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ByTowne Cinema
325 Rideau St. Ottawa K1N 5Y4
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From Here To Eternity
Print this pageMust-See Cinema! Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor
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The scene is Schofield Army Barracks in Honolulu, in the languid days before the attack on Pearl Harbor, where James Jones’ acclaimed war novel brought the aspirations and frustrations of several people sharply into focus.
Sergeant Milt Warden (Burt Lancaster) enters into an affair with Karen (Deborah Kerr), the wife of his commanding officer. Private Robert E. Lee ‘Prew’ Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is a loner who lives by his own code of ethics and communicates better with his bugle than he does with words. Prew’s best friend is wisecracking Maggio (Frank Sinatra, in an Oscar-winning performance that revived his flagging career), who has been targeted for persecution by sadistic stockade sergeant Fatso Judson (Ernest Borgnine). Rounding out the principals is Alma Lorene (Donna Reed), a ‘hostess’ at the euphemistically named whorehouse The New Congress Club. All these melodramatic joys and sufferings are swept away by the Japanese attack on the morning of December 7.
No words could do justice to the film’s most famous scene: the nocturnal romantic rendezvous on the beach, with Burt Lancaster’s and Deborah Kerr’s bodies intertwining as the waves crash over them. From Here To Eternity won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and supporting awards to Sinatra and Reed.
– Hal Erickson, Rovi
The ByTowne doesn't have a parking lot of its own, but denizens of downtown can usually find street parking close by fairly easily.
This web site is very useful, but the hard copy of the ByTowne guide still has its merits. People rely on it and love it. Plus, its calendar pages can be pulled out and posted on your fridge door, something that we still can't achieve with the web site. Get your copy today at many local stores, coffee shops and info centres around town! 