Directed by Fred Zinnemann • 1953 • United States
Starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr
Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr make waves in this landmark blockbuster about raging passions and stormy personal dramas on a Hawaiian military base in the lead-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, and Donna Reed costar as the lovers and reluctant fighters whose romantic and moral crises are soon to be swept up in the tide of history. Adapted from the bestselling novel by James Jones, this pop culture touchstone was a critical and box-office smash that took home eight Academy Awards, including best picture, director, screenplay, and supporting actor and actress for Sinatra and Reed.
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Directed by Elia Kazan • 1954 • United States
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Bonjour tristesse
Directed by Otto Preminger • 1958 • United Kingdom
Starring Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean SebergOtto Preminger’s second collaboration with the singular Jean Seberg casts her as Cecile, a hedonistic teenager living on the French Riviera with her similarly decadent father Raymond (David Niven),...
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
Directed by David Lean • 1957 • United Kingdom
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