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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097361207643
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 01, 2007
Running Time: 124 minutes
Sales Rank: 3301
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: August 13, 1982
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Once in a great while a movie comes along that truly grips and uplifts its audiences. Such a movie is An Officer And A Gentleman a timeless tale of romance friendship and growth. Loner Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) enters Officer Candidate School to become a Navy pilot and in thirteen tortuous weeks he learns the importance of discipline love and friendship. Louis Gossett Jr. won an Academy Award* for his brilliant portrayal of the tough drill instructor who teaches Zack that no man can make it alone. And while Gossett tries to warn the young officer about the local girls who will do anything to catch themselves pilot husbands Zack eventually learns to love one (Debra Winger) while his fellow candidate a memorable character portrayed by David Keith struggles with a very different fate. An Officer And A Gentleman is a rich and satisfying story with moving performances that will stay with you long after the film has ended.System Requirements:Running Time: 124 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 097361207643 Manufacturer No: 120764
Amazon.com essential video:
Richard Gere plays an enrollee at a Naval officers candidate school, and Debra Winger is the woman who wants him. That's pretty much it, story-wise, in this romantic drama, which is more effective in a moment-to-moment, scene-by-scene way, where the two stars and Oscar-winner Louis Gossett Jr.--as Gere's tough-as-nails drill instructor--are fun to watch. Sexy, syrupy, with occasional pitches of high drama (Gere having a near-breakdown during training is pretty strong), An Officer and a Gentleman proves to be a no-brainer date movie. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Two thumbs down...
An officer and a gentleman tries to combine two plots: 1) a good-for-nothing tries to make it in the navy and 2) A romance between two people from different social standards. These are two genres that CAN mix, but director Taylor Hackford just didn't succeed. In two hours, he showed 13 weeks of military training, a developing romance and character building. As I said before, this can be done, but Hackford just scratched the surface with every plot. He just took too little time to really show the ... Read More
Rating:  - Realistic
can love overcome a troubled and loveless background? Can a cold heart have the ice melt away? Well,this movie was fascinating and I loved richard gere's character and how he was able to rise above his past to become something better.
Rating: - Eagles Fly from Mountains High: A Powerful Journey
This film is a classic and viscerally honest portrayal of human conflict and personal growth. It clearly depicts working class young adults who sought to break away from past barriers and limitations and build better lives for themselves. It is a coming of age story, where a full spectrum of feelings are explored as young adults learn about fulfilling their potential, building value systems and attempting to fulfill personal desires with honesty and integrity on many levels. Two hot young stars were ... Read More
Rating: - After years - a really good movie
I first saw this movie years ago when I had a terrible crush on Richard Gere (what a hunk). I recently bought this for "old time sake", watched it again (years later), what a great movie. Richard Gere is a superb actor, so is Deborah Winger. A love story with true grit - more real than most stories I have seen. The one part that everyone seems to love is Deborah standing by the jukebox, desperately trying to act like she is not interested in Gere - was that great acting or what? In the interviews ... Read More
Rating: - An "Uplifting" Movie
Richard Gere stars in this refreshing movie about romance, friendship, and growth.
Gere stars as Zack Mayo, a rebellious loner who decides to enter the Navy's flight training program. Suffering from the after-effects of his mother's suicide and life with an indifferent father, Zack decides that the Navy would make a good career choice. Plus, he's always wanted to fly jets.
The first person Zack meets after arriving on base is Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley (Louis Gossett, Jr.). ... Read More
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