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 at Pearl Harbor. 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.

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

The film won eight Oscars:

• 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 was received nominations for a further five Oscars:

• 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

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

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