I coincidentally picked up Officer and a Gentleman on Blu Ray this week and after the passing of Louis Gossett Jr. I decided to watch it for the first time. Absolutely amazing film, Richard Gere and Debra Winger were fantastic but Gossett Jr absolutely stole the show, he deserved the Oscar for this role. This movie was a huge hit finishing #3 at the box office in 1982 only behind ET and Tootsie. I think the Simpsons writers were big fans of this film, they riffed on it so often that when I was watching i recognized scenes that I saw Homer and Marge do.
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