‘From Here to Eternity’ is a 1952 novel by James Jones, based on his experiences serving in World War II. It was adapted into a film in 1953, a miniseries in 1979, a TV series in 1980, and a musical version in 2013.
The film version, directed by Fred Zinnemann, won eight Academy Awards out of 13 nominations, including awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. The film’s title originally comes from a quote from Rudyard Kipling’s 1892 poem ‘Gentlemen-Rankers’.
The movie deals with the tribulations of three US Army soldiers. The movie’s story line begins in 1941, a few short months before the attack on Pearl Harbour. Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt is transferred to the Schofield Barracks in Honolulu. His CO, Captain Holmes, learns that Prewitt was a boxer, and tries to recruit him for the unit’s boxing club. When Prewitt refuses, Holmes decides to make the new recruit’s life a living hell.
In 2002, ‘From Here to Eternity’ was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
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