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Actors: Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Warden
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about From Here to Eternity |
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FROM HERE TO ETERNITY is a movie directed by Fred Zinnemann in 1953. Eight academy awards.
Hawai, 1941. First Sergeant Burt Lancaster falls in love with Deborah Kerr, his captain's wife. Kerr despises her husband since the day she lost her child while the captain Holmes was too drunk to call the doctor. Meanwhile, Holmes gives the "treatment" to Montgomery Clift who refuses to join the boxing team of the platoon because he's given up boxing after having accidentally blinded one of his friends while training. Clift and his pal Frank -Maggio- Sinatra are members of the New Congress Club where Clift meets Donna -Lorene- Reed, a young american girl who entertains the local american guys and dreams of returning home in order to have a normal life. Maggio is arrested and the Martial Court condemns him to 6 months of jail because he has left the garrison without permission. Fatso Ernest Borgnine gives him a very hard time in prison and Sinatra dies during an escape attempt. Kerr asks Lancaster to prepare the exams in order to become an officer so that she can divorce Holmes and return to the continent with Burt. But one morning, the japanese attack Pearl Harbour.
A classic.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of From Here to Eternity |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
War impact on civilians/veterans
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) muscular
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) fat
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- bulging muscles
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Hawaii
Misc setting
- prison
- fort/military installation
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
Is this movie based on a
- book
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