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Die vielfach ausgezeichnete Bestseller-Verfilmung des Romans von James Jones - einer der besten "Männerfilme" Hollywoods. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Geschichte des Soldaten Prewitt, der sich aus Protest vom Musikkorps zur Infanterie hat versetzen lassen. Dort verweigert er seinen Einsatz in der Boxstaffel und wird daraufhin auf Befehl des Capitains grausam schikaniert. Die Schilderung von Auswüchsen im Garnisonsleben endet mit dem Angriff der Japaner auf Pearl Harbor. Eindrucksvoll vor allem die psychologisch scharf herausgearbeiteten Charaktere und die guten Darsteller. - Ab 16. (Lexikon des internationalen Films) Extras: - Eternal History: Graphics-in-Picture Track: From the menu screen: "Watch this feature-length track for the complete story of how 1953s Best Picture winner came to the screen. New interviews and rare photos explore James Jones' controversial source novel, the film's legendary casting and censorship struggles, and its role in launching a new era of frankness in American film." The picture and graphics fill a rather significant portion of the screen, with the primary window appearing on the bottom-right hand corner and additional graphics -- speaker titles, trivia boxes -- appearing to the left in another large box. This is a very frank and hugely enlightening supplement. - Audio Commentary: Tim Zinnemann, Director Fred Zinnemann's son; and Alvin Sargent, a longtime Zinnemann partner; talk in some detail about the picture, beginning with Sargent's initial ties to the film and moving on to cover the picture's background in the controversial bestseller by James Jones (whose letter to Fred Zinnemann is read in the track), the picture's story and adult themes, the characters, changes from novel to screen under the restriction of censorship, the picture's awards, and plenty more. With optional English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish subtitles. - Making of From Here to Eternity (2:23): A vintage piece that examines the casting process and the stories surrounding it. It also mentions the film's highlight Oscar nominations. - Fred Zinnemann - "As I See It" (9:33): The piece begins with a collection of excerpts from Zinnemann's on-set film footage, intercut with corresponding clips from the film. Also included are Zinnemann interview snippets in which he speaks on the film and several lengthy clips from the film. (Blu-ray.com)
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