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Title
- The Best Years Of Our Lives
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Attribution
presented by] Samuel Goldwyn[Pictures Corporation]; screen play by Robert E. Sherwood; produced by Samuel Goldwyn; directed by William Wyler
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Publication Details
BookMGM Home Entertainment[distributor2000
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Availability
- Collingswood DVD
DVD Bes DVD 360 (AVAILABLE)
- Collingswood DVD
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Description
Featuring a brilliant cast that includes Myrna Loy and Virginia Mayo, this postwar classic garnered* seven Oscars(r), including Best Picture. Heart-wrenching, touching and “filled with emotional dynamite” (The Hollywood Reporter), it remains “one of the best films about war veterans ever made” (American Movie Classics).
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Authors
- Goldwyn, Samuel, 1882-1974
- Wyler, William, 1902
- Loy, Myrna, 1905
- March, Fredric, 1897
- Andrews, Dana, 1909-1992
- Wright, Teresa, 1918
- Mayo, Virginia, 1920
- O’Donnell, Cathy, 1925-1970
- Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899
- Russell, Harold, 1914
- George, Gladys, 1904-1954
- Bohnen, Roman, 1894-1949
- Collins, Ray, 1889-1965
- Cutler, Victor
- Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904
- Samuel Goldwyn, Inc
- MGM Home Entertainment Inc
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Genre
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Subject
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Notes
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Based on a novel by MacKinlay Kantor
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Originally released as motion picture in 1946
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Special feature: Theatrical trailer
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Director of photography, Gregg Toland; film editor, Daniel Mandell; music, Hugo Friedhofer
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Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O’Donnell, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Russell, Gladys George, Roman Bohnen, Ray Collins, Victor Cutler
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Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans of WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Captain Derry is returning to a loveless marriage, Sergeant Stephenson is a stranger to a family that’s grown up without him, and sailor Parrish is tormented by the loss of his hands
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Not rated
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DVD; Dolby digital mono; standard version
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In English with optional Spanish soundtrack; optional subtitles in French or Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
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Academy Awards (1947): Honorary award (Russell), Best actor (March), Best director, Best film editing, Best music, Best picture, Best supporting actor (Russell), Best writing, screenplay
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ISBN
- 0792846133
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