Why is ‘The Best Years of Our Lives’ a remarkable movie?

 

               ‘The Best Years of Our Lives’ won the Best Picture in 1946 Academy Awards. It is a film directed by William Wyler and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, and Harold Russell.

               The movie is producer Samuel Goldwyn’s classic, significant American movie about the difficult, traumatic adjustments such as unemployment, adultery, alcoholism, and ostracism that three returning veteran servicemen experienced in the aftermath of World War II. The ironic title refers to the troubling fact that many servicemen had ‘the best years of their lives’ in wartime, not in their experiences afterwards.

               The film was the major commercial success since ‘Gone with the Wind’ of 1939. ‘The Best Years of Our Lives’ won seven Academy Awards in 1946, including Best Picture, Best Director for William Wyler, Best Actor for Fredric March, Best Supporting Actor for Harold Russell, Best Film Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score.

Picture Credit : Google