- Directed by:
- Ivan Reitman
- Writers:
- Len BlumHarold Ramis
- Starring:
- Harold RamisWarren OatesP.J. SolesJohn CandyJohn LarroquetteJohn Voldstad...
- Release Date:
- 26 June 1981 USA ...
- Genres:
- ComedyWar
- Region:
- USA
- Language:
- English
- Runtime:
- 106 min / Spain:117 min (extended version) / USA:126 min (extended version)
- Color:
- Color
- Other Info:
- CameraPanavision Cameras and Lenses / Film negative format (mm/video inches)35 mm / Cinematographic processSpherical / Printed film format35 mm / Aspect ratio1.66 :
- Also Called:
- Bleus, Les Canada (French title) / France, Lumparkompisar Finland (Swedish title) / Sweden, Pelotón chiflado, El Argentina / Spain, Ich glaub' mich knutscht ein Elch! West Germany, Jocul de-a armata Romania, Natsat Finland, Pelotão Chanfrado, O Portugal, Røven af 4. division Denmark, Recrutas da Pesa
Thanks to a run of bad luck and go-nowhere jobs, John convinces Russell to join the army so they can get in shape, likening it to a health spa. Once in boot camp, wiseguy John tangles with his by-the-book Sgt. and becomes the unofficial leader for his platoon, made up mostly of other misfits and assorted losers. After somehow making it through graduation, they are given a special assignment but, thanks to John's romantic interest in a pretty MPO, the other men wind up behind the Iron Curtain
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