America, America

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America, America
Image:101840.1010.A.jpg Film poster
Directed by	Elia Kazan
Produced by	Elia Kazan
Written by	Elia Kazan
Starring	Stathis Giallelis Frank Wolff (actor) Elena Karam
Music by	Manos Hadjidakis
Cinematography	Haskell Wexler
Editing by	Dede Allen
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	December 15, 1963
Running time	174 min.
Language	English
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America, America (alternative title The Anatolian Smile) is a 1963 Elia Kazan film about two young men, an Armenian and a Greek, who escape from their villages in Anatolia during the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. Dreaming of a better life in America, they encounter many struggles and life-changing experiences during their difficult trek to the promised land. It was directed and written by Kazan, from his own book, and stars Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff (actor), Elena Karam and Lou Antonio.

The film was nominated for Oscars for:

Best Director - Elia Kazan
Best Picture - Elia Kazan
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen - Elia Kazan

and won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White.

In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.