From Here to Eternity
original movie poster
Directed by	Fred Zinnemann
Produced by	Buddy Adler
Written by	James Jones (novel) Daniel Taradash
Starring	Burt Lancaster Montgomery Clift Deborah Kerr Donna Reed Frank Sinatra
Cinematography	Burnett Guffey
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	August 5, 1953 (U.S. release)
Running time	118 min
Language	English
IMDb profile

For other uses, see From Here to Eternity (disambiguation).

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Awards

The film won eight Oscars: Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. ...

• 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

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Nominations

It 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

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Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in the famous beach scene in From Here to Eternity.

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Cast

Among the cast members without Oscar nominations are Philip Ober, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Warden, and Merle Travis. The novel's author had a small, uncredited part in the film. Ernest Borgnine (born January 24, 1917) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Jack Warden (September 18, 1920 – July 19, 2006) was an American actor. ... Merle Travis (November 29, 1917 - October 20, 1983) is an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician. ...

Trivia

• 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. The truth is more likely to have been that Sinatra's then-wife Ava Gardner persuaded studio head Harry Cohn's wife to go to bat for him, the version related by Kitty Kelley in her comprehensive Sinatra biography.

• A rumor has been circulating for years that George Reeves, who played Sgt. Maylon Stark, had his role drastically edited after preview audiences recognized him as TV's "Superman".

• The famous beach lovemaking scene between Lancaster and Kerr was lampooned in the movie Airplane!, where Robert Hays' and Julie Hagerty's characters become covered in seaweed.

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

• The U.S. Army withheld its cooperation from the production until the producers agreed to several modifications, most noticeably the fate of Captain Holmes.

• William Holden, who won the Best Actor Oscar for Stalag 17, felt that he didn't deserve it. Holden thought Burt Lancaster should have won for this film for his portrayal of Sgt. Milt Warden.

• The beach scene was referenced in Gilmore Girls as the way Lane loses her virginity and becomes pregnant.

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External links

• From Here To Eternity at All Movie Guide
• From Here to Eternity at the Internet Movie Database
• Script (pdf)