Private Benjamin (1980 film)
Private Benjamin is a 1980 American comedy film starring Goldie Hawn. The film was one of the biggest box office hits of 1980, and also spawned a shortlived television series. The film is ranked 82 on the American Film Institutes 100 Funniest Movies poll, and 59 on Bravos 100 Funniest Movies.
Army regulations and the continuing disapproval of Captain Lewis Eileen Brennan frustrate her, but when Judys parents arrive at Fort Biloxi to take her home, she decides to stay and finish basic training, which she does with distinction after a wargames exercise. Upon completion of basic training, Judy meets Henri Tremont Armand Assante, a dashing French doctor, who is in Biloxi for a medical conference. They separate after a brief romance, Henri returns to Paris and Judy enters training for the Thornbirds, an elite paratrooper unit after basic training. She quickly finds that she was chosen because the units commander finds her attractive he attempts to sexually assault her. When she refuses, he attempts to have her transferred as far away from Biloxi as possible. Rather than accept what she sees as an undesirable post in Greenland or Guam, she negotiates an assignment to SHAPE in Belgium, and meets up with Henri again on a visit to Paris. He proposes marriage and she accepts, but when Capt. Lewis discovers that Tremont is a communist, Judy is forced to choose either her Army career or love.After she chooses Henri and gets engaged, Judy discovers Henris controlling side. He tries to remake her, and also forces her to sign a prenuptial agreement in his favor. Then, when she finds out Henri is still in love with his exgirlfriend, Clare, and has cheated on her with their maid, she realizes that she is capable of doing whatever she wants, and that she does not need Henri in her life. She walks out on him at the altar to go and live her own life. ........
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