The best years of our lives [videorecording] / [presented by] Samuel Goldwyn [Pictures Corporation] ; screen play by Robert E. Sherwood ; produced by Samuel Goldwyn ; directed by William Wyler.
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment [distributor, 2000]
ISBN: 0792846133
Description: 1 videodisc (168 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 Veterans Drama.
Nineteen forties Drama.
Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 Veteranos Teatro. bidex
World War, 1939-1945 Veterans Drama.
Nineteen forties Drama.
Feature films.
War films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Credits: Director of photography, Gregg Toland; film editor, Daniel Mandell; music, Hugo Friedhofer.
Performers: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Donnell, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Russell, Gladys George, Roman Bohnen, Ray Collins, Victor Cutler.
Target Audience: Not rated.
Notes: In English with optional Spanish soundtrack; optional subtitles in French or Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Originally released as motion picture in 1946.
Based on a novel by MacKinlay Kantor.
Special feature: Theatrical trailer.
Academy Awards (1947): Honorary award (Russell), Best actor (March), Best director, Best film editing, Best music, Best picture, Best supporting actor (Russell), Best writing, screenplay.
Summary: Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans of WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Captain Derry is returning to a loveless marriage, Sergeant Stephenson is a stranger to a family that's grown up without him, and sailor Parrish is tormented by the loss of his hands.
