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An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

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Country: US
Technical: col 126m
Director: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr.

Synopsis:

A working class lad wanting to make it as an air force pilot must first complete a strenuous course of training at the US Navy Office training academy, where he meets the exacting Sergeant Emil Foley.

Review:

A very old-fashioned entertainment, yet an unsurprising success for the Reagan era, with all the ingredients intact from a Reagan B-picture of old: upward mobility, grit and determination in the face of adversity, the love of a good woman and, just to bring it up to date, a nice set of wheels. Nothing remotely memorable about it, except that it brought another black supporting actor an Oscar, and set Gere off well and truly on a four-year spree before his shoes were filled by the equally cocky Tom Cruise.

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Country: US
Technical: col 126m
Director: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr.

Synopsis:

A working class lad wanting to make it as an air force pilot must first complete a strenuous course of training at the US Navy Office training academy, where he meets the exacting Sergeant Emil Foley.

Review:

A very old-fashioned entertainment, yet an unsurprising success for the Reagan era, with all the ingredients intact from a Reagan B-picture of old: upward mobility, grit and determination in the face of adversity, the love of a good woman and, just to bring it up to date, a nice set of wheels. Nothing remotely memorable about it, except that it brought another black supporting actor an Oscar, and set Gere off well and truly on a four-year spree before his shoes were filled by the equally cocky Tom Cruise.


Country: US
Technical: col 126m
Director: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr.

Synopsis:

A working class lad wanting to make it as an air force pilot must first complete a strenuous course of training at the US Navy Office training academy, where he meets the exacting Sergeant Emil Foley.

Review:

A very old-fashioned entertainment, yet an unsurprising success for the Reagan era, with all the ingredients intact from a Reagan B-picture of old: upward mobility, grit and determination in the face of adversity, the love of a good woman and, just to bring it up to date, a nice set of wheels. Nothing remotely memorable about it, except that it brought another black supporting actor an Oscar, and set Gere off well and truly on a four-year spree before his shoes were filled by the equally cocky Tom Cruise.

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