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From Here to Eternity was a six-hour 1979 television mini-series, followed by a thirteen episode 1980 television series.
The mini-series was a remake of the 1953 film From Here to Eternity and based on the 1951 novel of the same name. All three conclude with the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
The story details the men and families of G Company, 24th Infantry Division, United States Army, with a main sub-plot being First Sergeant Milt Warden’s (William Devane) ongoing affair with Karen Holmes (Natalie Wood), the wife of his commanding officer.
It is late 1941 at Schofield... MORE
From Here to Eternity was a six-hour 1979 television mini-series, followed by a thirteen episode 1980 television series.
The mini-series was a remake of the 1953 film From Here to Eternity and based on the 1951 novel of the same name. All three conclude with the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
The story details the men and families of G Company, 24th Infantry Division, United States Army, with a main sub-plot being First Sergeant Milt Warden’s (William Devane) ongoing affair with Karen Holmes (Natalie Wood), the wife of his commanding officer.
It is late 1941 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt (Steve Railsback) is new to G Company. He is a skilled boxer who unintentionally severely injured a fellow soldier in an exhibition boxing match. As a result he refuses to be a boxer anymore. This places him at odds with his company’s commanding officer, Captain Holmes, who uses the reputation of many of the sergeants in his company as skilled boxers to further his military career. Captain Holmes has many of his sergeants harass and abuse Prewitt in an attempt to pressure him to join the company's boxing team. Prewitt is tough and refuses to bend to the LESS
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