The Best Years of Our Lives

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Best_Years_of_Our_Lives
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:film
gptkbp:AFI100 #37 (1998)
#37 (2007)
gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial gptkb:MacKinlay_Kantor
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Glory_for_Me
gptkbp:boxOfficeGross $23.7 million (US)
gptkbp:cinematography gptkb:Gregg_Toland
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:director gptkb:William_Wyler
gptkbp:distributor gptkb:RKO_Radio_Pictures
gptkbp:editingBy gptkb:Daniel_Mandell
gptkbp:genre drama
war film
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Best Years of Our Lives
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Hugo_Friedhofer
gptkbp:nominatedFor gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture
gptkb:Best_Film_Editing
gptkb:Best_Picture
gptkb:Best_Actor
gptkb:Best_Director
gptkb:Best_Supporting_Actor
gptkb:Best_Original_Score
Best Adapted Screenplay
gptkbp:notableCast Harold Russell (real-life double amputee)
gptkbp:notableFor critical and commercial success
depiction of disabled veterans
influential postwar film
won seven Academy Awards
gptkbp:notableWinner Harold Russell won two Oscars for the same role
gptkbp:preservationYear 1989
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:United_States_National_Film_Registry
gptkbp:producer gptkb:Samuel_Goldwyn
gptkbp:productionCompany gptkb:Samuel_Goldwyn_Productions
gptkbp:releaseYear 1946
gptkbp:runtime 170 minutes
gptkbp:screenwriter gptkb:Robert_E._Sherwood
gptkbp:setInPeriod post-World War II
gptkbp:starring gptkb:Fredric_March
gptkb:Myrna_Loy
gptkb:Teresa_Wright
gptkb:Hoagy_Carmichael
gptkb:Dana_Andrews
gptkb:Harold_Russell
gptkb:Virginia_Mayo
gptkbp:subject veterans
adjustment to civilian life
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Best_Picture
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4