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Overview

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5.8/10   6,847 votes
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Director:
Penny Marshall
Writer (WGA):
Jim Burnstein (written by)
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Release Date:
3 June 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
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
User Comments:
I recommend it to all more

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
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Filming Locations:
Detroit, Michigan, USA more

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Trivia:
The writer, Jim Burnstein, and his family can be seen behind Danny DeVito when Bill Rago and his daughter are at the Tigers game. To the right of Mr. Burnstein are his son Gabe, daughter Devon and his wife. Usually Mr. Burnstein and Gabe are the only ones visible on screen. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the awards ceremony, a close up of Pvt. Davis shows him in formation with other graduates to his left. Yet, when Colonel James walks up to Pvt. Davis to present him with his father's "silver" star, Pvt. Davis is standing at the end of the row of graduates with no one to his left (Colonel James approaches him on his left side). more
Quotes:
Bill Rago: All I know is, the choices you make dictate the life you lead. "To thine own self be true." more
Movie Connections:
References Rocky (1976) more
Soundtrack:
WASHINGTON POST MARCH more

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13 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
I recommend it to all, 2 October 2002
Author: SHAWFAN from United States

What a polarity of opinions on this one! It's either love it or hate it time. Put me definitely in the camp of this movie's admirers and supporters. I noticed that many of this film's fans were from all over: Texas, Canada, Scotland, Brooklyn, Australia, and Paris! Many noticed the similarity to Dead Poets Society as did I. Other movies it could be compared to are Mr. Holland's Opus and Konrack, and the more recent French film, The Chorus, movies in which other teachers too are celebrated for enriching the lives and spirits of their students. I think your Parisian correspondent sums it up the best: to see fine art working its way into the psyches of those previously unaware of it and to see people growing in spirit as a result of their exposure to and interactivity with it: that's what makes this story such a treat and an inspiration. It's what makes being a teacher worthwhile and justified. It moved and touched me. I had a personal connection to this movie's plot line as well: I knew a teacher who used to go into inner city schools and also taught the kids Shakespeare, especially the old-fashioned swear words the author used in the plays! Quite successfully too. Also, I grew up in Detroit so I appreciated the opening of the film set on familiar streets of the Motor City. A beautiful and touching film. None of the film's critics or supporters commented on the plot line in which the teacher recovered the true history of his recruit's father's unrecognized heroism. That was beautiful too. Go see this film and be inspired.

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