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  1. Stripes (1981) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

  2. Overview. John Winger, an indolent sad sack in his 30s, impulsively joins the US Army after losing his job, his girlfriend and his apartment. Ivan Reitman.

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    John Winger is a cab driver in New York City who, in the span of a few hours, loses his job, his apartment, his car, and his girlfriend, Anita. Realizing that he has little to no prospects, he decides to join the Army. He talks his best friend Russell Ziskey, a vocational teacher of English as a second language, into joining him, and they go to a r...

    On his way to the premiere of Meatballs, Ivan Reitman thought up the idea for a film: "Cheech and Chong join the army". Meatballs and Stripes are basically "Animal House goes to Camp" and "Animal House goes to the Army", both movies even include an inspirational speech in the third act based on Bluto's classic scene from Animal House. Reitman produ...

    Box office

    Stripeswas released on June 26, 1981 and grossed $1,892,000 in 1,074 screens on opening day. It placed fifth overall for the weekend with $6,152,166. It eventually grossed $85,297,000 in North America, making it the fifth most popular 1981 film at the US and Canadian box office.

    Critical response

    Stripeswas well received by critics and audiences. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 88% based on 40 reviews, with a rating average of 6.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "A raucous military comedy that features Bill Murray and his merry cohorts approaching the peak of their talents." In his Chicago Sun-Times review, Roger Ebert praised it as "an anarchic slob movie, a celebration of all that is irreverent, reckless, foolhardy, undisc...

    An extended edition of Stripeswas released on DVD on June 7, 2005. Extra features include six deleted scenes; audio commentary by Reitman and Goldberg; an hour-long documentary titled "Stars & Stripes" that includes the reminiscences of the screenwriters, Reitman, Diehl, Laroquette, Murray, Reinhold, Soles and Young; and the original trailer. The o...

  4. Jun 26, 1981 · RM 2E4XXK5 – STRIPES 1981 Columbia Pictures film with Bill Murray and P.J.Soles. RM 2JRH789 – BILL MURRAY, HAROLD RAMIS, STRIPES, 1981. RM 2A9ARAC – BILL MURRAY in STRIPES (1981), directed by IVAN REITMAN. Credit: COLUMBIA PICTURES / Album. RM 2JRH791 – BILL MURRAY, WARREN OATES, STRIPES, 1981.

  5. The full cast of Stripes. Here you will find an overview of the cast of the movie Stripes from the year 1981, including all the actors, actresses and the director. When you click on the name of an actor, actress or director from the movie Stripes-cast you can watch more movies and/or series by him or her. Click here for more infomation about ...

  6. Find movie and film cast and crew information for Stripes (1981) ... Columbia Pictures. Submit Corrections. Stripes (1981)

  7. Jun 26, 1981 · John Winger (Murray) is a quick-witted but unambitious loser who comes home after getting fired to discover that his car has been repossessed and his girlfriend is leaving him. With no idea of what to do next, John and his best friend Russell Ziskey (Harold Ramis) impulsively join the Army, more as a practical joke than a career goal. John and ...

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