| From Here to Eternity | |
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| Directed by | Fred Zinnemann |
| Screenplay by | Daniel Taradash |
| Based on | From Here to Eternity by James Jones |
| Produced by | Buddy Adler |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Burnett Guffey |
| Edited by | William A. Lyon |
| Music by | George Duning, Morris Stoloff |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.7–2.5 million[1][2] |
| Box office | $30.5 million[1] |
From Here to Eternity is a 1953 American romantic war drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and written by Daniel Taradash, based on the 1951 novel of the same name by 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 Best Picture, Best Director (Fred Zinnemann), Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actor (Frank Sinatra), and Supporting Actress (Donna Reed).[3] The film's title originates from Rudyard Kipling's 1892 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".[4][5]
- ^ a b "Box Office Information for 'From Here to Eternity'". The Numbers. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- ^ Webster, David Kenyon (July 13, 1954). "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". The Wall Street Journal. p. 1.
- ^ "The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org. October 4, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ^ "Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. December 16, 2002. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 2, 2020.