A Time Out of War
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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][2] first prize at the Venice Film Festival Live Action Short Film category, and a BAFTA Special Award, among others.[3]
Summary
The film depicts a one-hour truce agreed to by Union and Confederate soldiers who are on opposite sides of a river.[3]
Production
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.[4] He chose Pickets, an 1897 story by Robert W. Chambers.[5] Folksinger and songwriter Frank Hamilton composed the original music for the film.
Reception and legacy
Critic Bosley Crowther called it "a keen and eloquent little picture".[6]
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).[7] Both brothers were then hired to write the screenplay for The Naked and the Dead, which led to film careers for both men.[7]
The Academy Film Archive preserved A Time Out of War in 2007[8] and it was added to the National Film Registry.[7]
Cast
- Corey Allen as Connor
- Barry Atwater as Craig
References
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External links
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- 1954 films
- 1954 short films
- American black-and-white films
- American Civil War films
- 1950s English-language films
- Films based on works by Robert W. Chambers
- Films directed by Denis Sanders
- Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners
- United States National Film Registry films
- American war films
- 1954 war films
- 1950s American films
- 1954 independent films
- English-language short films
- English-language war films