Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Sergeant York’: A Rousing Biopic About a Real American Hero
Not Rated| 2h 14min | Biography, Drama, History | 27 September 1941 (USA)
There are many heroes who initially don’t seem destined for greatness. This certainly is the case with Alvin York, a real-life American hero who went above and beyond the call of duty during World War I.
York’s heroics are retold in director Howard Hawks’s fascinating “Sergeant York,” a 1941 patriotic war movie. The film opens in the Valley of the Three Forks of the Wolf, nestled in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee. The local pastor, Rosier Pile (Walter Brennan), is leading his parish in a powerful Christian hymn titled “When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder.”