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An
Officer and a Gentleman
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 Zack
Mayo has nothing--the son of an alcoholic, indifferent military father,
he's grown up in the Philippines living on top of a brothel. But after college
he decides he wants more and, despite his father's mockery, enrolls in the
navy's Officer Candidate School to become a jet pilot. His sergeant, brilliantly played by Louis Gossett Jr., makes his life a living hell from day one, but Zack won't quit. The candidates are warned to stay away from the local girls looking for naval husbands, but Zack and his bunkmate, Sid, find themselves falling for two friends, Paula and Lynette, who work at the local paper mill. Zack fights his feelings for Paula, determined to let nothing sway him from his goals. But as the hellish weeks of training go by, Zack begins to see that maybe he can't do it alone--and that what's getting him through are his friends in the ranks, and the girl he's been pushing away. |
AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (15) 2 hours 4 mins
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