Best Original Screenplay1983 Film Fan Awards55th Academy Awards
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Best Original Screenplay Nominee

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

Ceremony Year: 1983Category: Best Original ScreenplayReleased: 1982
Nominated Talent & Credits
Douglas Day Stewart— Douglas Day Stewart
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Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart, so Foley rides him mercilessly, sensing that the young man would be prime officer material if he weren't so self-involved. Zack's affair with a working girl is likewise compromised by his unwillingness to give of himself.

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WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) — 55th Academy Awards (1983)

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