007931-from_here_to_eternity}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20190411091108/https://www.virtual-history.com/movie/film/772/from-here-to-eternity ''From Here to Eternity'' at Virtual History] * [http://sfy.ru/pdf/from_here_to_eternity_(1953).pdf Script (pdf)] * [https://books.google.com/books?id=deq3xI8OmCkC ''From Here to Eternity''] essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the [[National Film Registry]], A&C Black, 2010 {{ISBN|0826429777}}, pages 471-473 {{Fred Zinnemann}} {{James Jones (author)}} {{Navboxes |title = Awards for ''From Here to Eternity'' |list = {{AcademyAwardBestPicture 1941-1960}} {{New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film}} }} {{Pearl Harbor attack}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:From Here To Eternity}} [[Category:1953 films]] [[Category:1950s English-language films]] [[Category:1950s war drama films]] [[Category:1953 romantic drama films]] [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:American romantic drama films]] [[Category:American war films]] [[Category:American World War II films]] [[Category:Best Picture Academy Award winners]] [[Category:Columbia Pictures films]] [[Category:Films about adultery in the United States]] [[Category:Films about American military personnel]] [[Category:Films about the United States Army]] [[Category:Films based on American novels]] [[Category:Films based on military novels]] [[Category:Films directed by Fred Zinnemann]] [[Category:Films featuring a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award–winning performance]] [[Category:Films featuring a Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe winning performance]] [[Category:Films featuring a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award–winning performance]] [[Category:Films scored by George Duning]] [[Category:Films scored by Morris Stoloff]] [[Category:Films set in 1941]] [[Category:Films set in Hawaii]] [[Category:Films set in the 1940s]] [[Category:Films shot in Honolulu]] [[Category:Films that won the Best Sound Mixing Academy Award]] [[Category:Films whose cinematographer won the Best Cinematography Academy Award]] [[Category:Films whose director won the Best Directing Academy Award]] [[Category:Films whose director won the Best Director Golden Globe]] [[Category:Films whose editor won the Best Film Editing Academy Award]] [[Category:Films whose writer won the Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award]] [[Category:Pearl Harbor films]] [[Category:Photoplay Awards film of the year winners]] [[Category:United States National Film Registry films]] [[Category:War romance films]] [[Category:1950s American films]] [[Category:English-language romantic drama films]] [[Category:English-language war drama films]]
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