The Best Years of Our Lives
by William Wyler
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Actor: Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright, Virginia MayoDirector: William Wyler
Cinematographer: Gregg Toland
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Writer: MacKinlay Kantor
Writer: Robert E. Sherwood
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 172 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-07-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of The Best Years of Our Lives
DVD Review: Great Classic movie!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are a veteran, especially one that served in combat, you will truly be able to relate with this movie. I'd highly recommend it for all veterans and lovers of classic b&w movies!! :)
DVD Review: TIMELESS CLASSIC
Summary: 5 Stars
The Best Years Of Our Lives received 7 oscars, including Best film for 1946. William Wyler gives us a masterpiece about 3 war veterans returning home after WW11. The script is so good and the acting and direction so poignant that each scene is so memorable and tells a story all it's own.
The film is a timeless classic that still holds up today; in fact, as long as there are wars, this story will always be true.
The 3 sevicemen, (air force pilot, army sergeant, and sailor), face the anxieties of coming home to families they haven't seen for awhile and to an America that has changed while they have been gone. It is an honest telling of a story that so many servicemen faced, but also, in the end, an uplifting story filled with love, warmth and joy. In 1989, the National Film Registry selected this film for preservation in the U.S. Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.
The powers that be at MGM, should really be ashamed of themselves for not treating this FINE FILM with the RESPECT it deserves. The picture quality is not very good and should be remastered; and there are no special features on the 2000 version DVD. You mean to tell me, that with a film that received 7 oscars, they couldn't come up with any special features? I hope one day, MGM or maybe some other studio, will do this great classic justice and give it the respect and fine treatment it deserves. How about Criterion? They do good jobs with their DVD releases.
MGM should take note as to how 20th Century Fox treats their classic films; they do their classics proud.
DVD Review: a nice start
Summary: 5 Stars
what happens after the war...the post-effects of war in the lives of everyone, not only the soldiers.
great film
DVD Review: Great Movie and Interesting Social Histoy
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is one of my favorites and stands the test of time. It's good to know that it was appreciated when it was released, over 60 years ago, winning so many Oscars. A great and moving story (it's schmatlz only adds to it). For the most part it's very well acted too, creating great sympathy for the characters.
The plot is well described elsewhere here, but there were several things in it I found very interesting pieces of social history.One is the information regarding some actual salaries of 1946. These included the wages of an Air Force bombadier, a bank VP and soda jerk. I was amazed at how high the first two were. Another notable thing is the general tone of worry about the future with high unemployment, economic worries and a dread of the "next war when we'll all be killed". The opinion was also voiced that "we just fought the wrong enemy". This at a time when the US was the sole possessor of nuclear weapons and about to start the biggest economic boom in it history. But the best was the bank president lecturing on bank policy with regard to risky loans to men with no collateral and "never gambling with investor's money"!
DVD Review: 3.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 5 Stars
The Bottom Line:
An affecting and touching story or three soldiers returning from WWII to a country that has changed profoundly since they've been gone, The Best Years of our lives has lost little of its power over the years; though at times the movie feels overly melodramatic, it's a very worthy and well-acted tale.
Description of The Best Years of Our Lives
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to becomea nightmare. Captain Fred Derry (Dana Andrews) is returning to a loveless marriage; Sergeant Al Stephenson (Fredric March) is a stranger to a family that's grown up without him; and young sailor Homer Parrish (Harold Russell) is tormented by the loss of his hands. Can these three men find the courage to rebuild their world? Or are the best years of their lives a thing of the past? 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). *1946: Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Writing/Screenplay, Film Editing, Music/Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy PictureWinner of seven Academy Awards, including best picture, director, actor, and screenplay, William Wyler's brilliant drama about domestic life after World War II remains one of the all-time classics of American cinema. Inspired by a pictorial article about returning soldiers in Life magazine, the story focuses on three war veterans (Fredric March, Dana Andrews, and Harold Russell in unforgettable roles) and their rocky readjustment to civilian life in their Midwestern town of Boone City. Capturing the contradictory moods of America in the mid to late 1940s, this three-hour drama spans a complex range of honest emotions, from joyous celebration and happy reunion to deep-rooted ambivalence and reassessment of personal priorities. A movie milestone when released in 1946, The Best Years of Our Lives still packs a punch with powerful, timeless themes. --Jeff Shannon
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