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Basic Training (1985)

Basic Training (1985), directed by Andrew Sugerman, starring Ann Dusenberry and Rhonda Shear.

11/01/1985 BR Comedy 1h 28m

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Melinda comes to Washington DC to visit her friend Debbie, and to find a job in government, where she hopes to do her part to make it better. She gets a lower echelon administrative position at the Pentagon, and finds things pretty slack. Her boss seems to be more interested in getting into her pants than trying to find lost data on the Russians. Melinda resists his advances and begins working her way up in the Pentagon, finding subtle ways of getting her policies implemented by manipulating the slovenly males that populate the Pentagon, including finding a way to defuse the mounting conflict with the Russians

  • Stephen W. GrayCinematography
  • Andrew SugermanDirector
  • Larry BockEditing
  • Otto SalamonProducer

About the film

Basic Training (a.k.a. Up the Military) is a 1985 sex comedy film by Andrew Sugerman. It is often considered to be one of the worst films of 1985. While set in Washington, D.C., most of the production was filmed in Los Angeles, including Bob Hope Patriotic Hall. During production the working title was "Up The Pentagon."

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Basic Training (a.k.a. Up the Military) is a 1985 sex comedy film by Andrew Sugerman. It is often considered to be one of the worst films of 1985. While set in Washington, D.C., most of the production was filmed in Los Angeles, including Bob Hope Patriotic Hall. During production the working title was "Up The Pentagon."

Plot

Melinda is a female employee of The Pentagon's public information service, who loses her job when she refuses to give in to her male superiors' sexual advances. She then becomes outraged by the Pentagon's "un-patriotic" actions, and takes revenge on them by using her physical charms to seduce the top brass into letting her back into the Pentagon. After being re-employed, she sets out to manipulate them to her will and destroy their careers, thus ridding the US government of what she sees as "perverts", who care more about cheap thrills than national security. She eventually seduces the Russian ambassador into betraying valuable military secrets by offering him among other things "the most scrumptious little breasts" as well as something (left unsaid) which she declares to be the "softest, moistest, sweetest". In the end she is appointed Secretary of Defense as a reward.

Cast

Ann Dusenberry as Melinda

Rhonda Shear as Debbie

Angela Aames as Cheryl

Will Nye as Lt. Cranston

Walter Gotell as Nabokov

Marty Brill as General Strombs

William A. Forester as General Kane

Home media release

MGM released a pan and scan DVD in 2003.

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Basic Training at IMDb

Text from Basic Training (1985 film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Training_(1985_film)

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What is Basic Training about?

Basic Training: Melinda comes to Washington DC to visit her friend Debbie, and to find a job in government, where she hopes to do her part to make it better. She gets a lower echelon administrative position at the Pentagon, and finds things pretty slack. Her boss seems to be more interested in getting into her pants than trying to fi…

Who directed Basic Training?

Basic Training was directed by Andrew Sugerman in 1985.

Who stars in Basic Training?

The cast of Basic Training includes Ann Dusenberry, Rhonda Shear, Angela Aames, Will Nye and Walter Gotell.

How long is Basic Training?

Basic Training runs for 88 minutes, or 1h28.

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