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An Officer and a Gentleman

1982

Directed by Taylor Hackford

Life gave him nothing, except the courage to win...and a woman to love.

Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart, so Foley rides him mercilessly, sensing that the young man would be prime officer material if he weren't so self-involved. Zack's affair with a working girl is likewise compromised by his unwillingness to give of himself.

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Richard Gere Debra Winger Louis Gossett Jr. David Keith Robert Loggia Lisa Blount Lisa Eilbacher Harold Sylvester David Caruso Grace Zabriskie Tony Plana Victor French Tommy Petersen Mara Scott-Wood David Greenfield Dennis Rucker Jane Wilbur Buck Welcher Vern Taylor Elizabeth Rogers David R. Marshall Gary C. Stillwell John Laughlin Tee Dennard Norbert M. Murray Daniel Tyler William S. Graves Pia Boyer Danna Kiesel Show All…

Alternative Titles

愛と青春の旅立ち, En offiser og en gentleman, 사관과 신사, Oficial e Cavalheiro, Officer and a Gentleman, An, En officer och gentleman, Reto al Destino, Ein Offizier und Gentleman, Ufficiale e gentiluomo, Officier et Gentleman, Subay ve Centilmen, Oficial y caballero, Officer og gentleman, Официр и џентлмен, 军官与绅士, Garni-zóna, Офицер и джентльмен, Ιπτάμενος και Τζέντλεμαν, קצין וג'נטלמן, A Força do Destino, 愛と青春の旅だち, Oficer i Dżentelmen, Офицер и джентълмен, Důstojník a džentlmen, Upseeri ja herrasmies, Un officier et un gentleman, Oficir i džentlmen, Oficial i cavaller, 軍官與紳士

Genres

Drama Romance

Themes

Moving relationship stories Touching and sentimental family stories Emotional and touching family dramas Enduring stories of family and marital drama Powerful stories of heartbreak and suffering Emotional teen coming-of-age stories Show All…

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28 Jul 1982

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11 Jun 2013

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06 Sep 1982

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18 Dec 1982

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01 Jan 1983

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14 Jan 1983

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19 Jan 1983

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27 Jan 1983

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25 Feb 1983

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27 Jan 1983

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28 Jul 1982

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Review by KYK 1

**whispering to date at the beginning of the movie** That's the officer.
**whispering to date at the end of the movie** And that's the gentleman.
Review by Andrew M ★★ 1

This really didn’t age well like at all. He becomes an officer but idk about the gentleman part. An Officer and an Asshole maybe a more suitable title imo
Review by russman ★★★

I didn't know they made Band-Aids that big
Review by jamie! ★★★

that scene where Sid is standing in a patch of flowers and forlornly looking out over the cliff to the ocean with the words ‘loverboy’ printed on the back of his sweater is such a Mood
Review by Amanda Pederson ★★★

Yes he was an officer but was he really a gentleman? 🤨
Review by shookone ★½ 2

set in a world where industry chimneys disgorging heavy plumes into the air while that is set as a nice landscape of small-town USA like nothing happened, this is at the bottom of its heart a movie about Richard "80s David Duchovny type" Gere looking for a real father figure and place for his fragile manhood in this world. he's so alone. at least he's breaking down once saying this, while being kind of an assholy hero for the rest of the way.
meanwhile racism isn't a thing yet here really (Gossett Jr stars as watered down Ermey/Hartman that would follow his steps five years later), so our protagonist is able to find his desires answered in the sweet sadism…
Review by Sarah ★★★½ 1

feminist me really wanted to not like this but i also want richard gere to carry me out of the factory where i work
Review by Jake ohlhausen ★★ 7

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

This film does not stand the test of time. It was Considered a beautiful love story when it was released in 1982 but now it comes off as incredibly offensive to women who are treated like shit through most of the film and only “win” when the man decides to save them from a life of poverty and sorrow by marrying them. It also plays up the age old “Madonna/whore” theroy as the female leads are either meek and supplicating or so viscous and conniving that they’ll fake a pregnancy to “trap” a man into marriage. Add into this all the military macho bullshit about what makes someone a “man” and you have a movie that reinforces all the stereotypes…
Review by Rob on Film ★★★★ 1

Only 14k people on here have seen this? 14k!? This movie gets referenced in movies and TV shows all the time! Well if you haven’t seen it and are a fan of 80’s cheese then it’s definitely a must watch!
The movie I feel gets better as it goes along! The start of the movie is a whole lot different to the end and in all the best ways! I didn’t really know what the film was about and the first fifteen minutes is a totally different film compared to the rest! Richard Gere is very good here as an 80’s leading man! He has true character development that really does take its time to come through! And that’s what…
Review by Joe Browne ★★★

An officer AND a gentleman? In this economy??
Review by 📀 Cammmalot 📀 ★★★ 2

Cinematic Time Capsule
1982 Marathon - Film #83
”Wave good-bye to your buddies, Mayonnaise!”
Richard Gere’s a Navy Officer candidate who’s got nowhere else to go. Then he meets Debra Winger, a Puget Sound Deb who’s better than candy. Nearly two hours later, love finally lifts them up where they belong. The End.
This boot camp drama with it’s heaping helping of schmaltzy romance, and more daddy issues than the Oates Military Academy, feels a bit like an already completed paint-by-numbers picture. Even if it doesn’t do that much for you... .you just know that somewhere somebody really loves it.
BONUS POINTS to Louis Gossett Jr. for brow-beating his way to a significant Academy Award.
”In every class, there's always one joker who thinks that he's smarter than me”

Cinematic Time Capsule - 1982 Ranked
Review by Ruth Scouller ★★★½

A decent navy cadet training school depiction, wrapped up in a downtrodden blue collar love story.
This film feels influential on the later likes of Top Gun and even Full Metal Jacket. Inspiring, and full of truthful moments. Richard Gere is smoking, and Debra Winger has rarely been better, but the real star of the show is the Oscar winning performance by Louis Gossett Jnr.
A solid crowd pleaser thanks to a worthy ensemble.

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Theatrical limited

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11 Jun 2013

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28 Jul 1982

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11 Jun 2002

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25 Feb 1983

Brazil

06 Sep 1982

France

19 Jan 1983

Germany

25 Mar 1983

Greece

25 Mar 1983

Ireland

11 Mar 1983

Italy

14 Jan 1983

Japan

18 Dec 1982

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10 Mar 1983

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11 Jun 2002

17 Jul 2013

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22 Sep 1983

Romania

28 Jul 1982

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01 Jan 1983

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