Sergeant York is a 1941 American biographical film about the life of Alvin C. York, one of the most-decorated American soldiers of World War I. Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Gary Cooper in the title role, the film was a critical and commercial success. Cooper went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, while the film also won Best Film Editing.
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Sergeant York is a 1941 American biographical film about the life of Alvin C. York, one of the most-decorated American soldiers of World War I. Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Gary Cooper in the title role, the film was a critical and commercial success and became the highest-grossing film of 1941. The American Film Institute ranked the film 57th in the its 100 most inspirational American movies. It also rated Alvin York 35th in its list of the top 50 heroes in American cinema.
Cooper went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, while the film also won Best Film Editing. In 2008, Sergeant York was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” The film’s patriotic theme helped recruit soldiers; young men sometimes went directly from the movie theater to military enlistment offices.
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