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.
- Won 2 Oscars
- 9 wins & 15 nominations total
Mara Scott-Wood
- Bunny
- (as Mara Scott Wood)
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- TriviaDirector 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.
- GoofsJust 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.
- Crazy creditsWith 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 versionsNBC cut 6 minutes from this film for its 1986 network television premiere.
- SoundtracksUp 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
Featured review
A movie that you can watch over and over again and find something new. There really is something for everyone and for those who follow classical screenplay protocols this is an absolute must. The timing of events and the pace of those events is absolutely perfect. Richard Gere is really extremely good and in fact as time goes on his role may actually turn out to be one of his best. He has such a fragile bravado in this tale of selfish loner turns good. Debra Winger and Louis Gossett are also outstanding. It is a movie that you either love or you hate and, over the years, the critics have very much wanted to play it down but there is no doubt in my mind that it is a classic tale well told with every aspect of "the cinema" used to its fullest extent
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- Also known as
- Ein Offizier und Gentleman
- Filming locations
- The Tides Inn - 1807 Water Street, Port Townsend, Washington, USA(Motel scenes, Zack & Paula stayed in room #10, while Sid & Lynette used room #12, the latter being the same room where Sid committed suicide.)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $129,795,554
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,304,679
- Aug 1, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $129,795,890
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