Biloxi Blues

Biloxi Blues

  • Director: Mike Nichols
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: March 25, 1988
  • Sound mix: Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues
  • Biloxi Blues is a comedy film directed by Mike Nichols and starring Matthew Broderick and Christopher Walken.
    The film tells the story of Eugene, a recent high school graduate, who leaves his hometown of Brooklyn, New York, for ten weeks of harsh training at a boot camp in Mississippi.

    Details

    • Release date March 25, 1988
    • Filming locations Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, USA
    • Production companies Rastar Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $20,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $43,184,798

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $7,093,325

    Gross worldwide

    $51,684,798

    Movie reviews

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    • By Ena 2022-10-15 16:24:15

      Highly recommended

      I watched it n years ago, and it is almost my favorite of the comedy movies. It's a pity that the disc that I finally bought was borrowed and never returned. The male pig is the cutie husband of jessica parker of sex and city. I didn't expect such a cutie's acting skills to be so superb. The dialogue inside is very smart ass, for example: A: what do you recommend me to read if I want to become a writer. B: the entire third floor of new york public library. ------ (talking to himself ) 'this...

    User comments

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    • By Jacklyn 2023-09-29 00:57:01

      The movie I watched three months ago, it's a good youth...

    • By Zella 2023-09-04 03:53:12

      Just watched more than half of it on HBO, it's not...

    • By Cyrus 2023-08-29 06:01:54

      The plot is a little procrastinated, but I still like to watch Matthew play that exaggerated...

    • By Evangeline 2023-08-27 22:23:16

      The benefit of the decipline is that we will win this war. Every character is very good like the truth of the story without being very...

    • By Jasper 2023-08-18 17:50:59

      The combination of Neil Simon + Mike Nichols, war is the shell, youth is the core. There's no bullshit, and behind every conversation lies the indecision, precariousness, and heart-to-heart decisions of the boys during their turbulent adolescence. Two Jewish boys at the center of the camera, one who will become a Brooklyn prosecutor, and one who realizes his dream of becoming a playwright, the importance of this military life growing up is...

    Movie quotes

    • Rowena: What's your name, honey?

      Eugene Morris Jerome: It's Eug...

      Rowena: Huge?

      Eugene Morris Jerome: It's a HUGE name. It's Jack Bobby Lou Mulgreevey.

      Rowena: Where you from, Bobby Lou?

      Eugene Morris Jerome: [affecting a Southern accent] "Texarkana..."

      Rowena: Is that Arkansas or Texas?

      Eugene Morris Jerome: Arkansas, I think...

      Rowena: You think?

      Eugene Morris Jerome: Well, I was just born there. When I was two we moved to Georgia.

      Rowena: You a cracker?

      Eugene Morris Jerome: What's a cracka?

      Rowena: Someone from Georgia.

      Eugene Morris Jerome: Oh. Yeah, I'm a cracka...

    • [Rowena has divested herself of most of her clothing and is on the bed; beckons to Eugene]

      Rowena: All right, now... come to mama.

      Eugene Morris Jerome: [petrified] Please, don't say..."come to mama."

    • [Eugene is trying to make "small talk" with Rowena]

      Eugene Morris Jerome: Are you from Biloxi?

      Rowena: No, Gulfport. My husband, too.

      Eugene Morris Jerome: Your husband? You're married? My God, he'll KILL me if he finds me here!

      Rowena: No he won't.

      Eugene Morris Jerome: Yes he will!

      Rowena: He won't. He's in the service. He knew about me before we were married. He's my best customer...

      Eugene Morris Jerome: Customer? You charge your own husband?

      Rowena: I mean he's my best lover.