Record details

• Physical Description: videorecording
  videodisc
  1 videodisc (approximately 118 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
• Edition: Full screen.
• Publisher: Culver City, California : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2001]

Content descriptions

General Note:

Based upon the novel by James Jones.

DVD release of the 1953 motion picture.

Full screen version preserving the original theatrical aspect ratio.

Special features: audio commentary with Tim Zinnemann (director's son) and Al Sargent; featurette: The making of From here to eternity; excerpts from As I see it by Fred Zinnemann; theatrical trailers; filmographies, production notes.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; film editor, William Lyon ; music, George Duning.

Participant or Performer Note:

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, Philip Ober, Mickey Shaughnessy, Harry Bellaver, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Warden, John Dennis, Merle Travis, Tim Ryan, Arthur Keegan, Barbara Morrison, George Reeves.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

System Details Note:

DVD; NTSC, region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.

Language Note:

In English, French, Portuguese or Spanish, with optional subtitles in English, Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish or Thai; closed-captioned.

Awards Note:

Academy Awards, 1953: Best Picture; Best Screenplay, Daniel Taradash; Best Director, Fred Zinnemann; Best Cinematography, Burnett Guffy; Best Supporting Actor (Sinatra); Best Supporting Actress (Reed).

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