Biloxi Blues (1988)

Director:

Mike Nichols

Writers:

Neil Simon (play)
Neil Simon (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 March 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

The Army made Eugene a man. But Daisy gave him basic training!

Plot:

A group of young recruits go through boot camp during the Second World War in Biloxi Mississippi. From the play by Neil Simon.

Plot Keywords:

Boot Camp | Sergeant | Sequel | WWII | Train

Cast

Matthew Broderick	...	Eugene Morris Jerome
Christopher Walken	...	Sgt. Toomey
Matt Mulhern	...	Joseph Wykowski
Corey Parker	...	Arnold B. Epstein
Casey Siemaszko	...	Don Carney
Michael Dolan	...	James J. Hennesey
Penelope Ann Miller	...	Daisy
Park Overall	...	Rowena
Alan Pottinger	...	Peek
Mark Evan Jacobs	...	Pinelli
David Kienzle	...	Corporal (as Dave Kienzle)
Matthew Kimbrough	...	Spitting Cook
Kirby Mitchell	...	Digger #1
Allen Turner	...	Digger #2
Tom Kagy	...	Digger #3

Also Known As:

Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues

Runtime:

106 min | UK:102 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:16 | Singapore:PG | Brazil:12 | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, USA

Company:

Rastar Pictures

Trivia:

The second chapter of Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical "Brighton Beach Trilogy", which followed "Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)" and is followed by "Broadway Bound (1992)".

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: Soldier named: Peak, David P, was referred to as "Sweeney" (one of the soldiers ordered to give 100 push-ups, by Sergeant Toomey) after the scene where Wykowski and Epstein have their confrontation, following the game where the main characters tell their fantasies for money.

Quotes:

Toomey: Epstein, Arnold B.
Arnold Epstein: Ho, ho!
Toomey: Are there two Arnold Epsteins in this company?
Arnold Epstein: No, sergeant.
Toomey: But I heard more than one Ho.
Arnold Epstein: Yes, sergeant.
Toomey: Epstein, Arnold B.
Arnold Epstein: Ho!
Toomey: One more time.
Arnold Epstein: Ho!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Bob Saget/TLC (#20.19)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

Marie

sublime experience

OK, we all have our favourite poignant movies right?....you know the type - the ones that hold you in rapture - time and again, because it speaks to you on a very personal level and effortlessly touches some part of your emotions that you keep hidden from the world - evoking deeply sad or blissfully happy memories from our own passage through life. Biloxi Blues is that movie for me.

Which of us do not carry emotional scars from; Our first time away from home. Our first time interacting with a group of strangers in a mutual climate. Our first sexual encounter. Our fist kiss. Our first love. Our first brush with authority. Our first glimpse at death.

Biloxi Blues is a movie that embraces many of the "rites of passage" that we all face in life and deals with them using comedy as a foil to gently explore them, without diminishing their poignancy. Neil Simon is peerless in this. The casting is faultless. The acting is immaculate. The humor is intelligent.

If you haven't seen this movie, do so. You can thank me later.