An Officer and A Gentleman
About An Officer and A Gentleman
Richard Gere plays Zack Mayo, an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he's arrived at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill sergeant Emil Foley (Louis Gossett Jr.). Mayo --or "Mayonnaise," as he is dubbed by the irascible Foley -- is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart. Foley rides Mayo mercilessly, sensing that the young man would be prime officer material if he weren't so self-involved. Zack's affair with working girl Paula Pokrifi (Debra Winger) is likewise compromised by his unwillingness to give of himself. Only after Mayo's best friend Sid Worsley (David Keith) commits suicide over an unhappy romance does Zack come out of his shell and mature into a real human being. Take away the R-rated dialogue and the sex scenes, and Officer and a Gentleman could have been a 1937 MGM flick, maybe with Robert Taylor as Zack, Wallace Beery as Foley, and Jimmy Stewart as Sid. An Officer and a Gentleman was nominated for 7 Oscars, with wins to Gossett and to the hit song "Up Where We Belong." The closing scene has surely become a classic of movie romance. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
7/28/82
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
126 mins.
Locations
- Port Townsend, Washington, USA
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Tacoma, Washington, USA
Language
- English
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Original Score award at the 1982 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Drama award at the 1982 Golden Globe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 1982 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Song Written for a Film award at the 1983 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 1982 Golden Globe Awards.
- Nominated for a New Star of the Year - Female award at the 1982 Golden Globe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic award at the 1982 Golden Globe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 1982 Golden Globe Awards.
- Nominated for a New Star of the Year - Male award at the 1982 Golden Globe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 1982 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Song award at the 1982 Golden Globe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Song award at the 1982 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic award at the 1982 Golden Globe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1982 National Board of Review Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic award at the 1982 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 1982 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1982 Directors Guild of America Awards.
Distributor
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures
Official Site
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