Biloxi Blues

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Biloxi Blues (1988)

PG-13 03/25/1988 (US) Comedy, Drama 1h 46m

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The Army made Eugene a man. But Daisy gave him basic training!

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Eugene, an aspiring writer from Brooklyn, is drafted into the US Army during the final months of World War II. For his basic training, the Army sends him to Camp Shelby in Mississippi, where toil, bad food, and antisemitic jibes await. Eugene takes refuge in his sense of humor and in his diary, but they won't protect him in a battle of wills with an unstable drill sergeant.

Mike Nichols

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Neil Simon

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Matthew Broderick

Eugene Morris Jerome
Christopher Walken

Sgt. Toomey
Matt Mulhern

Joseph Wykowski
Corey Parker

Arnold B. Epstein
Markus Flanagan

Roy Selridge
Casey Siemaszko

Don Carney
Michael Dolan

James J. Hennesey
Penelope Ann Miller

Daisy
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A review by John Chard

10.0

Written by John Chard on June 12, 2014

Once you start compromising your thoughts, you're a candidate for mediocrity.

Biloxi Blues is directed by Mike Nichols and written by Neil Simon. It is based on Simon's semi-autobiographical 1985 play of the same name. It stars Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Penelope Ann Miller, Corey Parker and Matt Mulhern. Music is by Georges Delerue and Bill Butler is the cinematographer.

The second part of Neil Simon's Eugene Morris Jerome trilogy, the plot centers around Eugene's (Broderick) draft into the United States Army during the last year of World War II. Sent to training camp at Bilo... read the rest.

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