1953 - From Here To Eternity: "I don't want to be an officer. I'm happy where I am"

 

1953 Best Picture Winner

Premiered August 5, 1953 in New York

Premiered: $1.7 Million

Gross: $30.5 Million

 

This was a movie that had a very progressive plot, meaning that I could imagine a movie with the same script hitting theatres today. It was also a plot that would not have made it into a movie ten years prior to the release date either. The movie centers around an adulterous affair and it romanticizes the relationship. Again, we see the evolution of what is seen as acceptable from a moral perspective.

 

The film was quick moving and compelling. We also liked the way that it built toward the attack on Pearl Harbor. We saw how the attack affected all of the main characters.

 

Joel

Favorite: I liked the fact that they casts Frank Sinatra in the film and didn't make him sing!

Least Favorite: I did not like the fact that the main love story was actually an affair.

Callie
Favorite: It has fun to see the time period depicted in Pearl Harbor.
Least Favorite: The attack on Pearl Harbor only took up the last five minutes of the movie.