William Wyler is probably one of the few directors whose films, as well as the actors in whose films, have received the most awards and nominations, including Oscars. And he's a really good director, some of his films and I've seen them and I like them. It's "Roman Holiday," "How to Steal a Million," "Funny Girl," I think a lot of
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William Wyler is probably one of the few directors whose films, as well as the actors in whose films, have received the most awards and nominations, including Oscars. And he's a really good director, some of his films and I've seen them and I like them. It's "Roman Holiday," "How to Steal a Million," "Funny Girl," I think a lot of people have watched it, too. Still wanted to see something from his films, this time I chose his film "The Best Years of Our Lives", made in the year of my birth - 1946. This is a post-war film that was shot, probably, in all the countries that took part in it, in each in its own way. In this film, we see how the post-war fate of three immigrants from the same city, who accidentally met at the airport, develops in very different ways. One of them - Al Stevenson (Fredrick March), who worked before the war in the bank, but during the war rose only to sergeant, returns there, but to a higher position, he has a beautiful and wealthy family, however, he is somewhat fond of alcohol. The second is Captain Fred Derry (Dana Andrews), a former bomber shooter who has committed and experienced much in the war that still haunts him in dreams, and has many awards, forced to return to work in the store where he worked before the war, but from which he is expelled. His wife was not very faithful to him and eventually they will part. And the third is Homer Parrish (Harold Russell), who lost both hands in the war, himself is very complex and afraid to marry his beloved girl, who was waiting for him, loves and is ready to share his fate with him, but in the end they will marry. Fred, despite his modest financial situation, will also find happiness with Al's daughter, they immediately fell in love when they first met, but were forced to part for some time at the insistence of Al, because. Fred was still married at the time. As we can see, the plot of the film is very simple, absolutely everyday, without any frills, but the film was very popular, it was very timely and well shot, so it was well received by the public. The film received many awards (only Oscars 7), and this is the only film, actor, and non-professional, which Harold Russell received two Oscars for one film - for best supporting actor and an honorary Oscar "for the hope and courage he brought to fellow veterans with his appearance in the film"(c), as he was a veteran and lost both arms in the explosion of ammunition in his hands. In 1989, the film was declared a national treasure.
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