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Ich glaub' mich knutscht ein Elch!

Original title: Stripes
  • 1981
  • 12
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
80K
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POPULARITY
2,559
1,439
Bill Murray in Ich glaub' mich knutscht ein Elch! (1981)
Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.
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Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.

  • Director
    • Ivan Reitman
  • Writers
    • Len Blum
    • Daniel Goldberg
    • Harold Ramis
  • Stars
    • Bill Murray
    • John Candy
    • Harold Ramis
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    80K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,559
    1,439
    • Director
      • Ivan Reitman
    • Writers
      • Len Blum
      • Daniel Goldberg
      • Harold Ramis
    • Stars
      • Bill Murray
      • John Candy
      • Harold Ramis
    • 204User reviews
    • 70Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Videos2

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:58
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    Stripes: Extended Cut
    Trailer 1:39
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    Bill Murray and Harold Ramis in Ich glaub' mich knutscht ein Elch! (1981)
    Bill Murray and P.J. Soles in Ich glaub' mich knutscht ein Elch! (1981)
    Bill Murray and P.J. Soles in Ich glaub' mich knutscht ein Elch! (1981)
    Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and Warren Oates in Ich glaub' mich knutscht ein Elch! (1981)
    Bill Murray and Warren Oates in Ich glaub' mich knutscht ein Elch! (1981)
    Bill Murray and P.J. Soles in Ich glaub' mich knutscht ein Elch! (1981)
    Bill Murray and Harold Ramis in Ich glaub' mich knutscht ein Elch! (1981)
    Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy, Antone Pagán, and Warren Oates in Ich glaub' mich knutscht ein Elch! (1981)
    Bill Murray and Warren Oates in Ich glaub' mich knutscht ein Elch! (1981)
    Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Sean Young, and P.J. Soles in Ich glaub' mich knutscht ein Elch! (1981)
    Bill Murray and Harold Ramis in Ich glaub' mich knutscht ein Elch! (1981)
    Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Sean Young, and P.J. Soles in Ich glaub' mich knutscht ein Elch! (1981)

    Top cast

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    Bill Murray
    Bill Murray
    • John
    John Candy
    John Candy
    • Ox
    Harold Ramis
    Harold Ramis
    • Russell
    Warren Oates
    Warren Oates
    • Sgt. Hulka
    P.J. Soles
    P.J. Soles
    • Stella
    Sean Young
    Sean Young
    • Louise
    John Larroquette
    John Larroquette
    • Capt. Stillman
    John Voldstad
    John Voldstad
    • Stillman's Aide
    John Diehl
    John Diehl
    • Cruiser
    Lance LeGault
    Lance LeGault
    • Col. Glass
    Roberta Leighton
    • Anita
    Conrad Dunn
    • Psycho
    Judge Reinhold
    Judge Reinhold
    • Elmo
    Antone Pagán
    Antone Pagán
    • Hector
    • (as Antone Pagan)
    Glenn-Michael Jones
    • Leon
    William Lucking
    William Lucking
    • Recruiter
    • (as Bill Lucking)
    Fran Ryan
    Fran Ryan
    • Dowager in Cab
    Joe Flaherty
    Joe Flaherty
    • Border Guard
    • (as Joseph P. Flaherty)
    • Director
      • Ivan Reitman
    • Writers
      • Len Blum
      • Daniel Goldberg
      • Harold Ramis
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      According to Ivan Reitman, Bill Murray insisted that Harold Ramis be cast as his friend for two reasons: 1. They were long-time friends in real life. 2. So Ramis could help Murray re-write his dialogue or help him improvise.
    • Goofs
      While Ox and several other characters got true boot camp haircuts, taken down to the barest of stubble, Winger, Zisky, Elmo and Psycho among others have haircuts that are too long to be the norm at the start of boot camp.
    • Quotes

      John Winger: Cut it out! Cut it out! Cut it out! The hell's the matter with you? Stupid! We're all very different people. We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts! Here's proof: his nose is cold! But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt. Who saw "Old Yeller?" Who cried when Old Yeller got shot at the end?

      [raises his hand]

      John Winger: [Sarcastically] Nobody cried when Old Yeller got shot? I'm sure.

      [hands are reluctantly raised]

      John Winger: I cried my eyes out. So we're all dogfaces, we're all very, very different, but there is one thing that we all have in common: we were all stupid enough to enlist in the Army. We're mutants. There's something wrong with us, something very, very wrong with us. Something seriously wrong with us - we're soldiers. But we're American soldiers! We've been kicking ass for 200 years! We're ten and one! Now we don't have to worry about whether or not we practiced. We don't have to worry about whether Captain Stillman wants to have us hung. All we have to do is to be the great American fighting soldier that is inside each one of us. Now do what I do, and say what I say. And make me proud.

    • Crazy credits
      Four actors with the first name "John", are listed back -to-back in the final credits: John Candy, John Larroquette, John Voldstad and John Diehl.
    • Alternate versions
      The "Extended Cut" DVD includes 18 minutes' worth of deleted scenes re-edited back into the film (and most available separately in the menu):
      • A longer discussion between John and Russell before they drive to the recruiting office
      • A short addition to the training montage where Russell and Ox deal with a heavy trash can (not available separately, see below)
      • A nine-minute scene in which John and Russell take LSD and accidentally end up on a mission in the Colombian jungle. They meet with rebels whom they smoke marijuana and take more LSD with. The rebels want to kill them but they escape by leading the rebels in a rendition of "Quando, Quando, Quando"
      • After Hulka's injury, a false account by Stillman of how it happened (though John knows that Stillman was at fault)
      • An extra minute in the EM-50 introduction scene where John and Russell are "volunteered" to watch it for the weekend (instead of just suddenly on guard for no reason)
      • Love scenes between the two couples during their Germany vacation in which the women are nude
      • A longer discussion between John and Russell before Russell agrees to save the men in Czechoslovakia
      However, the DVD suffers from several flaws:
      • The "Theatrical" version retains the trash can segment (about 12 seconds) and skips past the Germany vacation romp about 10 seconds too soon, cutting after "special exercises" and leaving out the mention of the suitcase John's brought
      • The "Theatrical" version also executes the branching very poorly, with a noticeable pause for each of the six major deleted scenes and occasional brief hiccup in content at those points (including about 2 seconds at the end of the training montage)
      • Only the 5.1 remix is available, not the original mono track
      • The Extended Cut identifies the extra scenes with subtitles that cannot be disabled, and the disc provides no way to switch between versions without reinsertion
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Stripes/Eyes of a Stranger/The Cannonball Run/Superman II (1981)
    • Soundtracks
      Rubberband Man
      Written by Thom Bell (uncredited) and Linda Creed (uncredited)

      Performed by The Spinners

      Courtesy of Atlantic Records

    User reviews204

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    Featured review
    8/10
    Simple, Fun 80's Comedy,
    Stripes is a great movie with a well written storyline and a brilliant comedic cast. It's simply a fun comedy and it dosen't need to, nor does it want to, be looked at beyond that, it's very funny and there are a ton of scenes where you can tell the cast was improvising and having fun together. It's definitely much longer than it needs to be, running for nearly two hours, I found that unnecessary and there were definitely several parts that could have been trimmed to be make this a more suitable ninety minutes, that's as long as I feel a movie like this should be. Bill Murray shines in the lead role, this is very early in his career but it is clearly evident that he already had the confidence and charisma to play the main character and was very capable of holding the whole movie. It's not a flawless film, but Stripes is very enjoyable to watch and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good comedy.

    A pair of slackers join the US Army with the hopes of getting their act together.

    Best Performance: Bill Murray
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    • lesleyharris30
    • Jun 5, 2015

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 17, 1981 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
      • Polish
    • Also known as
      • Stripes
    • Filming locations
      • James B. Beam Distilling Co. - 149 Happy Hollow Road, Clermont, Kentucky, USA(Russian outpost)
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $85,297,000
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,130,197
      • Jun 28, 1981
    • Gross worldwide
      • $85,297,000
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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