1988/03/25 (US) | Comedy, Drama, War
The Army made Eugene a man. But Daisy gave him basic training!
Eugene, an aspiring writer from Brooklyn, is drafted into the US Army during the final months of World War II. For his basic training, the Army sends him to Camp Shelby in Mississippi, where toil, bad food, and antisemitic jibes await. Eugene takes refuge in his sense of humor and in his diary, but they won't protect him in a battle of wills with an unstable drill sergeant.
Mike Nichols
Director
Neil Simon
Screenplay
Matthew Broderick
Eugene Morris Jerome
Christopher Walken
Sgt. Toomey
Matt Mulhern
Joseph Wykowski
Corey Parker
Arnold B. Epstein
Markus Flanagan
Roy Selridge
Casey Siemaszko
Don Carney
Michael Dolan
James J. Hennesey
$ 20,000,000
$ 51,684,798
Released
Neil Simon
Theatre Play
Joseph M. Caracciolo
Executive Producer
Marykay Powell
Executive Producer
Ray Stark
Producer
Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
Bill Butler
Director of Photography