Private Benjamin Page #2

Synopsis: When her husband dies on their wedding night, Judy decides to join the United States Army. She realizes that she has never been independent in her entire life. What looks like a bad decision at first, turns out not so bad at all. That is, until her superior officer makes sexual advances on her. She has been transferred to NATO headquarters in Europe and (re)meets the Frenchman Henri Tremont. Judy and Henri decide to marry, but will they?
Genre: Comedy, War
Director(s): Howard Zieff
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
59
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
R
Year:
1980
109 min
2,223 Views


...and tenderness you and Yale

had the opportunity to share.

My philosophy of life has gotten me

through some very rough times.

Let me share it with you.

Que ser ser.

I got it from the song.

Judith?

Just one thing.

If you can remember...

...what were Yale's last words?

"I'm coming."

I know you don't want to hear this...

...but you got to get

right back into circulation.

When you fall off the horse,

you got to climb right back on.

Aunt Kissy, please!

Could I be alone now?

I'm sorry.

She wants to be alone.

She wants to be alone.

She doesn't want to live in their place.

I can't blame her.

- Sell everything and buy her new.

- Buy her new? She'll live with us.

- What if she doesn't want to?

- She doesn't know what she wants.

And what's she going to do now?

Be my secretary again?

The girl's 29 years old

and trained to do nothing.

I'm 28.

Look what we got!

I've never not belonged to somebody.

Never.

My first boyfriend was

in nursery school. I was two...

...and he was three and since then...

...I've been pinned,

lavaliered, engaged...

...married twice.

The first time, I was twenty.

See, I've been in this room

eight days...

...and it's really the first eight days

I've ever been alone in my life.

If I'm not going to be married...

...I don't know what I'm

supposed to do with myself.

Did you happen to see

that movie Unmarried Woman?

Well, I didn't get it.

I would've been

Mrs. Alan Bates so fast...

...that guy wouldn't have

known what hit him.

The thing is, and then I'll shut up...

...I haven't done anything wrong.

And I feel like I'm being punished!

I thought I'd be

filling up my freezer...

...and be getting this new

pine sideboard that I ordered and...

Jessica, I do hate...

...to stop your free association,

but our switchboard's flooded.

So set your phone down

and turn your radio up, okay?

Hello, Night Owl,

you're on the air.

You lucked out. I read in

the Enquirer this morning...

...that marriage causes cancer.

Philadelphia Night Owl,

you're on the air.

About that Palestinian homeland.

In your Bible you'll see...

...that the Arabs had first dibs

on the West Bank.

Not tonight, Del, thanks.

Line 4, have you

got advice for Jessica?

Yes, I do. Hi, Jessica.

My name is Jim.

First let me say

how terribly sorry I am...

...about your misfortune.

And nobody knows better than you

that things can 't get much worse.

It's also pretty obvious that

you need guidance, security...

...good friends and a healthy dose

of self-confidence, Jessica.

What I'm saying is,

I think I can help you find a new life.

- Are you Jessica?

- Jim?

Yeah, hi.

Am I late or you early?

I'm just a few hours early.

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Nancy Meyers

Nancy Jane Meyers (born December 8, 1949) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. She is the writer, producer and director of several big-screen successes, including The Parent Trap (1998), What Women Want (2000), Something's Gotta Give (2003), The Holiday (2006), It's Complicated (2009) and The Intern (2015). more…

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