Based on a James A. Michener novel, this 1957 film earned Red Buttons & Miyoshi Umeki Oscars
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Sayonara - Wikipedia  Sayonara is a 1957 color (Technicolor) American film starring Marlon Brando. The picture tells the story of an American Air Force flier who was an ace fighter pilot during the Korean War. Sayonara won four Academy Awards, including acting honors for co-stars Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki. ... The film's screenplay was adapted by Paul Osborn from the novel by James...
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Sayonara (1957) - IMDb  Drama ... Writers: Paul Osborn (screen play), James A. Michener (based on the novel by) ... The South-East Asian Individuals that won an Oscar 28 February 2016 3:04 PM, ..... Waxman's theme for the Red Buttons/Miyoshi Umeki relationship is among ... giving credit, made sure that each element of a film like this worked in...
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Miyoshi Umeki, 78, Actress Who Won an Oscar in '57 - Obituary ...  Sep 6, 2007 ... Miyoshi Umeki, an expressive actress of innocent charm who in 1957 ... in ''Sayonara,'' a tragic drama, based on the novel by James Michener, about ... PHOTO: Miyoshi Umeki and Red Buttons in the 1957 film ''Sayonara.
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Miyoshi Umeki; Recorded American Pop Standards, Won Oscar for ...  Sep 6, 2007 ... "Sayonara," based on a best-selling James A. Michener novel, was about forbidden ... played by Red Buttons, and the relationship leads to his persecution and their double suicide. Ms. Umeki and Buttons won Oscars for their supporting roles. For much of the 20th century, movies or plays featuring Asian...
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The Bridge on the River Kwai: 1957 Best Picture  Fikkle Fame  Aug 10, 2014 ... The winner of the Best Picture Oscar at the 30th Academy Awards was ... I'M IN SEVENTH HEAVEN $1000: Released in 1957, this film was based on the ... played a James Fenimore Cooper title character in this 1957 film ... A. Michener novel, this 1957 film earned Red Buttons & Miyoshi Umeki Oscars
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All the King's Men: 1949 Best Picture  Fikkle Fame  Aug 2, 2014 ... SEEING RED AT THE MOVIES $200: This 1949 movie about a boy & his horse featured a script by Steinbeck, based on his own novel
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The Hunt for Red October (film) - Wikipedia  The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 American espionage thriller film produced by Mace Neufeld, directed by John McTiernan, and starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, and Sam Neill. The film is based on Tom Clancy's 1984 bestselling novel of the same name.
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James A. Michener - Wikipedia  He later turned his notes and impressions into Tales of the South Pacific (1947), his first book, published when he was 40. It won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in...
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The Thin Red Line (1998) - IMDb  Drama  Terrence Malick's adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on ... With Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Elias Koteas. ... 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War. ... We Were Soldiers ..... Merrick is never in a hurry, and this pace suits the film well.
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Comedian Red Buttons Dies at 87 - The New York Times  Jul 14, 2006 ... Red Buttons was born Aaron Chwatt on Feb. ... He made his first stage appearance at age 12 under the name Little Skippy, dressed in a sailor suit and ... Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki each won an Oscar for Sayonara.
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Tales of the South Pacific - Wikipedia  Tales of the South Pacific is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book, which is a collection of sequentially related short stories about World War II, written by James A. Michener in 1946 and published in 1947. The stories were based on observations and anecdotes he collected while ... The book was adapted as a 1949 Broadway musical and as two films,...
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James Albert Michener facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ...  He was the only boy who wore sneakers; the rest wore shoes. ... Ultimately the recording of his experiences became his first well-known book, Tales of ... Michener's gamble paid off-Tales of the South Pacific won a Pulitzer Prize in 1948 ... Weekly, "He's the grand old man of historical fiction" who "didn't play with the facts.
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Fedor von Bock, Mariscal de Campo del Ejrcito Alemn - Boris ...  Buttons won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for "Sayonara" (1957). ... John George Agar (January 31, 1921  April 7, 2002) was an American actor. ..... Emperor Hirohito was the 124th emperor of Japan, in power from 1926-1989.
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Driving Miss Daisy: 1989 Best Picture  Fikkle Fame  Sep 11, 2014 ... BLACK & WHITE FILMS $1000: Cops Michael Douglas & Andy Garcia tangle with the Japanese mafia in this 1989 film SEX SELLS $600:...
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12 Angry Men (1957 film) - Wikipedia  12 Angry Men is a 1957 American drama film adapted from a teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose. Written and co-produced by Rose himself and directed by Sidney Lumet, this trial film tells the story of a jury made up of 12 men as they deliberate the .... The film is today viewed as a classic, highly regarded from both a critical and...
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: A Death in the Family, & Shorter ...  A Death in the Family, the novel that he worked on for over a decade and ... Get Textbooks on Google Play ... his pursuit of emotional truth, James Agee (1909-1955) excelled as novelist, ... I tried to turn this book into a readers theatre piece. ... The 1960 dramatization of All the Way Home by Tad Mosel, won a Pulitizer Prize...
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"Dream Odysseys: Schnitzler's Traumnovelle and Kubrick's Eyes ...  Nineteen ninety-nine was a banner year for Arthur Schnitzler in the United ... in a film adaptation of La Ronde by Jean Anouilh; it ran in the US under the title...
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The Bridge on the River Kwai: 1957 Best Picture  Fikkle Fame  Aug 10, 2014 ... The winner of the Best Picture Oscar at the 30th Academy Awards was The Bridge on the River Kwai. Out of 8 nominations ... TRIPLE FEATURES $200: What a rip-off! Joanne Woodward won only one Oscar for this 1957 film
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James A. Michener - Wikiquote  I think that young people who want to understand the world can profit from the ... 1907  16 October 1997) was an American author of more than 40 titles, the majority of ... I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a ... On a heroine in Tales of the South Pacific (1947) in Commercial Appeal (31...
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Books|James Michener, Author of Novels That Sweep Through the ...  Oct 17, 1997 ... Author James Michener Dies at age 90; photo (M) ... Please upgrade your browser. .... It was not until Mr. Michener moved from his brief tales of people to his ... in the half-century history of the weekly New York Times best-seller list. ... The Micheners had lived in Hawaii for some years, and in his novel Mr.
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1951 Academy Awards Winners and History - Greatest Films  Actress: VIVIEN LEIGH in "A Streetcar Named Desire", Katharine Hepburn in "The ... film of its time - MGM's big budget epic version of Henryk Siekiewicz's classic novel ... [It was Leigh's fifth film, second Oscar win, and first nomination after her ... Oscar win) won the Best Supporting Actor award in 1951 for his reprised role...