From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Fred Zinnemann
Screenplay by	Daniel Taradash
Based on	From Here to Eternity; by James Jones
Produced by	Buddy Adler
Starring	Burt Lancaster; Montgomery Clift; Deborah Kerr; Donna Reed; Frank Sinatra;
Cinematography	Burnett Guffey
Edited by	William A. Lyon
Music by	George Duning, Morris Stoloff
Color process	Black and white
Production; company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	August 5, 1953;
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.7–2.5 million
Box office	$30.5 million

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. The picture 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. "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, July 13, 1954, p. 1.
^ "The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners." Oscars.org. Retrieved: December 20, 2015.
^ "Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-10-02.

[Numbers-1] "Box Office Information for 'From Here to Eternity'." The Numbers. Retrieved: April 12, 2012.

[2] Webster, David Kenyon. "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, July 13, 1954, p. 1.

[Oscars1954-3] "The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners." Oscars.org. Retrieved: December 20, 2015.

[4] "Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-10-02.

[5] "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-10-02.

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