An Officer and a Gentleman
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An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 film about a United States Navy aviator Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him.
- Directed by Taylor Hackford. Written by Douglas Day Stewart.
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[edit] Dialogue
- Byron Mayo: I'm out at sea three weeks out of every month, and when I'm back at port, I don't have time for this daddy stuff, 'cause that's not who I am.
- Young Zack Mayo: That's okay, sir.
- Byron: Wait a second, kid, you don't understand. I'm too old for this. I don't care what the Navy says. This is no place to bring up a kid like I told you on the telephone. You're better of at that state school back at Virginia.
- Young Zack: I'm never going back there. They treat me like shit.
- Byron: Maybe that's not for you to say. Goddamnit, don't look at me that way. What happened to your mother had nothing to do with me.
- Young Zack: It did. You said you were gonna come back. You promised.
- Byron: Is that what she said? That's a female lie. That's bullshit! That a lie!
- Young Zack: I found your letters. I read them right after she did it. You said you were gonna come back for us. You said you loved her, and she believed you. You're a liar!
- Subic Street Thug: Akin na pera mo! ["Give me your money!" in Tagalog]
- Young Zack Mayo: But I have no money!
- Subic Street Thug: Bullshit! [punches Mayo in the face. Thugs take Mayo's wallet]
- GySgt. Emil Foley: [looks at Mayo's tattoo] Hey, this is really wonderful work! Where'd you get this, Mayo?
- Zack Mayo: Subic Bay, Philippines, sir.
- Foley: I thought I recognized that work. Be proud of those wings. They're the only one you're leaving here with, Mayo-NAISE.
- Paula Pokrifki: Zack, when you're through with a girl, what do you do? Do you you say something or do you just...disappear?
- Zack Mayo: I never had a girl.
- [Foley has discovered Mayo's racket in his quarters]
- GySgt. Emil Foley: Mayo, I want your D.O.R.
- Zack Mayo: No, sir. You can kick me outta here, but I ain't quitting.
- GySgt. Emil Foley: Get into your fatigues, Mayo. By the end of this weekend, you'll quit.
- GySgt. Emil Foley: You can forget it! You're out!
- Zack Mayo: Don't you do it! Don't! You... I GOT NOWHERE ELSE TO GO! I got nowhere else to g... I got nothin' else.
- Foley: All right Mayo, on your feet.
- Zack Mayo: You didn't kick him out, did you? Wait, sir! Didn't he tell you what he's been going through?
- GySgt. Emil Foley: It doesn't matter what he's been going through; that's what bartenders are for. What does matter is that he freaked out for some reason at twenty-five thousand feet, and that can happen. Period.
- Zack Mayo: There's this girl that he's gotten pregnant, and she's putting him through hell, sir.
- Sid Worley: He's right, Zack. It doesn't matter.
- Zack Mayo: Just like that? It's all over? With less than two weeks to go, you're out?
- GySgt Emil Foley: It can still happen to you too, Mayo-naise.
- Zack Mayo: I am talking to you, motherfucker!
- GySgt. Emil Foley: What did you call me?
- Sid Worley: Lynette, marry me. Make me the happiest man in the whole world.
- Lynette Pomeroy: I'm sorry, Sid, but I don't wanna marry you. I really like you. We've had ourselves some really great times, but I thought you understood. I want to marry a pilot. I want to live my life overseas. The wife of an aviator...[bitterly] Damn you! Goddamn you! Nobody DOR's after 11 weeks! NOBODY!
- Zack Mayo: Sir, this officer candidate request permission to see you in private... sir.
- GySgt. Emil Foley: [gently] Mayo, the whole class already knows about Candidate Worley, and we're sorry.
- Zack Mayo: Oh, I'm sure you are.
- [upon graduation]
- GySgt. Emil Foley: Congratulations, Ensign Mayo.
- Zack Mayo: Thank you, sir.
- GySgt. Emil Foley: Gunnery Sgt, Ensign Mayo, sir. [salutes]
- Zack Mayo: I'll never forget you.
- GySgt. Emil Foley: [with a straight face] Get the hell out of here.
[edit] Taglines
- Life gave him nothing, except the courage to win... and a woman to love.
- It will lift you up where you belong.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Richard Gere | Zack Mayo |
| Debra Winger | Paula Pokrifki |
| David Keith | Sid Worley |
| Robert Loggia | Byron Mayo |
| Lisa Blount | Lynette Pomeroy |
| Lisa Elibacher | Casey Seegar |
| Louis Gossett, Jr. | GySgt. Emil Foley |
| Tony Plana | Emiliano Della Serra |
| Harold Sylvester | Perryman |
| David Caruso | Topper Daniels |
| Victor French | Joe Pokrifki |
| Grace Zabriskie | Esther Pokrifki |
| Ed Begley, Jr. | Altitude Chamber Instructor (voice) |
