Today marks 75 years since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and, soon after, the United States’ entry into World War II. The war lasted four more years. While there were many movies made about the war while it was still underway, the post-war film, "The Best Years of Our Lives," told the stories of three American servicemen returning to the states, a breakthrough movie about the pains and challenges (unemployment, adultery, alcoholism, alienation) of a soldier’s and sailor’s homecoming. The film was released in theaters 70 years ago this month and won several Oscars. Our film critics, Linda DeLibero and Christopher Llewellyn Reed, walk us through the story line of the best picture of 1946.
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