Il sergente York

Titolo originale: Sergeant York

1941
T
2h 14min

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Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, and Joan Leslie in Il sergente York (1941)

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Un tiratore viene arruolato nella prima guerra mondiale e diventa uno dei più celebri eroi di guerra.Un tiratore viene arruolato nella prima guerra mondiale e diventa uno dei più celebri eroi di guerra.Un tiratore viene arruolato nella prima guerra mondiale e diventa uno dei più celebri eroi di guerra.

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Vincitore di 2 Oscar
- 5 vittorie e 10 candidature totali

Quiz
Alvin C. York himself was on the set for a few days during filming. When one of the crew members tactlessly asked him how many "Jerries" he had killed, York started sobbing so vehemently he threw up. The crew member was nearly fired, but the next day, York demanded that he keep his job.

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When Gracie is showing Alvin their new home, she claims it was bought for Alvin by the people of Tennessee. It was, in fact, the Rotary Club of Nashville which provided the home and the surrounding land. The home was also not waiting for York upon his return from Europe as portrayed in the film. The club purchased the property in November 1919, a year after the war ended and after Alvin C. York and Gracie were already married. The couple did not move into the house until Valentine's Day 1922.

Citazioni
Alvin: Well I'm as much agin' killin' as ever, sir. But it was this way, Colonel. When I started out, I felt just like you said, but when I hear them machine guns a-goin', and all them fellas are droppin' around me... I figured them guns was killin' hundreds, maybe thousands, and there weren't nothin' anybody could do, but to stop them guns. And that's what I done.
Maj. Buxton: Do you mean to tell me that you did it to save lives?
Alvin: Yes sir, that was why.
Maj. Buxton: [amazed] Well, York, what you've just told me is the most extraordinary thing of all!

Curiosità sui crediti
"We are proud to present this picture, and are grateful to the heroic figures, still living, who have generously consented to be portrayed in its story.

To their faith and ours, that a day will come when man will live in peace on earth, this picture is humbly dedicated.

High in the heart of the Cumberland Mountains in Tennessee, lies the Valley of the Three Forks of the Wolf, and here in the spring of the year 1916..."

Connessioni
Featured in The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)

Colonne sonore
My Country 'tis of Thee
(uncredited)
Music from "God Save the King"
Traditional
Played over the opening credits and occasionally throughout the picture
Also played at the British medal ceremony

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9/10

Absolutely Brilliant

"Sergeant York" is my favorite classic movie. Gary Cooper stars as Sergeant Alvin York one of the most revered hero's in World War I. The movie takes you through his life from the days when he was a lot less responsible. When he drank a lot and had a short fuse, but ends when he become a hero of the war. The black and white picture enhances the beautiful cinematography in the film. Keep in mind most of the film revolves around his life before the war and so you get to see a lot of the fantastic scenery.

Gary Cooper won himself a well deserved Oscar for the film, but there were some other fine performances in the film. Walter Brennan, the star of almost 200 other films, plays York's small town Pastor, Rosier Pile. Young Joan Leslie plays the part of Gracie Williams who later marries York. Then there is Ward Bond in one of his many films (Over 250 of them I believe). Now a little for the trivia books. Cooper was 41 when he made this film and Leslie was only 16, but this is fairly consistent with the true ages of York and Gracie when they were beginning their relationship. So the film tries to be very accurate and honest. You won't find that in a modern film.

If you have not seen "Sergeant York" then you have yet to see one of the most touching films of all time. It is as much an attention holder today as it was back in 1941 and makes an excellent Memorial Day film which is in fact the best time to try and catch it if you happen to have cable and some of those classic film channels.