An Officer and a Gentleman
1982 film
Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Sean Fennessey
Aired November 14, 2023
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Louis Gossett Jr.
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Approx. transcript time · 01:28:04Read transcript
- Happy/J. T. Walsh, the two blondes, Lou Gossett, Larry Bird and Bob Cousy are candidates; Shaq is rejected for too much screen time.
- Alfre Woodard is added as eligible for two scenes and one of the film’s best lines.
- Lou Gossett is preferred for an intense roughly three-minute appearance recalling An Officer and a Gentleman; Cousy is considered too prominent across about four scenes.
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Approx. transcript time · 01:14:47Read transcript
- Gere is affirmed for Apex through American Gigolo and this huge success.
- Winger’s Apex is assigned to Terms of Endearment.
- David Keith is affirmed for Apex here.
- Louis Gossett Jr. is affirmed for Apex here.
- Military-training movies prompt a dispute between Private Benjamin and Full Metal Jacket, ending with agreement on Full Metal Jacket rather than this film.
- Puget Sound is unequivocally affirmed for Apex.
- The Triumph Bonneville is proposed for Apex as a particularly impressive movie motorcycle, but other motorcycle peaks are offered without a settled affirmative result.
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