Fred Zinnemann

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Historical drama produced by Fred Zinnemann.

It's Fred Zinnemann directed on...

From Here to Eternity, which won the Academy Award in 53.

You know, the beach scene with Deborah Carr and Burt Lancaster making out on the beach.

... as well as a little Marlene Dietrich, which is interesting.

Uh, Fred Zinnemann, she, she appeared in his paranoid thriller Day of the Jackal, which is, uh, uh, one of those classic movies that I've not gotten to.

I hear it's amazing.

Uh, and she was the title character of, I'm not gonna say the full name, but Jeanne Dielman, which is, uh, in 2022, this was named on the Sight and Sound poll as the new number one top movie of all time.

It was ki- it was a Gone With the Wind type thing, where everyone was waiting for it to be made into a film because so much of it was considered unfilmable.

And they, Fred Zinnemann, once again a very different director from Cukor, who she's working with this time, was able to bring so much of it to the screen in a very, very great way.

I think From Here to Eternity is underrated, uh, just in terms-

Yeah

Mm-hmm.

And you just...

And the camera, Fred Zinnemann again-

Mm-hmm

Yeah.

But, uh, I think in addition to Director Fred Zinnemann's direction and the strong performances, y- you don't feel that stagnant, you know? And especially because it's so hot, the sweltering heat-

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in the setting, um, y- i- i- it still feels like it's active, and, uh, y- i- the, the motor is still going, you know?

Mm-hmm.

And Fred Zinnemann, who I think is one of the real underrated directors of that era in Hollywood.

I mean, this is the man who directed From Here to Eternity, High Noon, The Nun's Story, Oklahoma!, The Sundowners, Julia.

I know.

It did win one, two, three, four, five, six Oscars for Best Picture, Actor for Paul Schofield, Directing for Fred Zinnemann, Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Cinetography, color, because they were still doing black and white versus color.

And costume design, color.

Variety magazine called it an excellent, handsome, and stirring film.

Uh-oh.

After 300 performances, the play made its Broadway debut in 1961, where it won the New York Drama Critics Award.

A hit with the intelligentsia, the question of whether the symbolic stage work could be successfully adapted to film remained unanswered until April 1965 when Columbia Pictures announced Oscar-winning director Fred Zinnemann who also got the Oscar of Best Director from here to eternity, had agreed to bring A Man for All Seasons to the screen.

Bolt himself was commissioned to write the film Adaption, a task for which he had already won two Oscars.

Let's talk about The Nun's Story from 1959.

The Nun's Story, directed by Fred Zinnemann and based on Catherine Hume's novel, is a compelling drama that delves into the inner struggles of a young woman named Gabriel van der Maal, played by Audrey Hepburn, who leaves her affluent Belgian family to become a nun.

Set against the backdrop of the 1930s and 1940s, the film explores themes of faith, obedience and personal sacrifice as Gabriel, now Sister Luke, navigates the challenges of religious life and her own ambitions.

The film opens with Gabrielle's departure from her family, including her father, Dr Van de Maal, played by Dean Jagger, a respected surgeon.

Yes, we are back on that World War II grind set, but this time is a little bit different because you see, today we have Frank Sinatra.

He was a big winner of the night, moving into a new echelon of entertainers on the back of the Fred Zinnemann-directed movie about the interrelations of a bunch of soldiers and their partners on the sole U.S. front of the Second World War.

Before we begin, I want to ask about Hawaii.

Has anyone been to Hawaii? When's the last time you went to Hawaii? What do you think? I've

I can

see that.

Casting was basically Fred Zinnemann versus Columbia boss Harry Kahn.

He's caused a lot of problems, I feel like, in these movies.

No.

And the director, Fred Zinneman, is, you know, responsible as the director.

But we also have Agnes DeMille doing the choreography like she did on Broadway.

Like we're preserving that.

Just an excuse for some more big sweeping shots.

Oh, yeah.

I mean, you got to That assistant director's got to have something to do with that B-roll.

Curly is now going to be a farmer.

Julia was written by Alvin Sargent from, and immediately I've forgotten to put this in my notes, what it is based on.

But it was directed by Fred Zinnemann, who you might remember from Here to Eternity, I believe, is the movie of his that we've discussed.

I think also written by Alvin Sargent, actually.

Jane Fonda as Lillian, stars Jane Fonda as Lillian and Vanessa Redgrave as the titular Julia.