Sergeant York (1941) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Sergeant York
Year
1941
Running time
134 min.
Country
United States
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Genre
War. Drama | I World War. Based on a true story. Army. Propaganda
Synopsis
True story of the farm boy who made the transition from religious pacifist to World War I hero. The Valley of the Three Forks of the Wolf, located in the Cumberland Mountains in Tennessee, is the home of the Yorks, a family of poor mountain farmers. In the spring of 1916, while hunting, Alvin C. York encounters Gracie Williams and instantly decides to marry her. However, she turns him down cold. Alvin proceeds to get very drunk and then, he starts to attend church. When the United States enters World War I, Alvin refuses to register for the draft, believing that killing, even as a patriotic duty, is against the Bible. The Pastor Pile convinces him to register as a conscientious objector, but Alvin's request for your status is denied and he is drafted. At Camp Gordon in Georgia, Alvin's shooting so impresses his superiors that they promote him to corporal and make him an instructor. Later, his unit sails for France to fight in the Argonne offensive of 1918. As the men advance through an area surrounded by Germans, Alvin single-handedly kills twenty Germans and convinces 132 more to surrender. Together with the seven men remaining from his unit, Alvin brings the German prisoners back to headquarters. He is awarded a French medal, the Distinguished Service Cross and the Congressional Medal of Honor. After returning to a hero's welcome in New York, Alvin wants nothing more than to go back to Tennessee. He refuses all the money offered to him, explaining that he did what he did because he had to and is not proud of what happened...
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Awards
1941: 2 Academy Awards: Best Actor (Gary Cooper), Editing. 11 Nominations
1941: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor (Gary Cooper). 2 Nominations
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