Stripes

Year:

1981

Duration:

106 min | USA:126 min (extended version) | Spain:117 min (extended version)

Genres:

Comedy | War

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Ivan Reitman

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1981-06-26

Filming Locations: Kentucky, USA

Earnings

Budget: $10,000,000

Opening Weekend: $6,130,197 (USA) (28 June 1981)

Gross: $83,339,362 (USA) (8 November 1981)

Cast

Actor

Character

Linda Dupree

Anita Merritt

Bill Murray

John

Harold Ramis

Russell

Warren Oates

Sgt. Hulka

P.J. Soles

Stella

Sean Young

Louise

John Candy

Ox

John Larroquette

Capt. Stillman

John Voldstad

Stillman's Aide

John Diehl

Cruiser

Lance LeGault

Col. Glass

Roberta Leighton

Anita

Conrad Dunn

Psycho

Judge Reinhold

Elmo

Antone Pagan

Hector

Glenn-Michael Jones

Leon

William Lucking

Recruiter (as Bill Lucking)

Fran Ryan

Dowager in Cab

Joe Flaherty

Border Guard (as Joseph P. Flaherty)

Nick Toth

Border Guard

Dave Thomas

M.C.

Robin Klein

Cheerleader

Robert J. Wilke

General Barnicke

Lois Hamilton

Stillman's Girlfriend (as Lois Areno)

Samuel Briggs

Corporal

Joseph X. Flaherty

Sergeant Crocker

Hershel B. Harlson

Shoeshine Man

Timothy Busfield

Soldier with Mortar

Solomon Schmidt

Store Owner

Gino Gottarelli

Russian Officer

Gene Scherer

Russian Officer

Dawn Clark

Mud Wrestler

Susan Mechsner

Mud Wrestler

Sue Bowser

Mud Wrestler

Leslie Henderson

Mud Wrestler

Craig Schaefer

Soldier outside Motor Pool

Arkady Rakhman

Immigrant

Pamela Bowman

Cruiser's Girl

Gerard J. Counts

Russian Soldier

Yetim Buntsis

Russian Soldier

Semyon Veyts

Russian Soldier

Larry R. Gillette

Russian Soldier

Glenn Leigh Marshall

Russian Soldier

Dale Prince

Russian Soldier

Larry Odell Lane

Soldier

Joyce D. Helmus

Soldier

David A. Mullins

Soldier

Bruce E. Ellis

Soldier

David D. Platko

Soldier

Phillip A. Urbansky

Soldier

William R. Sykes

Soldier

Bill Paxton

Soldier

J.A. Crawford

Soldier

Michael Flynn

Soldier

Norman Mont-Eton

Policeman

Mark S. Markowicz

Policeman

Jeff Viola

Policeman

Robert Dulaine

Policeman

Donald Gibb

Bouncer in Mud Wrestling Bar (uncredited)

Michael King

Soldier (uncredited)

Dennis Quaid

Extra at Graduation Ceremony (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The kitchen scene between Bill Murray and P.J. Soles was completely improvised.

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According to the DVD special features, the film was originally conceived as a vehicle for Cheech & Chong; Ivan Reitman has also stated that the reason this fell through was because their manager insisted (without the pair's knowledge) on a 25% share of Reitman's next five films, which he wasn't willing to give up. The script was then rewritten for Bill Murray and Harold Ramis, and most of the "stoner" humor was shifted to the "Elmo" character played by Judge Reinhold.

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The last sentence the platoon shouts during their performance at graduation, "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", is a sentence that was popularly used to test typewriters and telegraph machines because it contains every letter of the alphabet at least once.

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Goofs

Before lights-out, Sgt. Hulka promises a 10-mile run in the morning. Then in the morning he says 5 miles, then ups it to 10 because of Winger's comment.

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During the rescue toward the end of the movie, when a rocket is fired from the Urban Assault Vehicle toward a guard tower, a crew member is clearly visible crouching at the left of the scene attempting to conceal himself behind part of a building.

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Traveling north from Italy to Germany, as Winger and Ziskey went with the RV to see their girlfriends, and their squad traveled in pursuit, one would have to take a RIGHT into the Czech Republic, and a LEFT into Germany, not a left into the Czech Republic and a right into Germany as the roadsigns falsely indicated.

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Quotes

Russell Ziskey: You could join a monastery.

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John Winger: [Winger and Hansen are trapped by enemy fire] You know who would love this? Russell!

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Captain Stillman: Well, explain yourselves.

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Faq

Q

What are the differences between the Theatrical Version and the Extended Cut?

A

The Extended Cut runs nearly 19 minutes longer and features seven additional scenes that do make the movie funnier and complete it nicely. This having said it's the version to get. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

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