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* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:In the final scene, Karen says that the lays floating towards the island mean they'll return one day. Notably she's not seen with her husband on the ship and it's not shown what direction the flowers go.]]

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* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:In the final scene, Karen says that the lays leis floating towards the island mean they'll return one day. Notably she's not seen with her husband on the ship and it's not shown what direction the flowers go.]]
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title comes from the 1892 poem "GentlemanRankers" by Creator/RudyardKipling, about men from upper-class backgrounds serving as enlisted men, in which the speaker laments that he and others like him are "damned from here to Eternity."

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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title comes from the 1892 poem "GentlemanRankers" "GentlemenRankers" by Creator/RudyardKipling, about men from upper-class backgrounds serving as enlisted men, in which the speaker laments that he and others like him are "damned from here to Eternity."
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%%* LiteraryAllusionTitle: From “Gentleman Rankers” by Creator/RudyardKipling.

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%%* * LiteraryAllusionTitle: From “Gentleman Rankers” The title comes from the 1892 poem "GentlemanRankers" by Creator/RudyardKipling.Creator/RudyardKipling, about men from upper-class backgrounds serving as enlisted men, in which the speaker laments that he and others like him are "damned from here to Eternity."
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* LackofEmpathy: In the film Holmes compares Prewitt quitting boxing after blinding his opponent to stopping war because one man got killed. He doesn't care that Prewitt could hurt anyone again, as long as he fights for him.
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''From Here to Eternity'' is a 1952 novel by Creator/JamesJones, based on his experiences serving in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. It was adapted into a feature film in 1953, a {{miniseries}} in 1979, a [[RecycledTheSeries TV series]] in 1980, and a short-lived stage {{musical}} in 2013. The film version, directed by Fred Zinnemann and with an AllStarCast that includes Creator/BurtLancaster, Creator/DeborahKerr, Creator/MontgomeryClift, Music/FrankSinatra, Creator/DonnaReed, and Creator/ErnestBorgnine, remains the most iconic of these productions. It won eight UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s out of thirteen nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Zinnemann), Best Supporting Actor (Sinatra), Best Supporting Actress (Reed), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Daniel Taradash). The 1979 miniseries starred Creator/NatalieWood, Creator/SteveRailsback, Creator/WilliamDevane, and Creator/KimBasinger.

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''From Here to Eternity'' is a 1952 novel by Creator/JamesJones, based on his experiences serving in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. It was adapted into a feature film in 1953, a {{miniseries}} in 1979, a [[RecycledTheSeries TV series]] in 1980, and a short-lived stage {{musical}} in 2013. The film version, directed by Fred Zinnemann Creator/FredZinnemann and with an AllStarCast that includes Creator/BurtLancaster, Creator/DeborahKerr, Creator/MontgomeryClift, Music/FrankSinatra, Creator/DonnaReed, and Creator/ErnestBorgnine, remains the most iconic of these productions. It won eight UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s out of thirteen nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Zinnemann), Best Supporting Actor (Sinatra), Best Supporting Actress (Reed), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Daniel Taradash). The 1979 miniseries starred Creator/NatalieWood, Creator/SteveRailsback, Creator/WilliamDevane, and Creator/KimBasinger.

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