Sergeant York
The movie follows Prize-winning Tennessee marksman Alvin York who was recruited to fight in WWI. Being torn between his non-violent beliefs and his desire to serve his country, Alvin still ends up becoming a war hero.
4 June 1899, South Dakota, USA
6 March 1891, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
25 June 1925, New York City, New York, USA
September 18, 1885 in London, England, UK
19 April 1888, Paducah, Kentucky, USA
8 December 1905, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
September 23, 1876 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
October 6, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
17 November 1891, Reims, France
9 July 1906, Denver, Colorado, USA
12 January 1902, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
25 July 1894, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
December 24, 1906 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA
September 5, 1890 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
13 July 1921, Wetumpka, Alabama, USA
February 9, 1883 in Austin, Texas, USA
26 October 1881, London, England, UK
14 June 1902, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
12 September 1925, Los Angeles, California, USA
24 August 1905, Kinleyside, Scotland, UK
29 August 1906, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
February 1, 1881 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
21 December 1905, Austinville, Virginia, USA
19 August 1913, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
November 25, 1901 in St. Edward, Nebraska, USA
October 10, 1902 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
16 September 1908, New York City, New York, USA
December 13, 1892 in Clifton, Virginia, USA
9 April 1903, Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
December 12, 2004
The breathless pace, the good script, and the mostly fine performances made me more forgiving of the dated aspects of this film. Overall, though, it's Gary Cooper's film.
January 01, 2000
The first half is quite good, documenting York's rural upbringing with great simplicity and charm. But the second part -- the war -- degenerates quickly and grotesquely.
November 09, 2006
This is one of those movies where the star appears to have been born to play the role.
November 25, 2002
First-class Hawks biopic on the WWI hero.
September 27, 2006
Setting a precedent by preseting the saga of a celeb sill alive, the Hawks biopic is a tale of transformation of an obscure Tennessee hillbilly into a national hero, thus showing the validity of the democratic credo that heroes are not born but made.
May 20, 2003
The performance of Gary Cooper in the title role holds the picture together magnificently, and even the most unfavorable touches are made palatable because of him.
June 07, 2014
Even given a nest of flaws, the basic arc works beautifully: Cooper's abashed, aw-shucks demeanor is a perfect fit for the part.
May 27, 2006
Nothing to get upset about, but also not much to get excited about.
November 12, 2006
Sergeant York brought him Hawks one and only Oscar nomination for Best Director, and it's arguably his least interesting film.
June 05, 2002
Sergeant York is a quadruple 'A' attraction, destined to go many places and leaving complete satisfaction in its wake.
February 22, 2008
Moving, memorable, great Warner Bros. biography of WWI hero York, with fine Cooper performance--an Oscar winner.
