It’s to John–yes, the slacker–to deliver a Bluto-esque speech for motivation. Stillman after a raid on a mud wrestling bar. Soles), both John and Russell would have gotten chewed out by Capt. If not for a pair of MPs, Louise Cooper (Sean Young) and Stella Hansen (P.J. Their personalities certainly do not mesh well with either Sergeant Hulka (Warren Oates) or Captain Stillman (John Larroquette).
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In classic comedy fashion, the pair are also assigned to a platoon completely full of misfits. First up is basic training at Fort Arnold. Best friend Russell Ziskey (Harold Ramis), who teaches English as a second language, joins him in enlisting. He’s a slacker so it’s no surprise to see Anita leave him. John Winger (Bill Murray) turns to enlisting in the army after losing his job, girlfriend, and apartment in the single span of one day.
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When Bill Murray shouts “But we’re American soldiers! We’ve been kicking ass for 200 years! We’re ten and one!” – the last is a thinly-veiled reference to Vietnam, written by Ramis.Stripes, which marked its 40th anniversary in June, recently got an upgrade in the recent Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Vol 2.John Candy wasn’t well known he bonded with the cast by inviting them over for spaghetti and to watch the Roberto Duran/Sugar Ray Leonard fight.A 9-minute scene in which they drop acid and parachute out of a plane was filmed but cut – BUT is included on the DVD extras.John Larroquette ad-libbed the line “I wish I was a loofah” and then had to explain to director Ivan Reitman what a loofah was.The cast and crew had a 2-week drinking binge when they found out John Lennon had died.Murray and Ramis being the “stars” got to keep theirs a little longer. They not only let them film at Fort Knox, they allowed soldiers to be extras. A real army barber buzzed all the men, who had not been told how short their haircuts would be. The department of defense for some reason approved of the film.Soles’ part was meant to have been played by Kim Basinger but she too wanted too much money, so the part went to Soles who had just finished shooting Private Benjamin in which she wore the exact same uniform.If you squint hard, you can spot him as an extra in the graduation scene. Dennis Quaid was auditioned by the studio to play Ramis’s part. They were friends in real life of course, but Murray also wanted Ramis’s help in re-writing dialogue, the better to improvise with. Bill Murray insisted that Harold Ramis should be tapped to play his best bud.In the very first scene shot, in which he grabs heavy luggage out of a trunk, he genuinely injured himself and his exclamation “Oh my balls!” is the real deal. He didn’t show up to set until the 3rd day of filming because he’d been following his precious Chicago Cubs around the country. Bill Murray only came aboard about 2 weeks before filming began.Judge Reinhold, in his first film appearance, gets what little remained of the weed jokes. When their manager demanded way too much money, they took out (most) of the pot humour, found the script got smarter, and flagged down Bill Murray to star.
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Ivan Reitman and Dan Goldberg wrote the movie specifically for Cheech and Chong.Stripes came out before I was born, but it’s still a good source of inspired team work between Harold Ramis and Bill Murray.
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