"The Best Years of our Lives"

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This 1946 film won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (William Wyler) and Best Actor (Fredrick March). It is almost three hours long, rare for its time, but one's interest in the characters and story never flags. The movie is a view of victorious war time America coming to grips with a peacetime economy as seen through the eyes of three returning veterans: a severely disabled sailor, a sergeant with a loving wife but rebellious children, and a Captain whose wife was and is cheating on hime (he later gets involved with the sergeant's daughter). Parts of this are extremely moving, parts are downright Capra-esque.
The wonderful opening has the three protagonists hitching a ride in the nose cone of a B-17 headed for the scrap pile near their home town. In doing so the plane flies low over most of the country as if to show us that we're all in this togther.

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Topic - "The Best Years of our Lives" - rico 07:45:07 05/12/04 (8)

Yes, very good and, .... - Hepcat 05:10:45 05/13/04 (1)

Re: Harold Russell - rico 08:20:14 05/13/04 (0)

Re: "The Best Years of our Lives" - patrickU 11:24:20 05/12/04 (0)

Re: "The Best Years of our Lives" - Troy 08:37:36 05/12/04 (1)

Re: "The Best Years of our Lives" - rico 10:06:46 05/12/04 (0)

's been long time - Victor Khomenko 08:22:39 05/12/04 (2)

Re: 's been long time - rico 08:32:24 05/12/04 (1)

Now that must have been a happy marriage...nt - tinear 05:19:33 05/13/04 (0)

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