14 June 2014

Watch winner of 8 Oscars From Here to Eternity from 1953 online!

In the UK? Want to watch the Oscar-winning movie From Here to Eternity online? There are 2 sites in the UK where you can watch this movie online, and these are iTunes and Wuaki.

We have collected together some interesting information about 1953's From Here to Eternity for you. At the end of the article you can find the list of sites where you can stream this movie from, and their prices.

Guess who won the Best Picture Oscar in 1953! In 1953, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave the Oscar statuette to the producers of From Here to Eternity for the Best Picture award. A total number of 8 Oscars were awarded to that movie, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Acress.

Did you know that to qualify for the Best Picture Oscar, a movie must be shown at a Los Angeles cinema for at least a week in the year before the nomination? The Oscars have been handed out to outstanding movies and performances for more than 85 years. The Best Picture Oscar is regarded as the most important award at the Academy Awards.

According to Wikipedia, the movie From Here to Eternity can be described like this:
From Here to Eternity is a 1953 drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and based on the novel of the same name by James Jones. The picture deals with the tribulations of three soldiers, played by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Frank Sinatra, stationed on Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The cast of From Here to Eternity included:
  • Burt Lancaster as Sgt. Milton Warden
  • Montgomery Clift as Robert E. Lee Prewitt
  • Deborah Kerr as Karen Holmes
  • Frank Sinatra as Pvt. Angelo Maggio
  • Donna Reed as Alma 'Lorene' Burke
  • Ernest Borgnine as Sgt. 'Fatso' Judson
  • Merle Travis as Sal Anderson
  • George Reeves as Sgt. Maylon Stark

From Here to Eternity has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 89%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 84%. The New Republic's David Thomson has said this about From Here to Eternity:
In From Here to Eternity, you can glimpse an uneasier future for America, with the social wreckage and the pretending.

You can also go to IMDB for more information about the movie.

From Here to Eternity won these awards:
  • Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Frank Sinatra for his role as Pvt. Angelo Maggio at the 26th Academy Awards in 1953
  • Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Donna Reed for her role as Alma 'Lorene' Burke at the 26th Academy Awards in 1953
  • Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White at the 26th Academy Awards in 1953
  • Academy Award for Best Director at the 26th Academy Awards in 1953
  • Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 26th Academy Awards in 1953
  • Academy Award for Best Picture at the 26th Academy Awards in 1953
  • Academy Award for Best Screenplay at the 26th Academy Awards in 1953
  • Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing at the 26th Academy Awards in 1953
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture at the 11th Golden Globe Awards in 1953
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for Frank Sinatra for his role as Pvt. Angelo Maggio at the 11th Golden Globe Awards in 1953

According to Findable.TV, From Here to Eternity can be watched online at 2 sources. If you are in the UK, options for watching this movie online at on-demand movie sites are as follows.

Sites where you can rent From Here to Eternity:
Sites where you can buy From Here to Eternity:
For up-to-date information about availability of the movie, go to Findable.TV's special page for From Here to Eternity, and compare prices from all sites.

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