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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) -- Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Robert E. Sherwood (screenplay)
MacKinlay Kantor (novel)
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Release Date:
3 October 1947 (France) more
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Tagline:
THE SCREEN'S GREATEST LOVE STORY IS THE BEST FILM THIS YEAR FROM HOLLYWOOD! more
Plot:
Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won 7 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 1 nomination more
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(8 articles)
Nervous from the Service
 (From The Auteurs. 2 December 2009, 6:58 AM, PST)

Farber on Film: Introduction, Part 3 (Farber Before Negative Space)
 (From The Auteurs. 18 November 2009, 7:43 AM, PST)

User Reviews:
Refreshing To See more (176 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Glory for Me (USA) (working title)
Home Again (USA) (working title)
Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives (USA) (poster title)
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Runtime:
172 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
UK:U | West Germany:12 (f) | South Korea:15 (2002) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Argentina:13 | Australia:G | Australia:PG (alternate rating) | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #11972)

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To avoid awkwardness when he first met his fellow cast members, Harold Russell made a point of reaching out with his hooks and taking their hands, thus putting them at ease with his disability. more
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Factual errors: Fredric March's name is misspelled as "Frederic" March in the closing credits. more
Quotes:
Al Stephenson: I've seen nothing, I should have stayed at home and found out what was really going on. more
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Is there a reference to "the best years of our lives" in the movie itself?
Weren't Dana Andrews and Fredric March a little old for their characters?
Is this movie based on a novel?
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38 out of 51 people found the following review useful.
Refreshing To See, 13 August 2003
10/10
Author: smthrk from Tulsa, OK

Very glad to see that this excellent film gets such high marks from the users of IMDB. The Best Years of Their Lives remains the finest cinematic statement about veterans returning from war that I have come across. Easily the finest performance by the often overlooked Frederick March. In fact the entire cast shines, including music legend Hoagy Carmichael who treats us all with a subtle version of his classic Lazy River. I would recommend this excellent film to anyone who loves movies.

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