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Watch From Here to Eternity (1953) Trailerwith Burt Lancaster as Sergeant Milton Warden ( held in the highest regard by his men, someone who knows how to work the system) and Deborah Kerr as Karen Holmes (a captain's wife who's drinking and playing around), ranked #20 by AFI's 100 Years 100 Passions. |
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DialoguesKAREN HOLMES: Well, if it isn't Sergeant Warden. You'd better step inside, or you'll get wet. SERGEANT MILTON WARDEN: I am wet. KAREN HOLMES: If you're looking for the captain, he isn't here. SERGEANT MILTON WARDEN: And if I'm not looking for him? KAREN HOLMES: He still isn't here. SERGEANT MILTON WARDEN: Well, I'm looking for him. Do you know where he is? KAREN HOLMES: I haven't the slightest idea. Perhaps he's "in town on business." That's the way you put it the other day, isn't it? SERGEANT MILTON WARDEN: I got some papers it's important for him to sign. KAREN HOLMES: I'll try phoning him at the club. Maybe he's there. SERGEANT MILTON WARDEN: Don't do that. I never like to disturb a man when he's drinking. I could use a drink myself. Aren't you gonna ask me in? KAREN HOLMES: The liquor's there, Sergeant, in the cabinet. You're taking an awful chance, you know. My maid is liable to be home any time. SERGEANT MILTON WARDEN: No, she won't. Thursday's her day off. KAREN HOLMES: You think of everything, don't you, Sergeant? SERGEANT MILTON WARDEN: I try. In my position, you have to.
KAREN HOLMES: Are these really important?
SERGEANT MILTON WARDEN: Yes. But not important to get signed today. Tomorrow's okay. I got copies at the office, so it won't be much work to fix them up.
 KAREN HOLMES: That's what I like about you, Sergeant..
You have confidence. It's also what I dislike about you.
SERGEANT MILTON WARDEN: It's not confidence, ma'am. It's honesty. I just hate to see a beautiful woman going all to waste.
KAREN HOLMES: "Waste," did you say? There's a subject I might tell you something about. I know several kinds of waste, Sergeant. You're probably not even remotely aware of some of them. Would you like to hear? For instance, what about the house without a child? There's one sort for you. Then there's another. You're doing fine, Sergeant. My husband's off somewhere, and it's raining outside and we're both drinking now. You've probably only got one thing wrong, the lady herself. The lady's not what she seems. She's a washout, if you know what I mean. And I'm sure you know what I mean.
SERGEANT MILTON WARDEN: You gonna cry?
KAREN HOLMES: Not if I can help it.
What are you doing?
SERGEANT MILTON WARDEN: I'm leaving. Isn't that what you want?
KAREN HOLMES: I don't know, Sergeant. I don't know.
CrewDirected by Fred Zinnemann Produced by Buddy Adler Screenplay by Daniel Taradash Based on From Here to Eternity by James Jones Music by George Duning Cinematography Burnett Guffey Edited by William A. Lyon Color process Black and white Production company Columbia Pictures Release date August 5, 1953NotesVoted #52 by AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies Greatest American films. Was Oscar nominated in all the major categories of Best Picture, Director, Actor (two nominations), Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress and Screenplay, and won in all except the lead acting categories. Tied with Gone with the Wind (1939) for the most Oscars won by a single film up to that point in time - eight. The now classic scene between Lancaster and Kerr in the rushing water on the beach was not written to take place there. The idea to film with the waves hitting them was a last-minute inspiration from director Fred Zinnemann. The scene was filmed at Halona Cove on the eastern side of Oahu, near Koko Head Crater and Sandy Beach, and the location became a major tourist attraction for years after. The title phrase comes originally from Rudyard Kipling's 1892 poem "Gentlemen-Rankers," about soldiers of the British Empire who had "lost way" and were "damned from here to eternity." Recommended trailers For You |
