“An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982), a conversation about a Blockbuster

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa visit where the eagles cry, on a mountain high, far from the world we know, where the clear winds blow.

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Referenced media:

• “Police Academy” (Hugh Wilson, 1984)
• “Top Gun” (Tony Scott, 1986)
• “Entertainment Tonight” (Al Masini, 1981-now)
• “Conan the Barbarian” (John Milius, 1982)
• “The Road Warrior” (George Miller, 1981)
• “Annie” (John Huston, 1982)
• “Rocky III” (Sylvester Stallone, 1982)
• “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” (Nicholas Meyer, 1982)
• “Poltergeist” (Tobe Hooper, 1982)
• “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” (Steven Spielberg, 1982)
• “Blade Runner” (Ridley Scott, 1982)
• “The Thing” (John Carpenter, 1982)
• “Tron” (Steven Lisberger, 1982)
• “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” (Colin Higgins, 1982)
• “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (Amy Heckerling, 1982)
• “First Blood” (Ted Kotcheff, 1982)
• “Sophie’s Choice” (Alan J. Pakula, 1982)
• “Gandhi” (Richard Attenborough, 1982)
• “The Verdict” (Sidney Lumet, 1982)
• “Tootsie” (Sydney Pollack, 1982)
• “The Hunger Games” (Gary Ross, 2012)
• “The Deer Hunter” (Michael Cimino, 1978)
• “Coming Home” (Hal Ashby, 1978)
• “Rolling Thunder” (John Flynn, 1977)
• “Sgt. Bilko” (Jonathan Lynn, 1996)
• “Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment” (Jerry Paris, 1985)
• “Full Metal Jacket” (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
• “Dirty Dancing” (Emile Ardolino, 1987)
• “Heartbreak Ridge” (Clint Eastwood, 1986)

Audio quotation:

• “Police Academy” (Hugh Wilson, 1984), including “Police Academy March”, written by Robert Folk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRxgXzk_L0s
• “An Officer and a Gentleman” (Taylor Hackford, 1982), including “Up Where We Belong”, written by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Will Jennings
• “Full Metal Jacket” (Stanley Kubrick, 1987), including “Full Metal Jacket”, written by Abigail Mead and Nigel Goulding, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNVFpNA2B30&list=PLOKfQ2dxS6KLVZ1ZFLfvDqRL_77BkHabU
• “Dirty Dancing” (Emile Ardolino, 1987), including “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”, written by John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz, and Franke Previte, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3NndBTqC3Y
• “Heartbreak Ridge” (Clint Eastwood, 1986), including “Heartbreak Ridge Intro Music”, written by Lennie Neihaus, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hh1k1vmQrM