Day 33:Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives: 1946: Winner of the 19th Academy Award

Starring:

Myrna Loy as Milly Stephenson

Fredric March as Technical Sergeant Al Stephenson

Dana Andrews as Captain Fred Derry

Teresa Wright as Peggy Stephenson

Virginia Mayo as Marie Derry

Cathy O'Donnell as Wilma Cameron

Hoagy Carmichael as Uncle Butch

Harold Russell as Petty Officer 2nd Class Homer Parish

Gladys George as Hortense Derry

Roman Bohnen as Pat Derry

This movie was spectacular. I absolutely loved it, maybe it was Dana Andrews or the fact that it wasn’t a about war. Well not all of it actually. The movie is about returning war veterans and the hardships they encounter when they come home to unfinished lives. I demand particular attention to the drunk scene which is perhaps the first scene of the movie but so worth it. The three stories all different are united by the ideal of a war veteran returning to a broken country. I won’t lie to you the story of the last, the youngest soldier irked me some .  Him not being able to accept his hook handedness, there was just something so annoying about him, maybe the fact that everyone has accepted the fact that he has no hands but he has not. HE can’t accept love from anyone. That was the only part of the movie that annoyed me. However I very much love the old couple. They were the best. I loved how they tried to rekindle  there loving taking off right where they had left. I can see why this movie won best picture , it was three faces about a reality and even if it was romanticized it was still awesome.

It also won awards for

Best Director:William Wyler

Best Actor :Fredric March

Best Writing (Screenplay):Robert E. Sherwood

Best Supporting Actor :Harold Russell

Best Film Editing:Daniel Mandell

Best Music (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture):Hugo Friedhofer

Honorary Award:To Harold Russell