From Here to Eternity Quiz for Experts | Movies

Answer: Blinded him

Robert E. Lee Prewitt, played wonderfully by Montgomery Clift (Best Actor nominee), was a great boxer until he blinded his friend in practice. After this he quit, and later transferred units. The company Captain and a lot of the other men at the fort want Prewitt to box so that their company can win the boxing title that year.

Answer: He lost his position as head bugler,

Prewitt is an excellent bulger, one of the best on the Island, but he lost his position as head bugler when a new man came in. He tells Captain Holmes that this is why he wanted to change companies.

Answer: 1st Sergeant

1st Sergeant Milton Warden (portrayed by Burt Lancaster in an Oscar-nominated role) is a non-commissioned officer who refuses to become a regular officer because of his hatred for them, even when asked to do so by Karen Holmes (his lover and wife of Captain Holmes).

Answer: Proper

Alma/Lorene is a girl who works at the New Congress Club. Prewitt falls in love with her and asks her to marry him. She refuses, saying that in a year she will have enough money to travel back to the States and live a "proper" life and raise "proper" children.

Answer: Fatso

Fatso, played by Ernest Borgnine, insulted Maggio's (Frank Sinatra in an Oscar-Winning role) sister and later pulled a knife on him. Maggio gets himself thrown into the stockade for skipping guard duty. When he gets there, Fatso is waiting for him, and he torments Maggio.

Not being able to take the torture much longer, Maggio escapes the stockade, only to fall off the back of the truck he was on. He dies in Prewitt's arms.

Answer: Galovitch

Galovitch was one of the Sergeants that taunted Prewitt the most for not fighting. Finally, after taking so much torment, Prewitt fights him. Captain Holmes doesn't stop it for a while because he hopes that Prewitt will want to fight in the boxing tournament.

Answer: 2 years

Warden finds out from one of the men at the fort that Karen was known for being with many men. When he questions her after the famous beach scene, Karen tells him that Captain Holmes had been cheating on her even when she was pregnant.

Answer: Prewitt

After Maggio dies, Prewitt seeks revenge on Sergeant Judson, aka Fatso. Anticipating that Fatso would be carrying a knife, Prewitt brings the one Fatso left in a bar after a fight with Maggio. After a brief struggle, Prewitt comes out successful. Fatso was dead.

Answer: Best Actor-Burt Lancaster

"From Here to Eternity" won eight Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Recording, and Best Writing (Screenplay). Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Deborah Kerr were all nominated for their performances, but only the two supporting members won.

Answer: Bombing at Pearl Harbor

When Warden is talking to Karen on the telephone you can see the date on the wall says "December 6". The next morning, a Sunday, the men at the Fort are eating breakfast when the planes attack at Pearl Harbor.
The last scene is the women on the ship, leaving Pearl Harbor.

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