I toss a coin when it comes to comparing this TV mini-series to the 1953 big screen version from James Jones novel From Here to Eternity. While this version sticks more closely to the book the casting in the original is generally better. One thing I did notice (possible spoiler) is that in both versions the character Angelo Maggio is killed but in the novel he does not die. Instead (in the novel) it is another character named Blues Berry who is glimpsed in this edition that is the stockade murder victim of the sadistic Sgt Fatso Judson. I saw this version recently on a cable channel that presented it in one complete unedited showing without commercial interruption and I found myself enjoying it more than when I first saw it during its initial TV run. In any case read the novel and see both this mini series and the 1953 classic.
Review of From Here to Eternity
