Sergeant York

In a career-defining performance that earned him his first Academy Award, Gary Cooper stars as Alvin York, a poor Appalachian pacifist drafted into World War I. Placed in an impossible position, York single-handedly captures an entire enemy platoon and becomes a national hero. This World War II-era Hollywood classic based on the real-life war hero received 11 Academy Award nominations, including one for director Howard Hawks.

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If this story wasn't based on actual events, one might be inclined to believe that it is overly stereotypical and contrived. But, the fact that it was based on the real life of one of the most celebrated soldiers in WWI, adds another dimension of complexity and heart to the story. Gary Cooper is utterly fantastic as the backwoods, naive farmer reluctantly conscripted into a war half a world away. York starts off the war as a conscientious objector and ends as a decorated war hero. Sergeant York is not a war film per se. There are scenes that take place on the battlefields of WWI but, most of the story is set in the hills of Tennessee. Really, it is a story about one man who was made remarkable by the circumstances of his life.
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