AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN

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• Release Year: 1982
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Plot: 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.
• Cast: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Robert Loggia, Lisa Blount, Lisa Eilbacher, Louis Gossett Jr., Tony Plana, Harold Sylvester, David Caruso, Victor French, Grace Zabriskie, Tommy Petersen, Mara Scott-Wood, David Greenfield, Dennis Rucker, Jane Wilbur, Buck Welcher, Vern Taylor, Elizabeth Rogers, David R. Marshall, Gary C. Stillwell, Tee Dennard, Norbert M. Murray, Daniel Tyler, William S. Graves, Brian D. Ford, Michael C. Pavey, Keith J. Haar, Pia Boyer, Danna Kiesel, Marvin Goatcher, John Laughlin, Jeffrey P. Rondeau, Michael Lee Bolger, Mark L. Graves, Meleesa Wyatt, Jo Anna Keane, Ed Begley Jr., Bernard Madrid, Taylor Hackford, Douglas Day Stewart
• Director: Taylor Hackford
• Runtime: 2:04
• Company: Paramount Pictures, Lorimar Productions
• Media Format: Movie