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An Officer and a Gentleman

An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 American romantic drama film directed by Taylor Hackford from a screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart, and starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger, and Louis Gossett Jr. It tells the story of Zack Mayo (Gere), a United States Navy Aviation Officer Candidate who is beginning his training at Aviation Officer Candidate School. While Zack meets his first true girlfriend during his training, a young "townie" named Paula (Winger), he also comes into conflict with the hard-driving Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley (Gossett) training his class.

Plot

After his mother's suicide, adolescent Zachary "Zack" Mayo was sent to live with his alcoholic womanizing father, Byron, a US Navy petty officer stationed in US Naval Base Subic Bay, Philippines and grew up as a military brat. Now an adult, Zack has graduated from college and prepares to report to Port Rainier, an Aviation Officer Candidate School (AOCS), located near Port Townsend, Washington. Zack surprises Byron by announcing his intention to become a Navy jet pilot.

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    award Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
    contentLocation Seattle Washington
    director Taylor Hackford
    editor Peter Zinner
    genre drama
    keywords abandon anxiety attack aviation officer candidate school begin clean drill instructor factory worker hanged himself haze hypobaric chamber jc penney jcpenney jet pilot marine military brat naval aviator naval base naval officer new recruit officer candidate school petty officer petty officer first class pressure chamber suicide by hanging train united states marine corps united states naval aviator us naval base subic bay want wash
    musicBy Buffy Sainte-Marie Jack Nitzsche
    nomination Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Original Music Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture
    producer Martin Elfand
    productionCompany Lorimar Television
    publisher Paramount Pictures
    recordedAt Philippines
    theme martial arts romantic drama