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It tells the mostly true story of Alvin C. York, a farmer from the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee. York is a hard drinker and a hell-raiser, but he converts to Christianity, abandons his wild ways, and becomes a pacifist. When the United States enters UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, York applies for conscientious objector status based on his religious beliefs. But his application is denied, and he gets drafted into the infantry – where he ultimately becomes a national hero and a Medal of Honor winner for his actions in combat, and one of the most decorated US soldiers of the war.
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It tells the mostly true story of Alvin C. York, a farmer from the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee. York is a hard drinker and a hell-raiser, but he converts to Christianity, abandons his wild ways, and becomes a pacifist. When the United States enters UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, York applies for conscientious objector status based on his religious beliefs. But his application is denied, and he gets drafted into the infantry – where he ultimately becomes a national hero and hero, a Medal of Honor winner for his actions in combat, winner, and one of the most decorated US soldiers of the war.
war for his actions in combat.
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''Sergeant York'' is a 1941 film BasedOnATrueStory, directed by Creator/HowardHawks and starring Creator/GaryCooper.
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It tells the mostly true story of Alvin C. York, a farmer from the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee. Alvin is a hard drinker and a hell-raiser, but he converts to Christianity, abandons his wild ways, and becomes a pacifist. When the United States declared war on Germany, entering UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, York applied for conscientious objector status, citing his religious beliefs. York's application was denied, and he was drafted into the infantry--where he became a Medal of Honor winner for his actions in combat, one of the most decorated American soldiers to ever live.
''Sergeant York'' was a massive success and a career highlight for both Hawks and Cooper. It was nominated for eleven [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] and won two, including the first of Cooper's two Best Actor awards.
''Sergeant York'' was a massive success and a career highlight for both Hawks and Cooper. It was nominated for eleven [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] and won two, including the first of Cooper's two Best Actor awards.
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It tells the mostly true story of Alvin C. York, a farmer from the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee. Alvin York is a hard drinker and a hell-raiser, but he converts to Christianity, abandons his wild ways, and becomes a pacifist. When the United States declared war on Germany, entering enters UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, York applied applies for conscientious objector status, citing status based on his religious beliefs. York's But his application was is denied, and he was gets drafted into the infantry--where infantry – where he became ultimately becomes a national hero and a Medal of Honor winner for his actions in combat, and one of the most decorated American US soldiers to ever live.
of the war.
''Sergeant York'' was a massivesuccess commercial and critical success, and a career highlight for both Hawks and Cooper. It was nominated for eleven [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] and won two, including the first of Cooper's two Best Actor awards.
''Sergeant York'' was a massive
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It tells the mostly true story of Alvin C. York, a farmer from the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee. Alvin is a hard drinker and a hell-raiser, but he converts to Christianity, abandons his wild ways, and becomes a pacifist. When the United States declared war on Germany, entering UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, York applied for conscientious obejctor objector status, citing his religious beliefs. York's application was denied, and he was drafted into the infantry--where he became a Medal of Honor winner for his actions in combat, one of the most decorated American soldiers to ever live.
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* FamousLastWords: Pusher manages to get a few in before he dies.
-->'''Pusher''': This is where we change cars, Alvin; the end of the line...
-->'''Pusher''': This is where we change cars, Alvin; the end of the line...
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Alvin and his CO have a little duel of sorts, as York quotes all the more pacific Bible verses, and the officer cites other passages in order to convince York that it's OK to fight.
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Alvin and his CO have a little duel of sorts, as York quotes all the more pacific pacifistic Bible verses, and the officer cites other passages in order to convince York that it's OK to fight.
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* KidnappedFromBehind: A lethal variant is discussed when York is telling the other troops that when you're hunting turkeys when they're in flocks, you always shoot the ones at the back of the flock, and then work your way forward.
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* BulletHoleSpelling: Alvin York shows off his ImprobableAimingSkills by shooting his initials A and Y into a tree from as horseback while under the influence.
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* BulletHoleSpelling: Alvin York shows off his ImprobableAimingSkills by shooting his initials A and Y into a tree from as horseback all while under the influence.
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* BulletHoleSpelling: Alvin York shows off his ImprobableAimingSkills by shooting his initials A and Y into a tree from as horseback while under the influence.
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* HeroicDimples: Alvin, thanks to Cooper.
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* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: York remains a pacifist at heart and believes the Lord's will is to save lives, not take them; but he also ends up believing that there are times when one has to take someone's life for the ultimate goal of saving even more lives.
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* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: York remains a pacifist at heart and believes the Lord's will is to save lives, not take them; but he also ends up believing that there are times when one has to take someone's life for the ultimate goal of saving even more lives.
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* FamousLastWords: Pusher manages to get a few in before he dies.
-->'''Pusher''': This is where we change cars, Alvin; the end of the line...
-->'''Pusher''': This is where we change cars, Alvin; the end of the line...
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* HeroicDimples: Alvin, thanks to Cooper.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: In the first scene York manages to shoot his initials into a tree, on horseback, while drunk. His instructors at boot camp are mesmerized when York hits the bullseye at the shooting range every time. This comes in handy when York has to shoot Germans.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: In the first scene of the movie, York manages to shoot his initials into a tree, on horseback, while drunk. His instructors at boot camp camp, expecting a pacifist to be no good with weapons, are mesmerized when York hits the bullseye bulls-eye at the shooting range every time. This comes in handy when York has to shoot Germans.
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* RealMenLoveJesus: York, devout Christian left the ravaged French countryside as the most decorated American soldier of World War I.
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* RealMenLoveJesus: York, a devout Christian Christian, left the ravaged French countryside as the most decorated American soldier of World War I.
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** Unlike in the movie, the land and house given to Alvin was not waiting for him when he came home from France. In actuality it took roughly three years for the state to provide it. The land is now a state park that hosts WWI living history events.
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Alvin and his CO have a little duel of sorts, as York quotes all the more pacific Bible verses, and the officer cites other passages in order to convince York that it's OK to fight.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: Alvin and his CO have a little duel of sorts, as York quotes all the more pacific Bible verses, and the officer cites other passages in order to convince York that it's OK to fight.
* ComfortingComforter: In one scene Alvin's mum covers him when he falls asleep.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Alvin shooting is name into the tree at the beginning while under the influence shows off his ImprobableAimingSkills.
* GiveMeASign: Alvin asks God to give him a sign but gets no response. The answer comes delayed when during a dark and stormy night a lightning strikes his gun but leaves him unharmed.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: When Alvin retreats to the top of a mountain cliff in order to ponder his dilemma if to join the war against Germany or not, the opposed voices of Major Buxton and Pastor Pile from earlier conversations [[HearingVoices echo in his head]].
* GossipEvolution: The identity of York's prisoners change with each retelling until finally everyone thinks he captured the Kaiser.
* HardWorkMontage: The two months Alvin is trying to make $70 is depicted in key shots of him working hard at various jobs.
* GiveMeASign: Alvin asks God to give him a sign but gets no response. The answer comes delayed when during a dark and stormy night a lightning strikes his gun but leaves him unharmed.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: When Alvin retreats to the top of a mountain cliff in order to ponder his dilemma if to join the war against Germany or not, the opposed voices of Major Buxton and Pastor Pile from earlier conversations [[HearingVoices echo in his head]].
* GossipEvolution: The identity of York's prisoners change with each retelling until finally everyone thinks he captured the Kaiser.
* HardWorkMontage: The two months Alvin is trying to make $70 is depicted in key shots of him working hard at various jobs.
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* OverallsAndGingham: Alvin is seen wearing a bib overalls in most of his scenes in first act, establishing him as a FarmBoy.
* PragmaticAdaptation: The scene where Alvin becomes converted because of the bolt of lightning was an invention of the screenwriters. In reality Alvin C. York was converted from his hard-drinking, roustabout ways to a Sunday-school teacher by his wife, and it was a longer and less dramatic process, unsuitable for a film depiction.
* RealMenLoveJesus: York, devout Christian left the ravaged French countryside as the most decorated American soldier of World War I.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Alvin is surprised to see [[FarmersDaughter Gracie]] all grown up.
* StiffUpperLip: A British soldier with the Americans calmly instructs them on when they need to duck the German artillery shells that are falling all aroundthem.them.
* TickertapeParade: Alvin gets one when returning to New York as a war hero.
* WhiteFlag: The Germans hoist a white flag when surrendering to Alvin's attack.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: The scene where Alvin becomes converted because of the bolt of lightning was an invention of the screenwriters. In reality Alvin C. York was converted from his hard-drinking, roustabout ways to a Sunday-school teacher by his wife, and it was a longer and less dramatic process, unsuitable for a film depiction.
* RealMenLoveJesus: York, devout Christian left the ravaged French countryside as the most decorated American soldier of World War I.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Alvin is surprised to see [[FarmersDaughter Gracie]] all grown up.
* StiffUpperLip: A British soldier with the Americans calmly instructs them on when they need to duck the German artillery shells that are falling all around
* TickertapeParade: Alvin gets one when returning to New York as a war hero.
* WhiteFlag: The Germans hoist a white flag when surrendering to Alvin's attack.
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** York's friend "Pusher" Ross is killed by a captured German soldier who managed to get hold of a grenade. York then shoots the German in revenge. Pusher is fictional, and although one German ''did'' refuse to surrender, threw a grenade and was shot by York in response, the grenade didn't kill any Americans.
** The German troops are shown being commanded by a major. They were actually commanded by Paul Vollmer, who was only a lieutenant. The fictional major in the movie isn't named.
** York is seen using a Luger he takes from a captured German after losing his US Army Colt M1911. In truth, he never took a gun from a prisoner to use, and kept hold of his Army Colt for the entire battle. This was changed because the Luger the armorers provided was the only blank-adapted handgun available on the set. He is also seen using an M1903 Springfield, as opposed to the M1917 Enfield he had in real life.
** The battle occurs in a very open and frankly desert-like environment, as compared to the thickly-wooded hills of the actual ravine in France. It's possible the filmmakers wanted to give the battlefield a more harsh and desolate-looking appearance in order to add tension.
** York's friend "Pusher" Ross is killed by a captured German soldier who managed to get hold of a grenade. York then shoots the German in revenge. Pusher is fictional, and although one German ''did'' refuse to surrender, threw a grenade and was shot by York in response, the grenade didn't kill any Americans.
** The German troops are shown being commanded by a major. They were actually commanded by Paul Vollmer, who was only a lieutenant. The fictional major in the movie isn't named.
** York is seen using a Luger he takes from a captured German after losing his US Army Colt M1911. In truth, he never took a gun from a prisoner to use, and kept hold of his Army Colt for the entire battle. This was changed because the Luger the armorers provided was the only blank-adapted handgun available on the set. He is also seen using an M1903 Springfield, as opposed to the M1917 Enfield he had in real life.
** The battle occurs in a very open and frankly desert-like environment, as compared to the thickly-wooded hills of the actual ravine in France. It's possible the filmmakers wanted to give the battlefield a more harsh and desolate-looking appearance in order to add tension.
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''Sergeant York'' is a 1941 film directed by Creator/HowardHawks and starring Creator/GaryCooper. It tells the mostly true story of Alvin C. York, a farmer from the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee. Alvin is a hard drinker and a hell-raiser, but he converts to Christianity, abandons his wild ways, and becomes a pacifist. When the United States declared war on Germany, entering UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, York applied for conscientious obejctor status, citing his religious beliefs. York's application was denied, and he was drafted into the infantry--where he became a Medal of Honor winner for his actions in combat, one of the most decorated American soldiers to ever live.
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''Sergeant York'' is a 1941 film directed by Creator/HowardHawks and starring Creator/GaryCooper.
It tells the mostly true story of Alvin C. York, a farmer from the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee. Alvin is a hard drinker and a hell-raiser, but he converts to Christianity, abandons his wild ways, and becomes a pacifist. When the United States declared war on Germany, entering UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, York applied for conscientious obejctor status, citing his religious beliefs. York's application was denied, and he was drafted into the infantry--where he became a Medal of Honor winner for his actions in combat, one of the most decorated American soldiers to ever live.
It tells the mostly true story of Alvin C. York, a farmer from the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee. Alvin is a hard drinker and a hell-raiser, but he converts to Christianity, abandons his wild ways, and becomes a pacifist. When the United States declared war on Germany, entering UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, York applied for conscientious obejctor status, citing his religious beliefs. York's application was denied, and he was drafted into the infantry--where he became a Medal of Honor winner for his actions in combat, one of the most decorated American soldiers to ever live.
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* BloodlessCarnage: Hardly any blood anywhere in the movie, except for BloodFromTheMouth from one American mowed down by German machine guns. Most prominent when Pusher gets blown up with a grenade--no blood.
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* BloodlessCarnage: Hardly any blood anywhere in the movie, except for BloodFromTheMouth from one American mowed down by German machine guns. Most prominent when Pusher gets blown up with a grenade--no blood.blood (it was made in the 1940s, after all; no way UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode would have allowed it).
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[[caption-width-right:350:Gary Cooper, one-man army.]]
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''Sergeant York'' is a 1941 film directed by Creator/HowardHawks and starring Creator/GaryCooper. It tells the mostly true story of Alvin C. York, a farmer from the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee who became Tennessee. Alvin is a pacifist after converting hard drinker and a hell-raiser, but he converts to Christianity.Christianity, abandons his wild ways, and becomes a pacifist. When the United States declared war on Germany, entering UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, York applied for conscientious obejctor status, citing his religious beliefs. York's application was denied, and he was drafted into the infantry--where he became a Medal of Honor winner for his actions in combat, one of the most decorated American soldiers to ever live.
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''Sergeant York'' was a massive success and a career highlight for both Hawks and Cooper. It was nominated for eleven [[AcademyAward [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] and won two, including the first of Cooper's two Best Actor awards.
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Alvin and his CO have a little duel of sorts, as York quotes all the more pacific Bible verses, and the officer cites other passages in order to convince York that it's OK to fight.
* BarBrawl: Alvin leads a wild life before getting religion, one that includes getting into a fight at the local moonshine bar.
* BarBrawl: Alvin leads a wild life before getting religion, one that includes getting into a fight at the local moonshine bar.
* CallBack: York uses the "gobble, gobble" call to get a turkey to pop its head up so he can shoot it, and later explains to his fellow soldiers how to shoot a line of turkeys--start with the last one so the others don't know what's happening. Both of these are referenced later when he is taking out an entire line of Germans in a trench.
* {{Conscription}}: What forces York to go to war.
* CountryMouse: Alvin could not be more of a rube when the war drags him out of Appalachia. Not only has he never ridden a subway, he doesn't know what one is.
* DownOnTheFarm: The whole first half of the film is York's life in the mountains, romancing his sweetheart Gracie (Joan Leslie) and trying to buy a better patch of land.
* {{Conscription}}: What forces York to go to war.
* CountryMouse: Alvin could not be more of a rube when the war drags him out of Appalachia. Not only has he never ridden a subway, he doesn't know what one is.
* DownOnTheFarm: The whole first half of the film is York's life in the mountains, romancing his sweetheart Gracie (Joan Leslie) and trying to buy a better patch of land.
* HaveAGayOldTime: "That strikes me as mighty queer" (strange).
* ImprobableAimingSkills: In the first scene York manages to shoot his initials into a tree, on horseback, while drunk. His instructors at boot camp are mesmerized when York hits the bullseye at the shooting range every time. This comes in handy when York has to shoot Germans.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: In the first scene York manages to shoot his initials into a tree, on horseback, while drunk. His instructors at boot camp are mesmerized when York hits the bullseye at the shooting range every time. This comes in handy when York has to shoot Germans.
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* MartialPacifist: Sgt. Alvin C. York. Pacifist, conscientious objector. Killed 20 Germans, captured two machine gun nests, captured 132 German soldiers all by himself. He later explains that he had to do it, to stop the Germans from killing his comrades.
* MartialPacifist: Sgt. Alvin C. York. Pacifist, conscientious objector. Killed 20 Germans, captured two machine gun nests, captured 132 German soldiers all by himself. He later explains that he had to do it, to stop the Germans from killing his comrades.
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''Sergeant York'' is a 1941 film directed by Creator/HowardHawks and starring Creator/GaryCooper. It tells the mostly true story of Alvin C. York, a farmer from the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee who became a pacifist after converting to Christianity. When the United States declared war on Germany, entering UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, York applied for conscientious obejctor status, citing his religious beliefs. York's application was denied, and he was drafted into the infantry--where he became a Medal of Honor winner for his actions in combat, one of the most decorated American soldiers to ever live.
''Sergeant York'' was a massive success and a career highlight for both Hawks and Cooper. It was nominated for eleven [[AcademyAward Oscars]] and won two, including the first of Cooper's two Best Actor awards.
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* BloodlessCarnage: Hardly any blood anywhere in the movie, except for BloodFromTheMouth from one American mowed down by German machine guns. Most prominent when Pusher gets blown up with a grenade--no blood.
* DraftDodging: York at first simply refuses to register for the draft. After being told he must register, he appeals all the way up the chain before finally being forced to report for service.
* ISurrenderSuckers:
** York's platoon forces the surrender of a German unit. The German commander, however, knows that there are a couple of machine gun nests at the top of the hill that the Americans didn't see. While holding his hands in surrender, he nods to the machine gunners atop the hill, who rake York's men with fire.
** Another German soldier who has surrendered pulls a grenade and throws it, killing York's pal.
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* StiffUpperLip: A British soldier with the Americans calmly instructs them on when they need to duck the German artillery shells that are falling all around them.
''Sergeant York'' was a massive success and a career highlight for both Hawks and Cooper. It was nominated for eleven [[AcademyAward Oscars]] and won two, including the first of Cooper's two Best Actor awards.
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* BloodlessCarnage: Hardly any blood anywhere in the movie, except for BloodFromTheMouth from one American mowed down by German machine guns. Most prominent when Pusher gets blown up with a grenade--no blood.
* DraftDodging: York at first simply refuses to register for the draft. After being told he must register, he appeals all the way up the chain before finally being forced to report for service.
* ISurrenderSuckers:
** York's platoon forces the surrender of a German unit. The German commander, however, knows that there are a couple of machine gun nests at the top of the hill that the Americans didn't see. While holding his hands in surrender, he nods to the machine gunners atop the hill, who rake York's men with fire.
** Another German soldier who has surrendered pulls a grenade and throws it, killing York's pal.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn:
* StiffUpperLip: A British soldier with the Americans calmly instructs them on when they need to duck the German artillery shells that are falling all around them.
