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Jun 26, 1981 · Stripes: Directed by Ivan Reitman. With Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P.J. Soles. Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.
- (80K)
- Comedy, War
- Ivan Reitman
- 1981-06-26
Murray stars as John Winger, a taxi driver who, after walking out on his job mid-fare and getting dumped by his girlfriend and losing his car to the repo man, decides to enlist in the United States Army with his friend Russell Ziskey (Ramis). The film received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences, and was a commercial success.
- The script was written for Cheech and Chong. Reitman came up with the idea for a pro-Army comedy about best friends joining together and enlisted screenwriters Len Blum and Daniel Goldberg to write the screenplay.
- The Army supported the filmmakers. You have to wonder whether anyone at the Pentagon actually read the screenplay before giving the Army's blessing to "Stripes."
- "Stripes" was made by Canadians. Why was one of the best-loved Army comedies made by a bunch of Canadians? Sure, it's true that the lead best friends John Winger and Russell Ziskey were played by Chicago natives Bill Murray and Harold Ramis, but they were totally surrounded by our friends from the North on set.
- Warren Oates was the movie's only legit military connection. After dropping out of high school, future actor Warren Oates enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1946 and served for two years as an aircraft mechanic.
Hard-luck cabbie John Winger (Bill Murray) -- directionless after being fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend -- enlists in the U.S. Army with his close pal, Russell Ziskey (Harold...
- (2K)
- Ivan Reitman
- R
- Bill Murray
In “Stripes,” the climax involves the Army's latest secret weapon, which is a computerized, armored, nuclear weapons carrier disguised as a recreational vehicle. Murray's platoon is assigned to go to Europe and test it. Murray, Ramis, and their girls decide to test it during a weekend holiday swing through the Alps.
Jul 12, 2021 · Recounting the adventures of a bunch of smart-alecky, thirtysomething post-hippie types who find a sense of purpose by enlisting in the US Army, “Stripes” now plays like a poker-faced endorsement of a sentiment that climaxed 1960s at dinner-table arguments between long-haired, pot-smoking, Establishment-mocking sons and their World War II genera...
Bill Murray has joined the Army, and the Army will never be the same! When John Winger (Murray) loses his job, his car, his apartment and his girlfriend, all in one day, he decides he only has one option: volunteer for Uncle Sam. He talks his friend Russell (Harold Ramis) into enlisting with him.
