An officer and a gentleman / Paramount Pictures presents a Lorimar production in association with Martin Elfand ; a Taylor Hackford film ; written by Douglas Day Stewart ; produced by Martin Elfand ; directed by Taylor Hackford
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 12076 | ParamountLanguage: English, French Summary language: English Publisher: Hollywood, CA : Paramount Home Video, [p2007]Copyright date: ©1982Edition: Widescreen, special collector's edDescription: 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 9781415727690 :
- 1415727694
- 791.43/72 22
- PN1997.O33 O33 2007
- Music, Jack Nitzsche
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| DVD | Phillipsburg Free Public Library | DVDs | DVDs | DVD OFF | Available | 36748002549311 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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, Rovi
DVD
Special features : interactive menus; scene selection; theatrical trailer; commentary by director Taylor Hackford ; An officer and a gentleman : 25 years later
Videodisc release of the 1982 motion picture by Paramount
Music, Jack Nitzsche
Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Robert Loggia, Lisa Blount, Lisa Eilbacher, Louis Gossett, Jr
A timeless tale of romance, friendship, and growth. Loner Zack Mayo enters Officer Candidate School to become a Navy pilot and in thirteen weeks he learns the importance of discipline, love and friendship
Rated R
In English and French languages with English subtitles
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired