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Sergeant York
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Sergeant York is a black-and-white war and biographical drama film directed by Howard Hawks, produced by Jesse Louis Lasky and set in Tennessee and the Appalachian Mountains. The screenplay was written by John Huston and Howard Koch, with cinematography by Sol Polito, music by Max Steiner and editing by William Holmes. Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie and George Tobias starred, and Warner Bros. Entertainment produced the picture, which was released on 27 September 1941 with a running time of 134 minutes.
Sergeant York won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, and was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Director. It carries an IMDb rating of 7.7 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 81%.
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7.2Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
Cast
- Gary Cooper as Alvin C. York
- Walter Brennan as Pastor Rosier Pile
- Joan Leslie as Gracie Williams
- George Tobias as "Pusher" Ross
- Stanley Ridges as Major Buxton
- Margaret Wycherly as Mother York
Themes
- hero
- world war i
- patriotism
- firearm
- infantry
- us army
- conversion
- conscientious objector
- one man army
- hillbilly
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
20,250 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
- Year
- 1941
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, History
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 5 wins & 10 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Howard Hawks
- Cast member
- Douglas Wood
- Composer
- Max Steiner
- Producer
- Jesse Louis Lasky
- Cinematographer
- Sol Polito
- Narrative location
- Appalachian Mountains
- Duration
- 134
- FilmAffinity ID
- 620744
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Sergeant York (1941 poster).jpg
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- publication date
- 1941-01-01
- film editor
- William Holmes
- title
- Sergeant York
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- Commons category
- Sergeant York (film)
- review score
- 85%
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