An Officer and a Gentleman
Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart, so Foley rides him mercilessly, sensing that the young man would be prime officer material if he weren't so self-involved. Zack's affair with a working… From TMDB
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60 of 90 · most liked firstMy grandma and grandpa went to see An Officer and A Gentleman, their convinced that it was a nice upstanding movie about the Navy, in which my grandfather had served. (Although since grandpa was in the ACTUAL NAVY, I’m confident he only pretended to be shocked.)
unlabelledView post →What's a favorite Male & Female Duet that IS NOT sung by bandmates? 🎶 Written by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Will Jennings for the 1982 movie, An Officer and A Gentleman, the song "Up Where We Belong," hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 6, 1982. Recorded by Joe Cocker & Jennifer 👇
unlabelledView post →I say, just watch the film, “An Officer and a Gentleman”. It will be easy to understand, this was deliberate. And, I’m over the moon delighted, with this initiative.
unlabelledView post →This is my friend James, who passed away on this day in 2020. The first photo is from Nov 2019, when he rode in a car in the Auburn, Washington Veterans Day Parade. The next 2 are stills from the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman" where he was the body double for Louis Gossett Jr, and an extra.
unlabelledView post →Louis Gossett Jr., a star of film and television who won an Academy Award for his performance in "An Officer and a Gentleman," has died, according to his family. He was 87. cnn.it/3vHeBct
unlabelledView post →Born 16th May 1955, actress Debra Winger. Her first starring role was in 'An Officer and a Gentleman' (1982), a US romantic film directed by Taylor Hackford from a screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart & also starring Richard Gere. It grossed $190 million at the box office. #DebraWinger
unlabelledView post →My ★★★★ review of An Officer and a Gentleman boxd.it/ba1Eub Yeah, yeah..."love lift us up where we belong" & all that! Despite famous ending, romance is not AOAAG's greatest attribute. Richard Gere's charisma, rawness, & character arc define film's success. And supporting cast excels. #filmsky 📽
unlabelledView post →The perfect date night film is An Officer and a Gentleman as it ticks both romantic drama and angry macho action film
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (1982). Director: Taylor Hackford. Richard Gere, Debra Winger. Formulaic? Perhaps. But formula is executed to perfection in this crowd-pleasing romance. Winger & Gere hating one another is just icing on cake. 6 Oscar noms. Louis Gossett, Jr. win. #filmsky 📽
unlabelledView post →Now watching An Officer and a Gentleman because I miss my Governor!!! She’s sorta kinda decommissioned and I’m devastated!!! Absolutely devastated. I cannot explain the love I have for this boat and it’s not just because she was featured in this movie!!! 🎬🎥🍿 📺📽️ 📼 #FilmSky #MovieSky #NowWatching
unlabelledView post →BEHIND THE POST: I said “the Eddie Murphy movie” both because it’s a funnier cadence and also because my brain kept insisting the films is An Officer and a Gentleman which I knew was wrong (it’s The Distinguished Gentleman, as I have belatedly remembered)
unlabelledView post →Remembering the great Louis Gossett Jr., trailblazing Oscar/Emmy-winning film, stage, and TV actor, on his 90th birthday, acclaimed for his roles in A RAISIN IN THE SUN, THE LANDLORD, AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, ENEMY MINE, DIGGSTOWN, THE COLOR PURPLE, THE MOD SQUAD, CHICAGO, and much more.
unlabelledView post →#MarchMovieChallenge #Moviesky 3/16 - a military academy An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) Director: Taylor Hackford
unlabelledView post →I think my mum must have had a massive crush on Richard Gere, because she made me and my brother watch An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) a lot when we were kids. Quality film though. And it could have been a lot worse; she could have had a crush on Steven Seagal. #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️
unlabelledView post →Like the film, An Officer and a Gentleman! Prince Harry's birthday falls on September 15th, which is also Battle of Britain Day.
unlabelledView post →#Aprilfilmchallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 4/22 ~ Your mom's favorite movie An Officer And A Gentleman
unlabelledView post →#NewYearsResolutionsChallenge 1/12 Someone drinking water in a movie An Officer And A Gentleman (1982)
unlabelledView post →#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge C͢o͢n͢n͢e͢c͢t͢i͢o͢n͢s͢ Todays connection is the soundtrack of the film "An Officer and a Gentleman". Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes sung 'Up where we belong' and 🗣️ Pat Benater 🎶 Treat me right
unlabelledView post →On this day in 1982, Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes hit #1 on the Billiboard Hot 100 with "Up Where We Belong" from the movie "An Officer And A Gentleman." I love this song... 🗣Far from the world we know, where the clear winds blow.. musicchartsarchive.com/singles/joe-co…
unlabelledView post →Whenever I watch ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ I want to be Richard Gere – handsome and gets the girl. A narcissist watches the same film and wants to be the Sergeant – shouting, causing fear, and controlling everyone. Anyone who prefers control over love is a toxic danger to be avoided.
unlabelledView post →Hattie McDaniel was the first Black actor to win an Oscar, for Best Supporting Actress in the 1939 film Gone With The Wind, 43 years before Louis Gossett, Jr., took home his Oscar for An Officer and a Gentleman.
unlabelledView post →Good news! I have the put together the perfect selection for the Sexy War Month / Phwoar Movie Theatre Month: Malèna (2000) Black Book (2006) An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) A Very Long Engagement (2004)
unlabelledView post →Post a movie from the 80s that starts with the letter O? (feel free to post more than one at this point) Oliver & Company (1988) The Outsiders (1983) An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) Once Bitten (1985) #moviesky #filmsky
unlabelledView post →If anyone remembers that 80s film "An Officer and a Gentleman" and its Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes-sung theme song "Up Where We Belong", this is what that sounds like in Swedish. youtu.be/0XyUvwRz_wQ?...
unlabelledView post →Born 16 May 1955, actress Debra Winger. Her first starring role was in 'An Officer and a Gentleman' (1982) a US romantic film directed by Taylor Hackford from a screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart & also starring Richard Gere. It grossed $190 million at the box office. #DebraWinger
unlabelledView post →I kept expecting Fallon to suggest An Officer and a Gentleman. Wasn't that a popular romantic film of the 1980s? #TheArchers
unlabelledView post →There’s a mock test without oxygen underwater for cadets in the 1980s movie An Officer and a Gentleman with Richard Gere and Louis Gossett, Jr. #TOSSatNight
unlabelledView post →As someone who saw "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982) IN A MOVIE THEATER, this entire thread is turning me into dust.
unlabelledView post →#Bales2026FilmChallenge Day 31 Richard Gere movie An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
unlabelledView post →#Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge August 31 - movie or TV character played by Richard Gere that is NOT Pretty Woman Zack Mayo - An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) ...Zack works to complete his training to become a Navy aviator with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant & his new girlfriend...
unlabelledView post →I hope that you have someone to film your An Officer and A Gentleman reunion kiss 💋
unlabelledView post →Which got me thinking, what's your favorite Debra Winger movie? My mom was a fan, so we watched them all, and I'm torn between An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Terms of Endearment (1983), or Urban Cowboy (1980), with Leap of Faith (1992) being the dark horse.
unlabelledView post →Remembering how when I heard the phrase ‘An Officer and a Gentleman🫡‘ when I was little, (probably when used for the name of a film) I just assumed it was about two entirely separate people
unlabelledView post →Not sure what show it was used in, but I remember it was used in the movie “An Officer and a Gentleman.”
unlabelledView post →RIP LOUIS GOSSETT JR. If you ever saw An Officer and A Gentleman in the movie theatre, you will never forget him.
unlabelledView post →An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) Who here likes this film that earned Louis Gossett Jr. an Oscar? Joining me to discuss that year in film: @gmoatpodcast.bsky.social #Movies #FilmSky
unlabelledView post →The producers decided to make John Stewart a serious Marine, modeled somewhat after Louis Gossett Jr.'s Oscar-winning performance in 1982's AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN. (🧵 7/15) youtu.be/vuuTS_WNw5w?...
unlabelledView post →Love that the Little League World Series has graphics for the players that note their favourite movies, TV shows etc. Want some kid to have something really surprising. Some 13-year-old in the batter’s box and his favourite movie is like An Officer and a Gentleman
unlabelledView post →Oh I know that pain… we once had only one working film and that was “An Officer and a Gentleman” Whenever someone left I reflexively shouted “Way to go Paula”…
unlabelledView post →What a film it will make. I prefer An Officer and a Gentleman.
unlabelledView post →If we’re on film soundtrack duets, will there be An Officer and A Gentleman next?
unlabelledView post →In view of the undying discourse about whether sex is plot, I'm thinking about "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982) and, as you do, re-reading Roger Ebert's contemporary review. For the last damned time: sex is plot, character development, and craft. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/an-o...
unlabelledView post →Remember the movie "An Officer and A Gentleman" when Zack Mayo refused to give up? We all need to channel Zack Mayo's attitude now and refuse to give up! www.imdb.com/title/tt0084...
unlabelledView post →The only movie I ever almost saw with my father was An Officer and A Gentleman. I was about 7, and my mom took me out of the theater for ice cream as soon as Richard Gere's bare ass showed up on screen.
unlabelledView post →I learned about Navy planes versus Air Force planes from An Officer and A Gentleman, which on the whole was a much better movie than Top Gun.
unlabelledView post →I don't recall, wasn't Bremerton one of the locations for the shooting of the movie An Officer and a Gentleman? Beautiful country. Puget Sound is amazing. Washington State is amazing... something for everyone...
unlabelledView post →On this day in movie history: An Officer and a Gentleman directed by Taylor Hackford released July 28, 1982. Cast: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Robert Loggia, Lisa Blount, Lisa Eilbacher, Louis Gossett Jr., Tony Plana, Harold Sylvester, David Caruso, Victor French. #Drama
unlabelledView post →Cool I really liked him in Breathless. I’m inhibited enough to say that I like that movie better than An Officer and a Gentleman.
unlabelledView post →“Up Where We Belong,” Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes, 1982. The #1 song worldwide on this day in 1982, This beloved ballad was written for the movie An Officer And A Gentleman, which won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1983. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjrO...
unlabelledView post →🎬 The Top 4 Drama Movies Released on July 28! What's your fave? 1. On the Waterfront 2. The Beasts 3. An Officer and a Gentleman 4. The First Slam Dunk Check out all 129 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Drama
unlabelledView post →Actress/movie producer Lisa Blount (July 1, 1957 – October 25, 2010) left us much too soon. Individually & with her husband, Ray McKinnon, she gave us some magic movie moments, from An Officer and a Gentleman to The Accountant to Chrystal. #LisaBlount #movies #actors youtu.be/2tQ7hg0OH4I?...
unlabelledView post →I could be wrong, but I believe that this is in reference to Louis Gossett Jr.'s drill instructor character interacting with Richard Gere's character Zack Mayo in the movie An Officer and a Gentleman.
unlabelledView post →MarchMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 16. Movie which takes place in a military academy An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) dir. Taylor Hackford
unlabelledView post →Happy #Birthday Jennifer Warnes, singer/songwriter who won 2 Grammys for 80s film duets with Joe Cocker (Up Where We Belong from An Officer and a Gentleman) and Bill Medley (I've Had The Time of My Life from Dirty Dancing), also scored a solo Top 10 US pop hit in 1976 with Right Time of the Night
unlabelledView post →When I was stationed in Korea my roommate wanted some military movies, but didn't want anything old. He wasn't going to get An Officer and a Gentleman. I turned him around and put it in his hands and made a lifelong fan. GREAT movie!
unlabelledView post →White Nights (1985 movie). Cold war drama / dance movie. Director: Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman, Ray) This is my favourite movie!
unlabelledView post →Actor Richard Gere (AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN & PRETTY WOMAN) recommended to my friend, Professional Animation Producer/Director Tom Tataranowicz, a film he thinks more people should see - 𝗕𝗜𝗖𝗬𝗖𝗟𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗦 (also known as 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗖𝗬𝗖𝗟𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗘𝗙) #bicyclethieves #thebicyclethief #RichardGere
unlabelledView post →Born This Day In 1941 Buffy Sainte-Marie, singer-songwriter, musician, & social activist, wrote 'Up Where We Belong,' the 1982 US No.1 hit for Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes from the film, 'An Officer and a Gentleman', which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 55th Academy Awards.
unlabelledView post →A friend’s sister talked us and other friends into seeing Stewart’s previous film Thief of Hearts, which none of us liked; I think the only thing of his I’ve liked was An Officer and a Gentleman.
unlabelledView post →LMAO!! 🤣 You, sir, are an Officer and a Gentleman (wait, no, that’s the movie)… a SCHOLAR and a Gentleman (that’s it!). Bravo!👏 …🤔😳 Wait… SPACE commerce? With WHOM?!?!😳
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