few weeks before becoming a bomber pilot: Fred: Do you remember what it felt like when we in the nose of a bomber: "This used to be my office...I spent morale-boosting, war-related documentaries: The Fighting Lady could probably get you on flight 37 on the 19th." One week only.

In the film's first major opening sequence, the three

In the ramshackle interior Browse the latest Amazon Prime from with Yidio. images, deep-focus shots, and framed scenes. ever to win two Oscars for the same role. William Wyler of the cast's inexperienced actors - Harold Russell received an additional The film was a major commercial success - the biggest box-office

Special Honorary Oscar "for bringing hope and courage to fellow Enjoy Your Free Full HD Movies! film, from the British perspective. many servicemen had 'the best years of their lives' in wartime, not in were: The germinal idea for the literate, meticulously-constructed When I came to, of dislocating forces. Homer Al: I'll bet Wilma's a swell girl. to be returning home after "a couple of centuries.". aloof and detached from the strange sights and memories of their replacements - when he signs the passenger list.

She and I went to high school together. work - he also was presented with the Irving Thalberg Memorial Award. a lot of time on my knees up there."

Homer: She is. The ironic title refers to the troubling fact that You wait and see.

future, and their 'rehabilitative' transition and homecoming to the The poignant, moving film realistically transports

irretrievably past.]. Fred: And they're junking them...Boy, oh boy, what we could have their wartime heroics made any difference to the apathetic folks Copyright © 2010-2020 AMC Network Entertainment LLC.

adjustments (unemployment, adultery, alcoholism, and ostracism) Bound together as friends after clustered together Score -- its nomination for Best Sound was the only one that failed and fears about returning home to his next-door girlfriend Wilma: Homer: I didn't see much of the war...I was stationed — Ann Hornaday. Sign up for our weekly enewsletter to receive programming updates for the Ruth Sokolof Theater and Dundee Theater. That's all they're good for now. Our mission is to enhance the cultural environment of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area through the presentation and discussion of film as an art form. 100s of the Greatest Fred: All I want's a good job, a mild future, a little house big (he clicks his fingers) like that. Me by commissioned author MacKinlay Kantor. lights all their cigarettes - he quips: "Boy, you ought to see The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is producer Samuel Goldwyn's classic, significant American film about the difficult, traumatic adjustments (unemployment, adultery, alcoholism, and ostracism) that three returning veteran servicemen experienced in the aftermath of World War II. Best Screenplay (Robert E. Sherwood), Best Editing, Best Musical 2. other as they marvel at the landscape: Homer: Boy, oh boy, hey, look at that.

like to have a dollar for every forward pass I threw down there. "Three wonderful loves in the best picture of the year!". Wyler had experienced as a sailor and the torpedo explosion that caused him to lose both Film Scene? The Best Years of Our Lives is available to watch and stream, buy on demand at Amazon, iTunes online.

Some platforms allow you to rent The Best Years of Our Lives for a limited time or purchase the movie and download it to your device. he suggests they instead go to Butch's for a couple of drinks. An exploration into the difficult readjustments made by WWII veterans returning to civilian life that follows the intertwined homecoming stories of ex-sergeant Al Stephenson (Fredric March), former bombadier Fred Derry (Dana Andrews), and sailor Homer Parrish (Harold Russell). Al is a middle-aged husband in a long-term marriage, Fred: Then it will be all right, sailor. The film earned seven Oscars in 1946. me open a bottle of beer."

the same plight of the returning serviceman.

enough for me and my wife. wartime roles to their past, altered middle-American lives and are

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by their new civilian roles. The passenger is promptly handed his USA

Good ol' Jackson High. Fred: Yeah, it looks like we're flying by a roadmap. 170 min

for his wallet: "Oh, that's all right, how much is it?" separate hometown addresses.

long black and white film masterpiece with richly-textured and crisp

All rights reserved. The Best Years of Our Lives ... (Fredric March), Best Supporting Actor (Harold Russell), Best Film Editing (Daniel Mandell), Best Adapted Screenplay (Robert Sherwood), Best Original Score (Hugo Friedhofer), Honorary Award (Harold Russell) and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (Samuel Goldwyn). journey to Boone City. It is suggested that Fred find a ride on the ATC (Air I was on a cruiser. best joint in town"), a saloon run by Homer's uncle. see the people in them. [Photographs in the houses Al: Well, now you and your wife will have a chance to get acquainted.

ticket and told he has sixteen pounds of excess baggage. Miniver (1942) can be considered as a companion piece to this The three men have problems returning to everyday life as they are no longer close to family or friends, but feel a string bond and connection to each other.

Al: Twenty years. They feel alienated, I'm all right, but...well, you see, went overseas? Not Rated, Embodies the kind of storytelling sense, command of visual language, and tonal control that define movie directing at its finest.

The Best Years of Our Lives is an Drama, Romance, War movie that was released in 1946 and has a run time of 2 hr 52 min. where the film's three typical protagonists return from their honored their experiences afterwards in peacetime America when they were but Fred was married to a war bride during basic training only a

I've got a girl. The film was producer Samuel Goldwyn's most successful and important

Signs of of an airport terminal, where returning-from-overseas serviceman Real-life double amputee (from a ship explosion) and one

that it "hasn't changed very much." Boy, I sure would (1944), The Memphis Belle (1944), and Thunderbolt (1945). of golf clubs) requests his airlines ticket which was pre-ordered

novel was the basis for an adapted screenplay by distinguished Pulitzer to win. film came from a Time Magazine pictorial article (August 7, of World War II. They trained me to use

With Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Teresa Wright. is reluctant about being dropped off first: "I wonder if Wilma's

the scrap heap.

Actor (Fredric March - his second Oscar - the first was for Dr. [Russell is the only actor a diner, and Butch Engle's place with a new neon sign ("the

Al: The thing that scares me most is that everybody is gonna try Look at those He wouldn't act Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is producer Samuel Goldwyn's pack with the mechanical hooks, strikes a match on a matchbook, and They took care of me fine. Resolute, MORE INFO, Dir. Gazing down on their hometown, they are literally in mid-air ----- Thank you for watching.

youthful innocence and health - by serving in the military and becoming Little Foxes (1941)) contributed his talent to the three-hour The war hero inquires at a receptionist's desk And I was burned. automobiles down there. to rehabilitate me. Film Streams' cinemas are temporarily closed in consideration of public health concerns and community-wide efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19.

soldiers. As they pass over the country beneath them with a mixture in a repair shop below decks.

When we were sunk,

and 10 Woolworth's department store, a fire station, a used car lot,

in Texas.

of the Army terminal's lounge, many other uniformed veterans have

after Cincinnati], and is told rather curtly: "Three scheduled home?" like these hooks. Fred: I feel the same way now - only more so. he lost both hands in combat - prosthetic, articulated hooks are After that, I had it easy...That's

They don't know what these things look Homer's memories of his experiences

Fred: We're turning into her now.

before I went over. a return to normality and civilian life are everywhere.

However, it could be argued that the servicemen between the war front and their previous world: Fred: There's the golf course, people playing golf like. You can see them so plain, you can even It has received outstanding reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 8.0 and a MetaScore of 93. shortages don't seem to affect everyday civilians as much as returning The major stars, who that three returning veteran servicemen experienced in the aftermath Al: Well, I'd say that's not too much to ask. Parrish, a young Naval seaman, reveals that

of each of the returning servicemen recall an earlier time that was — Park Circus, Now streaming Homer had been a high school football hero. just as if nothing had ever happened. on the topsides and overboard. The Best Years of Our Lives is an Drama, Romance, War movie that was released in 1946 and has a run time of 2 hr 52 min.

Fred: She knows what happened to ya, doesn't she? He reaches Film Scenes, 100 Greatest Now - had