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An Officer and a Gentleman
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Synopsis
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

Cast

Lisa Blount Lynette Pomeroy
David Caruso Topper Daniels
Lisa Eilbacher Casey Seeger
Richard Gere Zack Mayo
Louis Gossett, Jr. Sgt. Emil Foley
Robert Loggia Byron Mayo
Harold Sylvester Perryman
Debra Winger Paula Pokrifki
Grace Zabriskie Esther Pokrifki
David Keith Sid Worley

Production Crew

John V. Cartwright Art Director
Douglas Day Stewart Associate Producer
Donald Thorin Cinematographer
Buffy Sainte-Marie Composer (Music Score)
Jack Nitzsche Composer (Music Score)
Rita Riggs Costume Designer
Taylor Hackford Director
Peter Zinner Editor
David McGiffert First Assistant Director
Gerald O'Dell Makeup
Lee Rich Producer
Martin Elfand Producer
Bob Schneider Production Designer
Philip M. Jefferies Production Designer
Douglas Day Stewart Screenwriter
James I. Berkey Set Designer
Jeff Wexler Sound/Sound Designer
Joseph P. Mercurio Special Effects
Year: 1982
Runtime: 126
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama
Romance

Color type
Metrocolor

Produced by
Lorimar Productions
Paramount

Awards
1982 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1982 - Best Picture - Drama - Golden Globe
1982 - Best Picture - Drama - Golden Globe
1982 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1982 - Best Picture - Drama - Hollywood Foreign Press Association