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A 1952 novel by [[James Jones]], ''[[From Here to Eternity]]'' was based on his experiences serving in [[World War II]]. It was adapted into a film in 1953, a miniseries in 1979 and a TV Show in 1980. The film version, directed by Fred Zinnemann and staring an [[All Star Cast]] including Burt Lancaster, [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Deborah Kerr]], remains the most iconic of these productions. It won eight Oscars in its year, including Best Picture.
A 1952 novel by [[James Jones]], ''[[From Here to Eternity]]'' was based on his experiences serving in [[World War II]]. It was adapted into a film in 1953, a miniseries in 1979 and a TV Show in 1980. The film version, directed by Fred Zinnemann and staring an [[All-Star Cast]] including Burt Lancaster, [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Deborah Kerr]], remains the most iconic of these productions. It won eight Oscars in its year, including Best Picture.


The 1953 film is also famous for a [[Signature Scene|certain scene]] involving Burt Lancaster, [[Deborah Kerr]], [[Big Damn Kiss|and a beach]]. It's an iconic bit, and new viewers may be surprised to discover that it's only ''three seconds long.''
The 1953 film is also famous for a [[Signature Scene|certain scene]] involving Burt Lancaster, [[Deborah Kerr]], [[Big Damn Kiss|and a beach]]. It's an iconic bit, and new viewers may be surprised to discover that it's only ''three seconds long.''
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* [[All Star Cast]]: In addition to the ones above, there’s also Montgomery Clift, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine and Phillip Ober.
* [[All-Star Cast]]: In addition to the ones above, there’s also Montgomery Clift, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine and Phillip Ober.
* [[Beach Kiss]]: The [[Trope Codifier]].
* [[Beach Kiss]]: The [[Trope Codifier]].
* [[Big Damn Kiss]]: The beach scene in the 1953 film won an Oscar by itself.
* [[Big Damn Kiss]]: The beach scene in the 1953 film won an Oscar by itself.
* [[Camp Follower]]: Alma.
* [[Camp Follower]]: Alma.
* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: Staff Sgt. James R. "Fatso" Judson.
* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: Staff Sgt. James R. "Fatso" Judson.
* [[Good Adultery Bad Adultery]]: Captain Holmes cheats on his wife, which makes it all right for her to cheat on him. {{spoiler|His behavior previously resulted in her losing a child and nearly dying herself.}}
* [[Good Adultery, Bad Adultery]]: Captain Holmes cheats on his wife, which makes it all right for her to cheat on him. {{spoiler|His behavior previously resulted in her losing a child and nearly dying herself.}}
* [[Hey Its That Guy]]: Sgt. Stark is [[The Adventures of Superman|Superman!]]
* [[Hey It's That Guy]]: Sgt. Stark is [[The Adventures of Superman|Superman!]]
** Legend has it that this trope led to George Reeves’s part getting cut significantly after previews. [[Word of God]] says differently, and that his part appears as filmed.
** Legend has it that this trope led to George Reeves’s part getting cut significantly after previews. [[Word of God]] says differently, and that his part appears as filmed.
* [[Literary Allusion Title]]: From “Gentleman Rankers” by [[Rudyard Kipling]].
* [[Literary Allusion Title]]: From “Gentleman Rankers” by [[Rudyard Kipling]].

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Well, what am I? I'm a private no-class dogface. The way most civilians look at that, that's two steps up from nothin'.
— Robert E. Lee "Prew" Prewitt
Soldiers enjoy some typical R&R During the War.


A 1952 novel by James Jones, From Here to Eternity was based on his experiences serving in World War II. It was adapted into a film in 1953, a miniseries in 1979 and a TV Show in 1980. The film version, directed by Fred Zinnemann and staring an All-Star Cast including Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra and Deborah Kerr, remains the most iconic of these productions. It won eight Oscars in its year, including Best Picture.

The 1953 film is also famous for a certain scene involving Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, and a beach. It's an iconic bit, and new viewers may be surprised to discover that it's only three seconds long.

In 1941, a few short months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Private Robert E. Lee "Prew" Prewitt is transferred to the nearby Schofield Barracks in Honolulu. His CO at Company G, 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.

Other characters in the story include Prewitt’s buddy and only supporter on base, Angelo Maggio; Holmes’s wife Karen and her lover, Sgt. Warden; Prewitt's girlfriend, "nightclub hostess" Alma; and Staff Sgt. Fatso Judson, the brutish stockade guard who becomes Magglio's tormentor.

See also The Thin Red Line which features similar characters based on James Jones' real life experiences, including Private Witt, appropriately enough for a subsequent novel.

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