As a disciplinary measure, the Army transfers a heavy-handed Major to a ROTC academy where he must shape-up cadets and improve the school's overall ratings.As a disciplinary measure, the Army transfers a heavy-handed Major to a ROTC academy where he must shape-up cadets and improve the school's overall ratings.As a disciplinary measure, the Army transfers a heavy-handed Major to a ROTC academy where he must shape-up cadets and improve the school's overall ratings.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
Joey D. Vieira
- Cadet Corporal Scawalski
- (as Donald Keeler)
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- TriviaCharlton Heston received no salary for this movie. He took a percentage of the box-office profits instead. According to his autobiography, it turned out to be a good deal as the film was financially successful and that he received residual checks "for years".
- GoofsWhen Major Benson and Dr. Lambert are speaking to each other in his office immediately after the Tiger potential vomiting incident, Benson's tie is in a different position when he is filmed from the front than when he is filmed from the side.
- Quotes
John: Are you the new soldier fella?
Major Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson: Yeah.
John: You got a lot of ribbons, what do they stand for?
Major Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson: Good conduct.
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Clumsy
Cutesy little comedy that tries hard but trips over its own obviousness. Hard-nosed army Major Charlton Heston is unwillingly dispatched to a lax military school to shape up the boys' failing ROTC program. There's an immediate clash of backgrounds that provides some comedic potential, but I suspect this is a film Heston would just as soon forget. The trouble is he's miscast-- Moses just doesn't do pratfalls well. And here, unfortunately, he does a lot of them. The comedy is clumsily done, with a real lack of timing , and is not helped by the many blaring close-ups of the precious little Tim Hovey, who I'm sure many find adorable-- which he may be, but in very small doses. After about the 20th close-up of "how cute I am", my dinner began to rebel. I kept wishing a really digestible kid like Alfalfa or Spanky had been available . With a more jaundiced eye, better direction, and appropriate casting, this might have made a humorous little 90 minutes. As it stands, the only interest is to aficionados of early Sal Mineo.
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- dougdoepke
- Feb 26, 2007
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Der Privatkrieg des Major Benson
- Filming locations
- St. Catherine's Military School - 215 N. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim, California, USA(Sheridan Military Academy)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $600,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1
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