A Time Out of War
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Directed by | Denis Sanders |
Produced by |
Denis Sanders Terry Sanders |
Starring |
Corey Allen Barry Atwater |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
A Time Out of War is a 1954 American short war film directed by Denis Sanders and starring Corey Allen and Barry Atwater. In 1955, it won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel) at the 27th Academy Awards,[1] first prize at the Venice Film Festival Live Action Short Film category, and a BAFTA Special Award, among others.[2]
Denis Sanders was in UCLA film school whilst his brother was a UCLA undergraduate. For Denis's thesis, he searched for an American Civil War short story that was in the public domain to adapt into a film.[3] He chose Pickets, an 1897 story by Robert W. Chambers.[4] The film depicts a one-hour truce agreed to by Union and Confederate soldiers who are on opposite sides of a river.[2]
Critic Bosley Crowther called it "a keen and eloquent little picture".[5]
The prestige of the film led Terry to be hired by Charles Laughton as the second unit director of The Night of the Hunter (1955).[6] Both brothers were then hired to write the screenplay for The Naked and the Dead, which led to film careers for both men.[6]
The Academy Film Archive preserved A Time Out of War in 2007[7] and it was added to the National Film Registry.[6]
Cast
- Corey Allen as Connor
- Barry Atwater as Craig
References
- ↑ "New York Times: A Time Out of War". NY Times. Retrieved May 20, 2008.
- 1 2 "A Time Out of War". American Film Foundation. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 12, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2008.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 10, 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2008.
- ↑ Crowther, Bosley (August 10, 1955). "Screen: Fernandel, Pere et Cinq Fils; He Plays All 6 in 'The Sheep Has Five Legs'". The New York Times. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- 1 2 3 "A Tale of Two Brothers" (PDF). Point of View Magazine: 20. Spring 2007. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
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