An Officer and a Gentleman

Source   A beautiful film with a lot of romance and military overtones between military cadets and textile workers. Both dream of escaping a limited life, seeing the world and broadening their horizons and experiences. This ending is one of the most successful and exciting in the history of cinema. Jack Nietzsche's music is great and he won an Oscar as the author of this unforgettable song. Source   Taylor…

Source   An Officer and a Gentleman is a romance-drama film set at a US naval academy. The story follows Zack Mayo, played by Richard Gere, a troubled young man who decides to join the academy to become a naval pilot. During his time at the academy, Zack faces a number of physical and emotional challenges that the relentless Sergeant Foley (Louis Gossett Jr.) will try to correct. He meets Paula Pokrifki, played…

In early 1980s Hollywood not only abandoned anti-militarism of the Boomer generation, but actually began to embrace the worship of US military which, apart from a brief interlude caused by Iraq War, continued to this day. One of the first things to signal this change was *An Officer and a Gentleman*, 1982 romantic drama directed by Taylor Hackford. Protagonist, played by Richard Gere, is Zachary "Zack" Mayo (played…