Directed by:
Fred ZinnemannScreenplay:
Daniel TaradashComposer:
George DuningCast:
Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, Philip Ober, Mickey Shaughnessy, Harry Bellaver, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Warden (more)VOD (1)
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Fred Zinnemann's classic drama about Pearl Harbor on the eve of the fateful Japanese attack. Private Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is newly arrived at the military base, and has already fallen foul of his superiors due to his refusal to box on the company team. Given the worst duties as a result, Prewitt is befriended by Angelo Maggio (Frank Sinatra), a young soldier who is himself persecuted by the Italian-hating Sergeant Fatso (Ernest Borgnine). Meanwhile, Sergeant Warden (Burt Lancaster), Prewitt's superior, treads on dangerous ground when he allows himself to get caught up in an affair with an officer's wife (Deborah Kerr). (Sony Pictures Releasing)
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A great classic that fully deserves the label. A strong story, excellent actors and the constant threat of war hanging in the air, which finally strikes and shakes everything up. The film would have greatly benefited from a more lavish widescreen format.
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Currently, it is no longer a film that works as well as it did sixty years ago. It is a response to Pearl Harbor, but also to the problems that existed and still exist in the army. Montgomery Clift once again shows what a great actor he was and how well he was watched in every role. Men, in general, take the lead in this film, both in terms of acting and not just quantitatively.
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