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Stripes (26-Jun-1981)

Director: Ivan Reitman

Writers: Len Blum; Dan Goldberg; Harold Ramis

Music by: Elmer Bernstein

Producers: Ivan Reitman; Dan Goldberg

Keywords: Comedy, Boot Camp

Frustrated cabbie John Winger (Bill Murray) loses his job, girlfriend and apartment; he and Russell Ziskey (Harold Ramis), a terrifically awful ESL teacher, join the Army together. They are joined by Ox (John Candy), facing boot camp under perhaps the toughest drill instructor of all time. The Army further decides this is the unit of recruits to test their new "Urban Assault Vehicle", looking suspiciously like an RV. One of the funniest comedies of all time; not for children.

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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Timothy Busfield
Actor
12-Jun-1957   thirtysomething
John Candy
Actor
31-Oct-1950 4-Mar-1994 Uncle Buck
John Diehl
Actor
1-May-1950   Larry Zito on Miami Vice
Joe Flaherty
Comic
21-Jun-1941   SCTV
John Larroquette
Actor
25-Nov-1947   Night Court
William Lucking
Actor
17-Jun-1941   Piney on Sons of Anarchy
Bill Murray
Actor
21-Sep-1950   Meatballs, SNL alumnus
Warren Oates
Actor
5-Jul-1928 3-Apr-1982 Two-Lane Blacktop
Bill Paxton
Actor
17-May-1955 25-Feb-2017 Mighty Joe Young
Harold Ramis
Comic
21-Nov-1944 24-Feb-2014 Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters
Judge Reinhold
Actor
21-May-1957   Fast Times at Ridgemont High
P. J. Soles
Actor
17-Jul-1950   Rock 'n' Roll High School
Dave Thomas
Comic
20-May-1949   SCTV
Sean Young
Actor
20-Nov-1959   Replicant in Blade Runner

CAST

Bill Murray   ...   John
Harold Ramis   ...   Russell
Warren Oates   ...   Sgt. Hulka
P. J. Soles   ...   Stella
Sean Young   ...   Louise
John Candy   ...   Ox
John Larroquette   ...   Capt. Stillman
John Voldstad   ...   Stillman's Aide
John Diehl   ...   Cruiser
Lance LeGault   ...   Col. Glass
Roberta Leighton   ...   Anita
Conrad Dunn   ...   Psycho
Judge Reinhold   ...   Elmo
Antone Pagan   ...   Hector
Glenn-Michael Jones   ...   Leon
Bill Lucking   ...   Recruiter
Fran Ryan   ...   Dowager in Cab
Joe Flaherty   ...   Border Guard
Nick Toth   ...   Border Guard
Dave Thomas   ...   M.C.
Robin Klein   ...   Cheerleader
Robert J. Wilke   ...   Gen. Barnicke
Lois Areno   ...   Stillman's Girlfriend
Samuel Briggs   ...   Corporal
Joseph X. Flaherty   ...   Sgt. Crocker
Hershel B. Harlson   ...   Shoeshine Man
Timothy Busfield   ...   Soldier with Mortar
Solomon Schmidt   ...   Store Owner
Gino Gottarelli   ...   Russian Officer
Gene Scherer   ...   Russian Officer
Dawn Clark   ...   Mud Wrestler
Juanita Merritt   ...   Mud Wrestler
Susan Mechsner   ...   Mud Wrestler
Sue Bowser   ...   Mud Wrestler
Linda Dupree   ...   Mud Wrestler
Leslie Henderson   ...   Mud Wrestler
Craig Schaefer   ...   Soldier Outside Motor Pool
Arkady Rakhman   ...   Immigrant
Pamela Bowman   ...   Cruiser's Girl
Russian Soldiers
Gerard J. Counts   ...   Russian Soldier
Yetim Buntsis   ...   Russian Soldier
Semyon Veyts   ...   Russian Soldier
Larry R. Gillette   ...   Russian Soldier
Glenn Leigh Marshall   ...   Russian Soldier
Dale Prince   ...   Russian Soldier
Soldiers
Larry Odell Lane   ...   Soldier
Joyce D. Helmus   ...   Soldier
David A. Mullins   ...   Soldier
Bruce E. Ellis   ...   Soldier
David D. Platko   ...   Soldier
Phillip A. Urbansky   ...   Soldier
William R. Sykes   ...   Soldier
Bill Paxton   ...   Soldier
J. A. Crawford   ...   Soldier
Michael Flynn   ...   Soldier
Policemen
Norman Mont-Eton   ...   Policeman
Mark S. Markowicz   ...   Policeman
Jeff Viola   ...   Policeman
Robert Dulaine   ...   Policeman

REVIEWS

Review by jimmmm (posted on 20-May-2005)

I found the film to be exactly what it was portrayed as; a fun stab at the militay and a reminder that we will find life in all aspects of our day; even if we are in the bottom stripe of the Army. A good film, and I recommend it to any and all as a film of laughter and reminders of our own times in the Military.


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