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Release Date:
12 December 1973 (USA)
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No *#@!!* Navy's going to give some poor **!!@* kid eight years in the #@!* brig without me taking him out for the time of his *#@!!* life.
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Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison but decide to show him one last good time along the way. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 5 wins
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6 nominations
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Robert Towne: The Hollywood Interview
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jack Nicholson | ... | SM1 Billy 'Bad Ass' Buddusky |
 | Otis Young | ... | GM1 'Mule' Mulhall |
 | Randy Quaid | ... | Seaman Larry Meadows |
| Clifton James | ... | M.A.A. |
 | Carol Kane | ... | Young Whore |
| Michael Moriarty | ... | Marine O.D. |
| Luana Anders | ... | Donna |
| Kathleen Miller | ... | Annette |
| Nancy Allen | ... | Nancy |
| Gerry Salsberg | ... | Henry |
| Don McGovern | ... | Bartender |
| Pat Hamilton | ... | Madame |
| Michael Chapman | ... | Taxi Driver |
| Jim Henshaw | ... | Sweek |
| Derek McGrath | ... | Nichiren Shoshu Member |
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103 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Singapore:M18 (cut) |
Netherlands:16 |
Australia:R |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:15 |
Norway:16 (original rating) |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16 |
Canada:R
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Feature film debut of Gilda Radner.
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Continuity: About 50 minutes into the movie, the trio are walking by Gate 4 at the train station. One of the Marines they are about to fight is walking ahead of them. Moments later, the same Marine and several others are walking behind them.
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Referenced in "The X Files: Fallen Angel (#1.9)" (1993)
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Something You Still Haven't Said
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Nicholson's "Bad Ass" is a beautifully crafted piece of character. He cusses. He fights. He drinks. He's loud. No one else speaks Robert Towne's words better than Nicholson. In this film he overwhelms at every turn. In the bar scene, he shows brute anger and a desire for dominance. The scenes with a young Nancy Allen are delightfully witty because of Nicholson's schoolboy antics of getting a woman into bed.
It is the scenes with Randy Quaid (also wonderful) where Nicholson shines brightest. "Bad Ass" represents a paternal figure lacking in Meadows' life. He makes him a man by demanding he send back a hamburger if it's not cooked the way he likes it. He demands Meadows to stop crying and be a man. He demands Meadows to stand up for himself and fight when someone pushes his buttons. He demands Meadows to want to have sex, like other men his age. Nicholson's father figure image here is played off perfectly as Meadows sort of imitates things "Bad Ass" does. If Bad Ass has a beer, Meadows has a beer. If Bad Ass wants a woman, Meadows wants a woman. There's a secret trust between the two. It's unspoken, but it's there. That trust is broken in the end when Meadows tries to escape. It wasn't all a lie, Meadows just felt that it was time to stop learning and start moving.