From Here to Eternity

(Fred Zinnemann, US 1953, 118 min., 35mm)

Ernest Borgnine. Based on James Jones’s best-selling novel, Zinnemann’s classic follows a group of troubled soldiers stationed in Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. With standout performances by Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr and Ernest Borgnine, the film swept the Oscars, winning eight awards.