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Private Benjamin
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| Private Benjamin | |
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 Private Benjamin movie poster |
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| Directed by | Howard Zieff |
| Produced by | Nancy Meyer Harvey Miller Charles Shyer Goldie Hawn (executive producer) |
| Written by | Harvey Miller |
| Starring | Goldie Hawn Eileen Brennan Armand Assante |
| Music by | Bill Conti |
| Cinematography | David M. Walsh |
| Editing by | Sheldon Kahn |
| Release date(s) | October 7, 1980 |
| Running time | 109 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Private Benjamin is a 1980 comedy film which tells the story of Judy, a wealthy Jewish woman, who joins the army when her new husband dies on their wedding night. Although she becomes involved with another well-to-do doctor and almost marries him, life in the army helps Judy develop self-confidence and she decides to live independently.
When Judy Benjamin meets a dashing Frenchman at NATO headquarters, he asks her to marry him, then (just before the wedding) hands her a complicated prenuptial agreement to sign, which designates her modest wealth as her separate property and his vast wealth as his separate property. It seems that his family was worried that an American barbarian would get the family chateau. This film is number 58 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies".
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- Goldie Hawn
- Eileen Brennan
- Armand Assante
- Sam Wanamaker
- Barbara Barrie
- Mary Kay Place
- Harry Dean Stanton
- Albert Brooks
- Alan Oppenheimer
- Richard Herd
It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Goldie Hawn), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Eileen Brennan) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.
In 1981, Private Benjamin was made into a television series starring Lorna Patterson, Eileen Brennan, Hal Williams and Joel Brooks (it originally aired 1981 – 1983).
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