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Private Benjamin
- Director: Howard Zieff
- Writer: Nancy Meyers; Charles Shyer
- Producer: Goldie Hawn; Nancy Meyers
CGiii Comment
It starts off well...quite funny in places.
The lesbian character may be a little aggressive - how un-stereotypical!
Unfortunately, it all falls apart by the end.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
When her husband dies on their wedding night, Judy decides to join the United States Army. She realizes that she has never been independent in her entire life. What looks like a bad decision at first, turns out not so bad at all. That is, until her superior officer makes sexual advances on her. She has been transferred to NATO headquarters in Europe and (re)meets the Frenchman Henri Tremont. Judy and Henri decide to marry, but will they?
Cast & Characters
Goldie Hawn as Pvt. Judy Benjamin - Judy Goodman;
Eileen Brennan as Capt. Doreen Lewis;
Armand Assante as Henri Alan Tremont;
Robert Webber as Col. Clay Thornbush;
Sam Wanamaker as Teddy Benjamin;
Barbara Barrie as Harriet Benjamin;
Mary Kay Place as Pvt. Mary Lou Glass;
Harry Dean Stanton as 1st Sgt. Jim Ballard;
Albert Brooks as Yale Goodman;
Alan Oppenheimer as Rabbi