In the Army Now (1994)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

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 | Desert | Miniature Golf | Iraq

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)

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 and Jack see a Special Forces officer trying to assemble a gun very fast. Bones decides to take a flashlight and assemble it fast. The spring flies off and hits Sgt. Stern]
Jack: Oh no... that's not good. That's noooot good. Uh-oh... he's coming over...

Movie Connections:

References A Few Good Men (1992)

Soundtrack:

Until The Next Time

Is Pauley Shore Dead?

Whatever happened to Pauley Shore? I guess he's still around but you didn't hear much from him after this movie, which was a decent success. It was a surprisingly-good lightweight comedy with a bunch of likable goofs and weirdos from Glendale, California, and their adventures after they join the Army Reserves.

The language was pretty tame in here but there were a lot of sexual innuendos, too many for a PG rating but not surprising in a modern-day comedy. That comedy overall is good with some laugh-out-loud scenes.

Also, as with many films, the ending gets carried away. It was really dumb, but for most of this movie it was entertaining enough to certainly recommend if you need a laugh.