Director: Ivan Reitman

Writers: Len Blum; Dan Goldberg; Harold Ramis

Music by: Elmer Bernstein

Producers: Ivan Reitman; Dan Goldberg

Keywords: Comedy, Boot Camp

Frustrated cabbie John Winger (Bill Murray) loses his job, girlfriend and apartment; he and Russell Ziskey (Harold Ramis), a terrifically awful ESL teacher, join the Army together. They are joined by Ox (John Candy), facing boot camp under perhaps the toughest drill instructor of all time. The Army further decides this is the unit of recruits to test their new "Urban Assault Vehicle", looking suspiciously like an RV. One of the funniest comedies of all time; not for children.

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Timothy Busfield	Actor	12-Jun-1957		thirtysomething
John Candy	Actor	31-Oct-1950	4-Mar-1994	Uncle Buck
John Diehl	Actor	1-May-1950		Larry Zito on Miami Vice
Joe Flaherty	Comic	21-Jun-1941		SCTV
John Larroquette	Actor	25-Nov-1947		Night Court
William Lucking	Actor	17-Jun-1941		Piney on Sons of Anarchy
Bill Murray	Actor	21-Sep-1950		Meatballs, SNL alumnus
Warren Oates	Actor	5-Jul-1928	3-Apr-1982	Two-Lane Blacktop
Bill Paxton	Actor	17-May-1955	25-Feb-2017	Mighty Joe Young
Harold Ramis	Comic	21-Nov-1944	24-Feb-2014	Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters
Judge Reinhold	Actor	21-May-1957		Fast Times at Ridgemont High
P. J. Soles	Actor	17-Jul-1950		Rock 'n' Roll High School
Dave Thomas	Comic	20-May-1949		SCTV
Sean Young	Actor	20-Nov-1959		Replicant in Blade Runner

CAST

Bill Murray	...   John
Harold Ramis	...   Russell
Warren Oates	...   Sgt. Hulka
P. J. Soles	...   Stella
Sean Young	...   Louise
John Candy	...   Ox
John Larroquette	...   Capt. Stillman
John Voldstad	...   Stillman's Aide
John Diehl	...   Cruiser
Lance LeGault	...   Col. Glass
Roberta Leighton	...   Anita
Conrad Dunn	...   Psycho
Judge Reinhold	...   Elmo
Antone Pagan	...   Hector
Glenn-Michael Jones	...   Leon
Bill Lucking	...   Recruiter
Fran Ryan	...   Dowager in Cab
Joe Flaherty	...   Border Guard
Nick Toth	...   Border Guard
Dave Thomas	...   M.C.
Robin Klein	...   Cheerleader
Robert J. Wilke	...   Gen. Barnicke
Lois Areno	...   Stillman's Girlfriend
Samuel Briggs	...   Corporal
Joseph X. Flaherty	...   Sgt. Crocker
Hershel B. Harlson	...   Shoeshine Man
Timothy Busfield	...   Soldier with Mortar
Solomon Schmidt	...   Store Owner
Gino Gottarelli	...   Russian Officer
Gene Scherer	...   Russian Officer
Dawn Clark	...   Mud Wrestler
Juanita Merritt	...   Mud Wrestler
Susan Mechsner	...   Mud Wrestler
Sue Bowser	...   Mud Wrestler
Linda Dupree	...   Mud Wrestler
Leslie Henderson	...   Mud Wrestler
Craig Schaefer	...   Soldier Outside Motor Pool
Arkady Rakhman	...   Immigrant
Pamela Bowman	...   Cruiser's Girl
Russian Soldiers
Gerard J. Counts	...   Russian Soldier
Yetim Buntsis	...   Russian Soldier
Semyon Veyts	...   Russian Soldier
Larry R. Gillette	...   Russian Soldier
Glenn Leigh Marshall	...   Russian Soldier
Dale Prince	...   Russian Soldier
Soldiers
Larry Odell Lane	...   Soldier
Joyce D. Helmus	...   Soldier
David A. Mullins	...   Soldier
Bruce E. Ellis	...   Soldier
David D. Platko	...   Soldier
Phillip A. Urbansky	...   Soldier
William R. Sykes	...   Soldier
Bill Paxton	...   Soldier
J. A. Crawford	...   Soldier
Michael Flynn	...   Soldier
Policemen
Norman Mont-Eton	...   Policeman
Mark S. Markowicz	...   Policeman
Jeff Viola	...   Policeman
Robert Dulaine	...   Policeman

REVIEWS

Review by jimmmm (posted on 20-May-2005)

I found the film to be exactly what it was portrayed as; a fun stab at the militay and a reminder that we will find life in all aspects of our day; even if we are in the bottom stripe of the Army. A good film, and I recommend it to any and all as a film of laughter and reminders of our own times in the Military.

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