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GySgt Buck Welcher, USMC, and Director Taylor Hackford cover the finer points of Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School and the mega-hit film "An Officer and a Gentleman." Hackford is casual, engaging, and forthright in discussing Welcher's talents as a key element in the production of the film, and he reveals that Welcher was not only highly influential but also largely responsible for the film's authenticity.
In 1983 Lou Gossett Jr. won an Academy Award in the category of Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as a Marine Corps drill instructor in the film.
More recently Gossett received accolades from the Vatican:
"His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, sends you his sincere regards and compliments for your great work as an actor! Your Performance as Sergeant Foley in 'An Officer and a Gentleman' has touched him deeply. His Holiness remembers you and your movie especially because it was his first visit in a private cinema in Rome after his farewell from Munich and Freising as Archbishop . . . .
Grazie tante et Dio ti benedica! Padre Giovanni (on behalf of his Holiness)"
Sierra Hotel
Director:
Taylor Hackford
Cast:
Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Robert Loggia, Lisa Blount, Lisa Eilbacher, Louis Gossett Jr., David Caruso, Tony Plana, Harold Sylvester, Victor French, Grace Zabriskie, Tommy Petersen, Buck Welcher, Vern Taylor, David Marshall, Gary Stillwell, Elizabeth Rogers, Mara Scott Wood, Tee Dennard, Norbert Murray, John Laughlin, Ed Begley Jr., William Graves
Writing Credits:
Douglas Day Stewart
Consultants and Advisors:
Buck Welcher -- technical advisor
George Goode - research conceptual
Academy Awards
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Louis Gossett, Jr.
• Best Music, Original Song - "Up Where We Belong", Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie (music), Will Jennings (lyrics)
• Best Semper Fi by a Marine in a Leadership Role - Buck Welcher
Academy Award nominations
• Best Actress in a Leading Role - Debra Winger
• Best Music, Original Score
• Best Film Editing
• Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School Class 12-80 sends. This scene was just after the infamous 'Napalm Sticks to Kids' squad singing the jody/cadence call. See also Marine Corps boot camp, "Pump It" by Black Eyed Peas, , What's Life Like for a U.S. Marine? - With Bloopers, Road to Gold, Hornets Nest, Gunslinger |