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Overview

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5.9/10   7,097 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Jim Burnstein (written by)
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Release Date:
3 June 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
One Man's Mission To Teach The Few, The Proud... The Impossible! more
Plot:
Danny DeVito plays an advertising man who is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit... more | add synopsis
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(17 articles)
User Comments:
Danny de Vito is great! more (56 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Danny DeVito ... Bill Rago

Gregory Hines ... Sergeant Cass

James Remar ... Captain Tom Murdoch

Ed Begley Jr. ... Jack Markin
Lillo Brancato ... Pvt. Donnie Benitez (as Lillo Brancato Jr.)

Stacey Dash ... Pvt. Miranda Myers

Kadeem Hardison ... Pvt. Jamaal Montgomery

Richard T. Jones ... Pvt. Jackson Leroy
Khalil Kain ... Pvt. Roosevelt Nathaniel Hobbs
Peter Simmons ... Pvt. Brian Davis, Jr.
Gregory Sporleder ... Pvt. Melvin (as Greg Sporleder)

Mark Wahlberg ... Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood

Cliff Robertson ... Colonel James
Ben Wright ... Private Oswald

Ann Cusack ... Bill's Secretary
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Army Intelligence
By the Book
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Runtime:
128 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
With one minor omission, Pvt Benitez recites the St. Crispian's speech from Henry V perfectly. The actual speech goes "For he today that sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother, be he ne'er so vile. This day shall gentle his condition. And gentlemen in England..." whereas Pvt Benitez recites it as "shall be my brother. And gentlemen in England..." more
Goofs:
Continuity: The police car picking up Hobbs has only blue lights but the reflections show flashing red lights more
Quotes:
Bill Rago: Hamlet's mother, she's a queen.
Soldiers: Hamlet's mother, she's a queen.
Bill Rago: Buys it in the final scene.
Soldiers: Buys it in the final scene.
Bill Rago: Drinks a glass of funky wine.
Soldiers: Drinks a glass of funky wine.
Bill Rago: Now she's Satan's valentine.
Soldiers: Now she's Satan's valentine.
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Movie Connections:
References Rocky (1976) more
Soundtrack:
LIFE IN THE STREETS more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Danny de Vito is great!, 13 January 2001
8/10
Author: Marco van Hoof (k_luifje7@hotmail.com) from Tilburg, The Netherlands

This film is a very nice one. There are a few reasons for that. Danny de Vito (playing Bill Rago) is great and plays his role very enthousiast. De Vito's best scene is the one where he is in the office where he's going for a job. He totally does NOT want to be there because he's ashamed of being there. When he gets a teaching job offered, the look on his face,when he finds out he is supposed to teach soldiers in the army, is marvellous. All the other actors are playing (very) good, especially Gregory Hines as drill-instructor who wants Bill Rago gone. The few scenes Hines and De Vito chair together are no less than hilarious, that's for sure.

The story is not as strong as the (sometimes) brilliant acting from the whole cast. To be honest, the story of Jim Burnstein is predictable and boring. Not only is the ending something you know 30 minutes before it's there, also the most important lines of the story are predictable and because of that boring. I can't spoil the movie, but let me tell you: For this film, Jim Burnstein wanted all happy things and endings, even when it's not appropriate.

If you have read Willliam Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' (a brilliant book, if I may say so) you'll enjoy this film a lot more.

If you like this motion picture you should also see 'Dead Poets Society' with Robin Williams.

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