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An Officer and a Gentleman

1982 film by Taylor Hackford
Movie film Q1132575
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Summary

An Officer and a Gentleman is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,705 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[3], NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture[4], NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture[5], Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture[6], Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film[7], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[8]
  • Director: Taylor Hackford[9]
  • Screenwriter: Douglas Day Stewart[10]
  • Composer: Jack Nitzsche[11], Buffy Sainte-Marie[12]
  • Genre: romance film[13], drama film[14]
  • Cast member: Richard Gere[15], Debra Winger[16], Louis Gossett Jr.[17], David Keith[18], Lisa Blount[19], Robert Loggia[20], Tony Plana[21], Harold Sylvester[22], David Caruso[23], Grace Zabriskie[24], Tommy Petersen[25], Ed Begley, Jr.[26], Lisa Eilbacher[27], Victor French[28]
  • Producer: Douglas Day Stewart[29], Martin Elfand[30]
  • Production company: Lorimar Television[31], Paramount Pictures[32]
  • Director of photography: Donald E. Thorin[33]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[34]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[35]
  • Review score: 7.5/10[36], 75/100[37], 79%[38], 7.1/10[39]
  • Color: color[40]
  • Country of origin: United States[41]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1982[42], March 25, 1983[43]
  • Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[44], Netflix[45]
  • Narrative location: Washington[46], Seattle[47]
  • Filming location: Philippines[48]
  • Film editor: Peter Zinner[49]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[50], Academy Award for Best Actress[51], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[52], Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[53], Academy Award for Best Original Score[54], Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film[55], NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture[56], NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture[57], Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama[58], Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress[59], Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama[60], Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama[61], Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture[62], BAFTA Award for Best Original Music[63]
  • Title: An Officer and a Gentleman[64]

Why It Matters

An Officer and a Gentleman has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]

FAQs

What awards did An Officer and a Gentleman receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[3], NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture[4], NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture[5], and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture[6].

Related Entities

Buffy Sainte-Marie David Caruso Debra Winger Ed Begley, Jr. film Louis Gossett Jr. Netflix Philippines Richard Gere Robert Loggia United States Washington

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  41. [43] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [65] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [66] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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