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From
here to eternity
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Book: From here to eternity (1951)
Movie: From here to eternity (1953)
Premise
movie:
"It's 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army
transfer and has ended up at Schofield in Hawaii. His new captain,
Dana Holmes, has heard of his boxing prowess and is keen to get him
to represent the company. However, 'Prew' is adamant that he doesn't box
anymore, so Captain Holmes gets his subordinates to make his life a
living hell. Meanwhile Sargeant Warden starts seeing the captain's
wife, who has a history of seeking external relief from a troubled
marriage. Prew's friend Maggio has a few altercations with the
sadistic stockade sargeant 'Fatso' Judson, and Prew begins falling in
love with social club employee Lorene. Unbeknownst to anyone, the
Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbor looms in the distance."
from:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045793/plotsummary
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Premise
book:
"This is a long, satisfying, commanding novel of the
soldiers who were poised on the brink of real manhood when World
War II flung them unceremoniously into that abyss. Private Robert E. Lee
Prewitt is the nonconformist hero who refuses to box at Schofield
Barracks and is slowly destroyed by his own rebelliousness. Around
him, others are fighing their own small battles--and losing. It's
worth noting that Jones' 1951 audience was shocked by his frank
language and the sexual preoccupations of his characters."
from:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/
0385333641/002-6336975-3529643
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Author:
"James Jones (1921-1977), one of the major novelists of his
generation, is known primarily as the author of fiction that probes
the effects of World War II on the individual soldier. Born in
Robinson, Illinois, Jones entered the U.S. Army and had the
distinction of being the only individual who would become a major
writer to witness the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor. A
member of the 27th U.S. Infantry Regiment (25th Division), Jones was
wounded at Guadalcanal and returned to Robinson, where he started to
write about his experiences. After shelving his unpublished first
novel, "They Shall Inherit the Laughter," Jones completed the
critically acclaimed international bestseller From Here to Eternity
(1951). He assisted in the creation of the Handy Writers' Colony in
Marshall, Illinois (which lasted from 1949 to 1964) before taking up
residence in Paris as part of the Second Generation of American
Expatriate writers and artists. Jones's other novels are Some Came
Running(1957), The Pistol (1959), The Thin Red Line (1962), Go to the
Widow-Maker (1967), The Merry Month of May (1971), A Touch of Danger
(1973), and Whistle (1978). Jones published an acclaimed short-story
collection, The Ice-Cream Headache and Other Stories (1968), a
nonfictional history of World War II from the viewpoint of the
soldier, World War II (1975), and a book of essays, Viet Journal
(1975). Jones also published short fiction and articles throughout
his adult life."
from:
http://rking.vinu.edu/j.htm
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Director:
Fred Zinneman
Cast:
Burt Lancaster (1st Sgt. Milton Warden ), Montgomery Clift (Pvt.
Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt), Deborah Kerr (Karen Holmes ), Donna
Reed (Alma Burke), Frank Sinatra (Pvt. Angelo Maggio), Philip Ober
(Capt. Dana 'Dynamite' Holmes), Mickey Shaughnessy (Supply Sgt.
Leva), Harry Bellaver (Pvt. Mazzioli), Ernest Borgnine (SSgt. James
R.'Fatso' Judson) and others.
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