The best years of our lives
(DVD) 

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Subjects

LC Subjects
DVD-Video discs -- Spanish soundtrack.
DVD-Video discs -- Spanish subtitles.
DVD-Video discs.
Feature films.
Nineteen forties -- Drama.
Post-tramatic stress disorder -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Drama.

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Published
Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, 2000.
Format
DVD
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1946.
General Note
Based on a novel by MacKinlay Kantor.
General Note
Special feature: Theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Gregg Toland; film editor, Daniel Mandell; music, Hugo Friedhofer.
Participants/Performers
Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Donnell, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Russell, Gladys George, Roman Bohnen, Ray Collins, Victor Cutler.
Description
Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans of WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Captain Derry is returning to a loveless marriage, Sergeant Stephenson is a stranger to a family that's grown up without him, and sailor Parrish is tormented by the loss of his hands.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD; Dolby digital mono; standard version.
Language
English and Spanish language soundtrack; English, Spanish and French subtitles; closed-captioned.
Awards
Academy Awards (1947): Honorary award (Russell), Best actor (March), Best director, Best film editing, Best music, Best picture, Best supporting actor (Russell), Best writing, screenplay.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Sherwood, R. E., Goldwyn, S., Wyler, W., Loy, M., March, F., Andrews, D., Wright, T., Mayo, V., O'Donnell, C., Carmichael, H., Russell, H., George, G., Bohnen, R., Collins, R., Cutler, V., & Kantor, M. (2000). The best years of our lives (Full screen version.). MGM Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Robert E. Sherwood et al.. 2000. The Best Years of Our Lives. Santa Monica, CA: MGM Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Robert E. Sherwood et al.. The Best Years of Our Lives Santa Monica, CA: MGM Home Entertainment, 2000.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Sherwood, R. E., Goldwyn, S., Wyler, W., Loy, M., March, F., Andrews, D. and Wright, T. et al (2000). The best years of our lives. Full screen version. Santa Monica, CA: MGM Home Entertainment.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Sherwood, Robert E., et al. The Best Years of Our Lives Full screen version., MGM Home Entertainment, 2000.

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