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An Officer and a Gentleman

Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart, so Foley rides him mercilessly, sensing that the young man would be prime officer material if he weren't so self-involved. Zack's affair with a working girl is likewise compromised by his unwillingness to give of himself.

Original title: An Officer and a Gentleman

8

nominations

38%

winning rate

3

wins

British Academy Film Awards #37 - 1984

Award People Status
Best Original Score Jack Nitzsche
Best Original Song Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Will Jennings - "Up Where We Belong" Winner

Academy Awards #55 - 1983

Award People Status
Best Actress in a Leading Role Debra Winger
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Louis Gossett Jr. Winner
Best Original Screenplay Douglas Day Stewart
Best Original Score Jack Nitzsche
Best Film Editing Peter Zinner
Best Original Song Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Will Jennings - "Up Where We Belong" Winner