Major Payne (1995)

A recently discharged Major finds himself commanding a group of mismatched Cadets.

Director:

Nick Castle

Writers:

Joe Connelly (story), Bob Mosher (story)

Stars:

Damon Wayans, Michael Ironside, Bam Bam Bigelow

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Damon Wayans	...	Maj. Benson Payne
Michael Ironside	...	Lt. Col. Stone
Bam Bam Bigelow	...	Huge Biker (as Scott Bigelow)
Joseph Blaire	...	Cadet Bryan (as Joda Blare-Hershman)
Orlando Brown	...	Cadet Kevin 'Tiger' Dunne
Peyton Chesson-Fohl	...	Cadet Sgt. Johnson
Stephen Coleman	...	Cadet Leland
Mark Conway	...	Police Sergeant
David DeHart	...	Wellington Cadet Captain
Joshua Todd Diveley	...	New Cadet
Robert Faraoni Jr.	...	Smart Ass Soldier
Michael Gabel	...	Lt. Wiseman
Albert Hall	...	Gen. Decker
William Hickey	...	Dr. Phillips
Ross Bickell	...	Col. Braggart

Storyline

Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian, so his commander finds him a job - commanding officer of a local school's JROTC program, a bunch or ragtag losers with no hope. Using such teaching tools as live grenades and real bullets, Payne starts to instill the Corps with some hope. But when Payne is recalled to fight in Bosnia, will he leave the Corps that has just started to believe in him, or will he find out that killin' ain't much of a livin'?

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Plot Keywords:

drill instructor | german shepherd dog | character name as title | army major | young delinquent | 

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Taglines:

He's looking for a few good men... or a few guys old enough to shave.

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some crude humor and behavior

Did You Know?

Trivia

Loose remake of The Private War of Major Benson (1955).

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Goofs

In the Night Club/Restaurant, Major Payne eats all the food on his plate. The plate is alternately empty/full in subsequent shots.

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Quotes

Major Payne: From now on, my little group of shaved scrotum sacks, you will walk like me, talk like me, eat like me, and until you win those games, you will be BALD like me.

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Connections

References Dumbo (1941)

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Soundtracks

Pop That Coochie
Written by Luther Campbell (as L. Campbell), Mr. Mixx (as D. Hobbs), Brother Marquis (as M. Ross), Fresh Kid Ice (as C. Wong Won)
Performed by 2 Live Crew
Courtesy of Luke Records, Inc.

User Reviews

Damon Waynes is a comic Genius

This movie is hilarious, I don't understand how someone cannot like this movie. It's a movie about a Major who was discharged from the Military, and was assigned to an Junior ROTC program, it proves to be the biggest challenge of his life. He's is very sinister and cruel, but in a funny way. The way he goes about training his Cadets is amazing, as much as they wind up hating him, they wind up to be like a family in the end. They are a lot of sight gags in the movie, as I said the humor is excellent, Damon Waynes is excellent in this movie he is intelligent and hilarious. There are cameos from some other people in the movie like Micheal Ironside, Karyn Parsons was also excellent as the counselor she hasn't done much since Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, but this was excellent.. Overall an 8 out of 10

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Vietnamese

Release Date:

24 March 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Major Payne

Filming Locations:

Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,011,225, 26 March 1995

Gross USA:

$29,412,050

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$30,112,050

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Wife 'n' Kids

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1