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From Here to Eternity; Fred Zinnemann (U.S., 1953): Swoon: Great Leading Men in Gorgeous 35mm Prints Film - Series | September 4 | 8:30-10:30 p.m. | Pacific Film Archive Theater Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum New Restored Print You can take your pick of leading men in this classic eve-of-war film, set in a roiling Oahu army barracks in the days before the Pearl Harbor attack: Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, even Frank Sinatra. While Lancaster could draw most of the votes, thanks to his notorious love scene on the beach with Deborah Kerr its Clift who truly heats up the Hawaiian landscape as a moody, hot-headed former boxer who now refuses to step in the ring, with predictably unwelcome results. Lancaster is the well-ironed sergeant who has problems of his own, mainly in the form of his supervisors neglected wife (Kerr). Winner of eight Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, and Supporting Actor (Sinatra), From Here to Eternity embodies the magnetic appeal of both Lancaster and Clift: one the old-school, muscular professional of the past, and the other the sensitive, introspective antihero of a new generation.Jason Sanders Written by Daniel Taradash, from the novel by James Jones. Photographed by Burnett Guffey. With Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra. (118 mins, B&W, 35mm, From Sony Pictures) Tickets required: $5.50 BAM/PFA members and UC Berkeley students, $9.50 Adults (18-64), $6.50 UC Berkeley faculty and staff, non-UC Berkeley students, senior citizens (65 & over), disabled persons, and youth (17 & under) Ticket info: Same-day second screening discount just $4 Purchase tickets at the PFA box office 1 hour before each days first show time. Buy tickets online, or by calling 510-642-5249. Event Contact: bampfa@berkeley.edu, 510-643-2197