AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (1982) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

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  @cs3473 · 1 year ago (edited)

  A little tidbit about the scene at the end of movie where the newly commissioned officers are giving Sgt. Foley a silver dollar. The tradition in the Military is for a newly commissioned officer to give a silver dollar to the first enlisted man to salute them. If you go back and rewatch the scene, you will also notice that Foley puts Mayo's coin in his right pocket while he puts the other graduates coins in his left pocket. The meaning behind that gesture is that Foley considers Mayo to be one of his most memorable students. (Which is another military tradition)

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• RO

  @rosario508 · 1 year ago

  What an incredible performance by Louis Gossett Jr. One for the ages.  May he rest in peace

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  @Livinthedream-d6j · 1 year ago

  The "mean" training is necessary. It is designed to weed out the people that can't hack it mentally. If you break because the sarge was mean to you chances are you are gonna crack when it counts in battle or in the case of this movie when you are at 20,000 feet with an enemy fighter on your tail. Another reason for it is to take individuals and make them into a unit with unit cohesiveness. A fighter pilot will have to depend on his wingman at some point and it makes it easier knowing they both had the same training and there is little room for doubt.

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  @Livinthedream-d6j · 1 year ago

  The ending when he picks her up on the factory floor and walks off with her is one of the classic scenes in Hollywood history and has been parodied and meme'd many, many times

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  @Razl07 · 1 year ago (edited)

  My Dad went through the Aviation Officer Candidate School depicted in the film. He said Louis Gosset’s performance of a Marine drill instructor at the time was spot on.

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  @dsimon966 · 1 year ago

  “Isn’t the Navy boats?” I guess you missed something in Top Gun.

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  @bss3607 · 1 year ago

  The reason this movie resonates is because of how real and raw the characters are. None of them are perfect. But they all have their moments. They dont make lots of movies like this anymore.  The real story is character development for all of them. The Navy is just the prop.

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  @roboct6 · 1 year ago

  This is an adult story the likes of which we don’t get as much of these days. It’s a heroes journey through the fires of real life. Heightened, of course, like all good stories are but not overly sugarcoated. I hope you both rewatch your reactions because you say you’re unsure how you felt about it while pointing out at the points along the way that moved you tremendously. I think this film (and other great dramas from this era) seeks to explore through a good story the complexity of human emotions. I saw this in theaters and people were openly weeping at that ending. I think it stirred that depth of a reaction because it felt earned. Women, in particular (but some men, too) would exit the theater, buy another ticket and watch it again. It was a phenomenon and made Richard Gere an even bigger star. <br><br>Good on you guys for watching it. It deserves attention. <br><br>Now dare we watch American Gigolo? LOL!

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  @jzbass72 · 1 year ago

  Fun fact about Seeger trying to scale the training wall: the actress, Lisa Eilbacher, was in reality an incredibly fit, triathlete-level young woman. She said the most challenging part of her role was realistically portraying someone who wasn’t physically able to perform at a high level. Off camera, she could’ve devoured that wall with little thought.

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  @476429 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Louis Gossett Jr. won an Academy Award and Golden Globe for his portrayal of the drill instructor. He just died last year. I&apos;m glad people are still checking out his performance. It was nominated for several Academy Awards.<br><br>I first saw this movie on cable when I was about 12 years old in the early 80s—in my hometown of Pensacola. 😀 And I&apos;ve been quoting this movie ever since.

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  @longago-igo · 1 year ago

  You may hate his character in this movie, but Robert Loggia (the Dad) was one great actor - what a voice!

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  @limelightentertainment4980 · 1 year ago

  Debra Winger is also great in Urban Cowboy with John Travolta.

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