Stripes is a 1981 American comedy film starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, and John Candy. The director was Ivan Reitman. Stripes also featured several noted actors in their first significant movie roles, including John Larroquette, Sean Young, John Diehl and Judge Reinhold. It was one of Canadian comedian John Candy's early breakthrough film appearances. Dave Thomas, Bill Paxton and Timothy Busfield are also in one sce...
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Stripes is a 1981 American comedy film starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, and John Candy. The director was Ivan Reitman. Stripes also featured several noted actors in their first significant movie roles, including John Larroquette, Sean Young, John Diehl and Judge Reinhold. It was one of Canadian comedian John Candy's early breakthrough film appearances. Dave Thomas, Bill Paxton and Timothy Busfield are also in one scene apiece. The film was among Oates' last films, as he died of a heart attack the year after it was released.
John Winger is a slacker in his late 20s (played by Bill Murray, age 31) who drives a cab in Louisville. He experiences the worst day of his life as, in the span of just a few hours, he quits his job, his car is repossessed, he drops his pizza on the street, and his girlfriend dumps him. Realizing that his life is a failure, he decides he needs a new direction. At that moment, a recruiting ad for the U.S. Army plays on the television,...
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