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An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

R 07/28/1982 Drama, Romance 2h 4m
70%
User
Score
7.1/10
79%
75/100

Life gave him nothing, except the courage to win...and a woman to love.

Overview

Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart, so Foley rides him mercilessly, sensing that the young man would be prime officer material if he weren't so self-involved. Zack's affair with a working girl is likewise compromised by his unwillingness to give of himself.

Douglas Day Stewart

Screenplay

Taylor Hackford

Director

Top Billed Cast

Richard Gere

Richard Gere

Zack Mayo

Debra Winger

Debra Winger

Paula Pokrifki

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Sergeant Emil Foley

David Keith

David Keith

Sid Worley

Robert Loggia

Robert Loggia

Byron Mayo

Lisa Blount

Lisa Blount

Lynette Pomeroy

Lisa Eilbacher

Lisa Eilbacher

Casey Seeger

Harold Sylvester

Harold Sylvester

Perryman

David Caruso

David Caruso

Topper Daniels

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Media

An Officer and a Gentleman • Up Where We Belong • Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

An Officer and a Gentleman • Up Where We Belong • Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers

"Up Where We Belong" Wins Original Song: 1983 Oscars

"Up Where We Belong" Wins Original Song: 1983 Oscars

Richard Gere on the making of "An Officer and a Gentleman"

Richard Gere on the making of "An Officer and a Gentleman"

Louis Gossett Jr. Wins Supporting Actor: 1983 Oscars

Louis Gossett Jr. Wins Supporting Actor: 1983 Oscars

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on January 18, 2019

Don't believe the naysayers, this is a true uplifter.

Zack Mayo, after years of being shunted around with his woman chasing, alcoholic naval father, decides to up sticks and join the navy himself. He plans to fly jets and enrols at a tough Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School. Very much a loner and used to doing things his own way, Zack must tow the line if he is to succeed. Forming friendships and taking on a romance with a local girl, he may just make the grade. But he has to convince not only his tough no nonsense drill instructor, but also himself.

An Officer And A Gentleman has been bogged down over the years by being labelled as a chick flick, a film they say, that is for the soggy handkerchief brigade. Not so say I. Yes love is a critical strand here, not only finding it a...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on September 3, 2022

This is really a film about a power duet - and we don't get that until the end. The rest of this is a rather mediocre outing for all concerned. Richard Gere - an actor whose stardom still, even now, perplexes me - is "Zack", brought up by his dad "Byron" (Robert Loggia) after his mother died. Now an adult, he must learn to stand on his own two feet. Determined to prove himself and follow his father into the military, he enrols in the Naval Officer School where he encounters the no-nonsense drill instructor "Sgt. Foley" (Louis Gossett Jr) whilst befriending "Sid" (David Keith) and "Paula" (Debra Winger). Now "Zack" is quite a shrewd fella, and is soon running a range of scams around the base that eventually runs him foul of his equally savvy instructor - and the two are soon at loggerhead: ...

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