Review of An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) by Angel M — 03 Jan 2010
A young boy raised in and around brothels grows up to join the U.S Navy.. classic love story The motel , the Tides Inn, located in Port Townsend was used for the film. Today, there is a plaque outside the room commemorating this.
.. another fact is the dunking machine.. the dunking machine was constructed specifically for the film and was an exact duplicate of the actual one used by the Navy. Richard Gere balked at shooting the ending of the film where his character arrives at his lover's factory wearing his naval dress whites and carries her off the factory floor.
Gere thought the ending wouldn't work because it was too sentimental and Director Taylor Hackford was inclined to agree with Gere until, during a rehearsal, the extras playing the workers began to cheer and cry.
When Gere saw the scene later with the music underneath it ("Up Where We Belong") at the right tempo, he said it sent chills up the back of his neck. Gere is now convinced Hackford made the right decision.
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This review of An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) was written by Angel M on 03 Jan 2010.
An Officer and a Gentleman has generally received positive reviews.
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