An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
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.
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.