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The Best Years of Our Lives   1946     4 stars  User Rating      N/R, 172 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler  
Cast: Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Russell, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Donnell, Gladys George, Ray Collins, Roman Bohnen, Minna Gombell

  This Best Picture Oscar winner tells the story of three WWII soldiers who come home and find that they can't just pick up where they left off. A classic film in which Harold Russell, an actual veteran, made history by winning two Oscars for one role (Best Supporting Actor Oscar and a Special Award Oscar). William Wyler also took home an Oscar for his directing, as did Fredric March for Best Actor. There were three other Oscars awarded.    1 User Review




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Worth its Three Oscars1fatts 04/13/2009 
  It would be hard to overstate the importance of this film, not simply as a Hollywood triumph: Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor -- but as an intelligent, sensitive portrayal of the America the GIs returned to when WW2 was over.
Our protagonists, every one of them, are imperfect, each of them made both better and more fragile by what they had seen and what they had done. The struggle to rebuild lives and to come to grips with had been left behind never to be found again, is moving and. finally, compellng and believable. The complexity of Fredrick March's character is wonderful: deep nobility and vulnerability co-existing in what is ultimately a real human being.
A trreasure.


Cast
Fredric March Al Stephenson
Dana Andrews Fred Derry
Myrna Loy Milly Stephenson
Hoagy Carmichael Butch Engle
Harold Russell Homer Parrish
Teresa Wright Peggy Stephenson
Virginia Mayo Marie Derry
Cathy O'Donnell Wilma Cameron
Gladys George Hortense Derry
Ray Collins Mr. Milton
Roman Bohnen Pat Derry
Minna Gombell Mrs. Parrish

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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Oscars: Best Movie, Best Director for William Wyler, Best Actor for Fredric March, Best Supporting Actor for Harold Russell
William Wyler
Oscars: Best Director for Mrs. Miniver (1942), Best Director for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Best Director for Ben-Hur (1959)
Fredric March
Oscars: Best Actor for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932), Best Actor for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Harold Russell
Oscar: Best Supporting Actor for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Teresa Wright
Oscar: Best Supporting Actress for Mrs. Miniver (1942)


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