An Officer and a Gentleman

1982
R
2h 4m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

64K

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A young man must complete his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School to become an aviator, with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.A young man must complete his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School to become an aviator, with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.A young man must complete his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School to become an aviator, with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

64K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,964

925

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Won 2 Oscars
- 9 wins & 15 nominations total

Trivia
Director Taylor Hackford purposely kept Louis Gossett Jr. living in separate quarters from the rest of the cast to further his character's intimidating presence as a drill instructor.

Goofs
Just before the officer candidates take the oath and graduate, a recruit announces, "All officers present." The candidates' swords are up on their shoulders, but in the next shot, the swords are in their scabbards.

Quotes
Foley: You can forget it! You're out!
Mayo: Don't you do it! Don't! You... I got nowhere else to go! I got nowhere else to g... I got nothin' else.

Crazy credits
With special thanks to Art Kulman of the Washington State Dept. of Commerce & Economic Development, Fort Worden State Park, Gus Gustafson, Brent Shirley, and the people of Port Townsend, Washington.

Alternate versions
NBC cut 6 minutes from this film for its 1986 network television premiere.

Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: Night Shift/Smash Palace/Xica da Silva/An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

Soundtracks
Up Where We Belong
Sung by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
Lyric by Will Jennings
Music by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie
Recording produced by Stewart Levine

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Featured review

7/10

He Will Be Both.

Richard Gere plays Zack Mayo, a prospective Navy Officer training cadet who must decide to gain control over his direction-less life, helped by a no-nonsense Gunnery sergeant(superbly played by Louis Gossett Jr., who won an Academy Award) who berates Zack, but all in the effort of making him into a successful Naval officer. Debra Winger plays his girlfriend, who is also struggling with her own life. They both have friends(played by David Keith and Lisa Blount) whose relationship mirrors their own, only with far different results.

Entertaining and old-fashioned(in some ways!) film is well acted by its stars, and has stylish direction by Taylor Hackford. Story is surprisingly involving(if a bit predictable) and builds to a satisfying conclusion with the winning song "Up Where We Belong".

A big hit that made its leads stars.