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Stripes cast stillman12/6/2023 On a dark and stormy night, Stillman deliberately leads his platoon across the border into the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. When Stillman finds the EM-50 missing (he was taking his date to show it off to her), he launches a mission to get the vehicle back without his superiors knowing it was gone. Bored with sitting around an empty hangar, John and Russell steal the top-secret EM-50 (by telling the MP guard they're taking it "to get it washed") to visit their MP girlfriends Stella and Louise, now stationed in West Germany. Hulka arrives, but the assignment remains easy. What would seem to be an easy assignment gets less tolerable when a recovered Sgt. Once in Italy, their mission is to guard the EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle (disguised to look like a large recreational vehicle, specifically, a late 70s GMC motorhome). When General Barnicke finds out that they had to complete training without a drill sergeant, he decides they are just the kind of "go-getters" he wants working on a secret project in Italy. Without time to even get dressed properly, they run to the parade grounds out of regulation uniform and give an unconventional drill display led by Winger. However, after a long night of drilling, they oversleep and almost miss the ceremony. Winger manages to motivate his platoon with a rousing speech, and begins to get them in shape for graduation. The situation looks bleak until Winger and Ziskey return (after having sex with their girlfriends in General Barnicke's home while he was away). Stillman threatens to force them to repeat the entire course of Basic Training, as they are unlikely to pass muster at the graduation ceremony scheduled for the next day. When the club is raided by MPs, Stella and Louise cover for Winger and Ziskey, while the rest of the platoon is transported back to base to face Captain Stillman. On their first leave, the men go to a mud wrestling bar. However, not long before graduation, Sergeant Hulka is injured in a freak mortar accident caused by Captain Stillman's impatience. Soles and Sean Young) on the base, and quickly become friends with the rest of their platoon. As basic training progresses, Ziskey and Winger become closer to a pair of female MPs named Stella and Louise (P.J. Their commanding officer is Captain Stillman (John Larroquette). Moments after arriving, Winger has already offended their drill sergeant, Sergeant Hulka (Warren Oates), and stands out as a misfit throughout basic training. Upon arrival at "Fort Arnold" (filmed at Fort Knox), they meet their fellow recruits. Talking his best friend, English-as-a-second-language teacher Russell Ziskey (Harold Ramis) (whose own life is not doing so well either) into joining, they quickly drive to the nearest recruiting office and are soon off to basic training. Army plays on the television, and he decides that is just what he needs to get in shape (and meet girls). At that moment, a recruiting ad for the U.S. Realizing that his life is a failure, he decides he needs a new direction. He experiences the worst day of his life as, in the span of just a few hours, he loses his job, his car is repossessed, he drops his pizza on the street, and his girlfriend dumps him. John Winger (Bill Murray) is a cab driver in his late 20s who lives in New York City. The film was among Oates' last films, as he died of a sudden heart attack the year after it was released. Dave Thomas, Bill Paxton and Timothy Busfield are also in one scene apiece. It was one of Canadian comedian John Candy's early breakthrough film appearances. Stripes also featured several noted actors in their first significant movie roles, including John Larroquette, Sean Young, and Judge Reinhold. Stripes is a 1981 American comedy film starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, and P.J.
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