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6.5In response to political pressure from Senator Lillian DeHaven, the U.S. Navy begins a program that would allow for the eventual integration of women into its combat services. The program begins with a single trial candidate, Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil, who is chosen specifically for her femininity. O'Neil enters the grueling Navy SEAL training program under the command of Master Chief John James Urgayle, who unfairly pushes O'Neil until her determination wins his respect.
Cast
- Demi Moore as Lt. Jordan O'Neil
- Viggo Mortensen as Master Chief John James Urgayle
- Morris Chestnut as McCool
- Josh Hopkins as Flea
- David Vadim as Cortez
- Jim Caviezel as Slovnik
Themes
- gulf war
- helicopter
- middle east
- libya
- u.s. navy
- sexism
- naval officer
- sexual harassment
- feminist
- u.s. navy seal
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ridley Scott
- Screenplay by
- David Twohy Danielle Alexandra
- Story by
- Danielle Alexandra
- Produced by
- Ridley Scott Roger Birnbaum Demi Moore Suzanne Todd
- Starring
- Demi Moore Viggo Mortensen Anne Bancroft
- Cinematography
- Hugh Johnson
- Edited by
- Pietro Scalia
- Music by
- Trevor Jones
- Production companies
- Hollywood Pictures Caravan Pictures Roger Birnbaum Productions Largo Entertainment Scott Free Productions
- Distributed by
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (Select territories) Largo Entertainment (International)
- Release date
- August 22, 1997 ( 1997-08-22 )
- Running time
- 124 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $98.4 million
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Encyclopedic overview
G.I. Jane is a 1997 American action drama film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, and Anne Bancroft. The film tells the fictional story of the first woman to undergo special operations training similar to the U.S. Navy SEALs.
The film was produced by Scott Free Productions, and Caravan Pictures, and distributed in select territories by Buena Vista Pictures through the Hollywood Pictures label and overseas by Largo Entertainment. Though it received generally favorable reviews and Moore's performance received some praise, she still won the Razzie Award for Worst Actress, which is commonly attributed to her role in the critically panned Striptease the year prior. It opened at No. 1 at the US box office, where it remained for two weeks, ultimately grossing $98.4 million worldwide on a $50 million budget. The film grossed over $22 million in VHS and DVD rentals. In her autobiography Inside Out, Moore called G.I. Jane her proudest professional achievement.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “G.I. Jane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.