Hulka) had a drunken evening beside the grave of late actor Strother Martin. Even after filming moved to Los Angeles, Murray and Warren Oates (Sgt. Stillman) later admitted that he was drunk in the scene when he dressed down the company after they watched and participated in mud wrestling. MOST OF THE CAST WAS DRUNK FOR TWO WEEKS FOLLOWING JOHN LENNON’S DEATH.
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ARMY RECRUITMENT NUMBERS WENT UP AFTER THE MOVIE WAS RELEASED.īy about 10 percent. He reasoned with himself that if guns were used to save your friends, it was okay. MURRAY WAS UNEASY ABOUT MAKING A MOVIE WHERE HE CARRIED A MACHINE GUN. So they gave the crew a ton of access, including allowing Ivan Reitman and company to shoot in Fort Knox and letting real troops play extras. SOLES DID BOOT CAMP FOR THREE DAYS.īoth John Winger and Stella initially planned to wake up at 0500 and jog with real soldiers for two weeks. Bill Murray stepped in and insisted that he only wanted to work with Ramis. Soles’s husband at the time) read for his part. With the knowledge that the studio didn’t want him, and more comfortable with writing at that point than with acting, Ramis was reluctant to play Russell. HAROLD RAMIS AND COLUMBIA PICTURES DID NOT WANT HAROLD RAMIS IN THE MOVIE. Here are 17 things you might not have known about the 1981 hit. It was also the first shot in the spotlight for Sean Young, John Larroquette, Judge Reinhold, Timothy Busfield, and “Hey! It’s that guy!” actor John Diehl. But it turned into a modern comedy classic featuring an embarrassment of acting riches with a cast that included Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy, and P.J.
Stripes was originally pitched by director Ivan Reitman as a Cheech and Chong Army movie.
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