In the Army Now (1994)

Director:

Daniel Petrie Jr.

Writers (WGA):

Steve Zacharias (story) &
Jeff Buhai (story) ...

Release Date:

12 August 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | War

Tagline:

Sleep tight, America! The safety of the free world rests in his hands!

Plot:

Two misguided youths join the reserves to make some money for their entrepreneurial dreams. No sooner...

Plot Keywords:

Training | Army | Army Life | First Sergeant | Persian Gulf

Cast

Pauly Shore	...	Bones Conway
Andy Dick	...	Jack Kaufman
Lori Petty	...	Christine Jones
David Alan Grier	...	Fred Ostroff
Esai Morales	...	Sgt. Stern
Lynn Whitfield	...	Sgt. Ladd
Art LaFleur	...	1st Sgt. Brandon T. Williams
Fabiana Udenio	...	Gabriella
Glenn Morshower	...	Richard Day, Recruiting Sergeant
Beau Billingslea	...	Sgt. Daniels
Peter Spellos	...	Mr. Quinn
Barry Nolan	...	Stu Krieger
Coleen Christie	...	News Anchor Person
Ryan Cutrona	...	Colonel
Paul Mooney	...	Lt. Col. Peter Hume

Also Known As:

You're in the Army Now (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Spain:13 | UK:PG (video premiere) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Fort Sill, Oklahoma, USA

Company:

Hollywood Pictures

Trivia:

CAMEO(Brendan Fraser: As Link, his character from Encino Man, during the dinner scene in the tent with the Special forces guys.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Sgt. Stern and his buddies capture Bones, Jack, Christine, and Fred while they are filtering water, they yank Jack and Christine down under the water. The two were in shallow enough water to stand up in about knee length water, but the Sgt. Stern and his posse yank Christine and Jack straight down, when they should have fallen backwards, forward, or to either side. If they were yanked down, they wouldn't go down because they were standing on some sort of surface.

Quotes:

Bones: Gabriella, she broke my heart. Thankfully I'm too shallow to let it keep bummed for too long!

Movie Connections:

References A Few Good Men (1992)

Soundtrack:

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This is a film that is sort of a guilty pleasure for me, what I mean by that is that its a film that I am almost ashamed to admit that I like. Pauly Shore is a lot more talented then his critics would have you believe. I am a Sergeant in the Army and on October 20th I will have ten years on active duty. I also spent six years in the National Guard and served in Operation Desert Storm. Watching military movies is fun for me because I often laugh at them and say that it is not like that in real life. This film gave me a lot of laughs. I liked the scene where Pauly dropped that grenade in basic. I would have killed him if I had been his drill sergeant. I think Lori Petty played a good part in this film. She is an underated actress who can do comedy and drama very well. People have not given her enough credit. She sort of steals the show in this movie as Christine. I was sort of reminded of my Gulf war experiences when I was watching them in the desert. I remember when our plane landed I just looked around and there was nothing only sand and thats what they see. This film understandebly never won any Oscars and I doubt if the American Film Institute will ever fight to preserve it, but it is still a nice way to waste two hours.