Stripes soundtrack from 1981, composed by elmer bernstein. He doesnt care that hes screwing up his cab driving job. John winger bill murray is a cab driver who manages within the sitting of a few hours systematically loses his job, his car is repossessed and his girlfriend leaves him. Part of 8 pages of info for the 1981 movie from the award winning 80s movies rewind. Talking his best friend russell, a teacher of english as a second language, into joining with him. Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun. Da bill murray once took a cab and found out the driver. Jul 19, 2005 outside of the jaunty and comedic straightforward march, theres the wingerdepression piano melody that in the movie, makes its first entry when were introduced to bill murray s character, taxi driver john winger, as it seems his life is going from bad to worse. Realizing that he is a loser with no prospects, he decides to join the army. Bill murray takes a cab driver for a ride rolling stone s new bill murray profile, being bill murray. Set up on the lawn for a free screening of stripes, starring bill murray and harold ramis, in historic market square on wednesday evening, april 6, 2016 alamo drafthouse rolling roadshow presents the 1981 military comedy stripes r, featuring bill murray as a cab driver turned army recruit.
His girlfriend dumps him and with the thanklessness of his job, hes just about had it with his current life direction. Bill murray parade prep speech english speech stripes. John winger is a cab driver who, in the span of a few hours, loses his job, his. When new york city cab driver john winger is fired from his job, his car is repossessed, he loses his apartment, and his girlfriend leaves him all in the same day john and his best friend. John winger the cab driver stripes 1981 720p 24fps. Watch a real us army honor guard perform the razzle. In the comedy classic, bill murray plays a disgruntled cab driver whos kicked out of his girlfriends apartment and, in a whythehellnot. Bill murray and harold ramis star in this comedy classic. Bill murray john winger harold ramis russell ziskey, screenwriter warren oates sgt. Bill murrays 1981 film stripes will be getting that special cbs. Joe flaherty, dave thomas, timothy busfield, and bill paxton also appeared early in.
The original film starred bill murray, harold ramis, warren oates, p. Bill murray plays a loser cab driver who talks his best friend into enlisting with him in the army. When harold ramis pays off his pushup bet with bill murray, he throws the dollar bills onto bill murray s chest, and they move around and. Lets hope we dont go to war unless were fighting ghosts. Stripes cast and crew cast photos and info fandango.
The 1981 movie followed the adventures and misadventures of john winger murray, a downonhisluck cab driver who. Several actors including john larroquette, john diehl, conrad dunn. Stripes 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers. Stripes is a lazy but amiable comedy presenting bill murray as the biggest wise guy ever to wind up in the army.
The 30 most hilarious bill murray encounters best life. Courtesy of photofest the ivan reitmandirected film featured murray in the role of a cab driver who, aimless after losing his job and. Some other cab drives youd find on my own top 10 are john winger bill murray from stripes and cabbie from escape from new york. Movies qt this category is for questions and answers related to stripes, as asked by users of. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as.
Bill murray s character in stripes is a cab driver as the film opens, after hes abused by onetoomany of his fares, he decides to join the army. Bill murray s john winger is a new york cab driver who loses his job, apartment, and girlfriend and decides to join the army as a way to avoid being a total failure in life. Stripes is a 1981 american buddy military comedy film directed by ivan reitman, starring bill murray, harold ramis, warren oates, p. In one scene of stripes bill murray s character exhorts his comrades, but were american soldiers. Murray made the cabbie pull over, traded him places, and drove the car around while he practiced in the back seat. Stripes 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Stripes is a 1981 american buddy military comedy film directed by ivan reitman and starring bill murray, harold ramis. Bill murrays memorable film roles hollywood reporter. Glass roberla leighton anita conrad dunn francis psycho soyer judge reinhold elmo. The film is about a lazy cab driver whos bored with city life and joins the army.
Several actors including john larroquette, john diehl, conrad dunn, and judge reinhold were featured in their first significant film roles. Jan 09, 2014 john winger bill murray is a cab driver who manages within the sitting of a few hours systematically loses his job, his car is repossessed and his girlfriend leaves him. Jul 07, 2014 my favourite parts of stripes are the early scenes, when his life is falling apart like a dollar bill left in the wash. Razzle dazzle from the movie stripes we are the mighty. Us stripes 1981 in the span of a few hours a cab driver loses his. It was one of john candys breakthrough film appearances. Bill murray and the heckler joe furey on letterman duration. Watch a real us army honor guard perform the razzle dazzle. Oct 22, 2015 bill murrays 10 funniest roles, ranked. Stripes is a 1981 american buddy military comedy film directed by ivan reitman and starring bill murray, harold ramis, warren oates, p. Facing a long drive across the bay to sausalito, he started talking with his cabbie and discovered that his driver was a frustrated saxophone player. Match the bill murray character description with its accompanying movie. He gets stiffed on a cab fare, picks up the fare from hell and leaves her hanging, has his. Too bad all cab drivers arent former special forces operatives.
Match the bill murray character description with its. Stripes and the biggest wise guy in the army the new york. Stillman john voldstad stillmans aide john diehl cruiser lance le gault col. Soles stella sean young louise john candy dewey ox oxberger john larroquette capt. After leaving his cab blocking traffic on a bridge and tossing the keys into the river below. His best friend russell ziskey harold ramis of sctv, heavy metal, ghostbusters, baby boom, ghostbusters ii and as good as it gets a professor of english at a community college and they. Although winger doesnt drive a cab for long, he has hilarious tactics for freaking out his fares, and he doesnt shit from them either. Soles and john candy, directed by ivan reitman, written by len blum, daniel goldberg and ramis and produced by goldberg and reitman. Stripes extended cut, ghostbusters, groundhog day box set. After having a horrible day, cab driver john winger bill murray realizes he has nothing to lose and convinces his friend russell ziskey harold ramis that they should join the army. Stripes is a 1981 film starring bill murray, harold ramis, warren oates, p.
With bill murray, john candy, harold ramis, warren oates. John larroquette is the best in the film, imagine ada dan fielding in an army uniform and you got larroquettes character. John winger the cab driver on his way to the airport. Us stripes 1981 in the span of a few hours a cab driver loses his job, his apartment, his car, and his girlfriend. Stripes is also one of the most quoted movies of all time. Stripes opens on a particularly bad day in the life of john winger bill murray. Stripes and the biggest wise guy in the army the new. Rewind the locations where they filmed the 1981 comedy movie starring bill murray, harold ramis, warren oates more cast. People themed lr this category is for questions and answers related to murray, bill, as asked by users of. Realizing that he is a loser with no prospects, he decides to. In stripes, the climax involves the armys latest secret weapon, which is a computerized, armored, nuclear weapons carrier disguised as a recreational vehicle. A cab driver from louisville loses his job, apartment, car and girlfriend in a.
This time, murray takes his deft comic arrogance into the u. Murray, ramis, and their girls decide to test it during a weekend holiday swing through the alps. Like cheech and chongs nice dreams, with which it will doubtless compete. Winger throws the keys to his cab into the ohio river from the same bridge where boxing great muhammad ali claims to have thrown his olympic gold medal. Feeling that he is a loser with no prospects, he decides to join the army. Seeking solace from his lifelong buddy, russell harold ramis, its a time of selfpity and selfblame. Opening scene of stripes with the intro to harold ramis as the. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. Stripes is your typical armed service comedy with a nice eighties twist from bill murray and a crew from saturday night live just coming into their. Top 10 films about taxi drivers top 10 films top 10 films. Apr, 2020 when things get back to normal on the production side, director ivan reitmans military comedy feature stripes 1981 will be rebooted as a series for sony pictures television and cbs tv, with reitman set to direct the pilot from a teleplay by trevor moore, sam brown and zach cregger. Bill murray stops the car and stands up for himself in hilarious fashion throwing the car keys over the bridge.
After losing his job, apartment and car, and being dumped by his girlfriend. Jun 26, 1981 stripes is a lazy but amiable comedy presenting bill murray as the biggest wise guy ever to wind up in the army. To celebrate bill murray, the wheres waldo of public figures, weve collected the 30 best and most hilarious encounters that average, everyday people have had with the guy whose personality couldnt be contained by the movies. Written by harold ramis, len blum, and daniel goldberg. Us stripes 1981 in the span of a few hours a cab driver.
John winger bill murray is a cab driver who, in the span of a few hours, loses. Directed by ivan reitman and costarring harold ramis, warren oates, p. Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for. Bill murray is in tiptop form as a slacker cab driver turned army recruit in one of the funniest movies ever made thats the fact jackshared by stripeson wednesday, april 01, 2009original release year 1981tags nbsparmy nbspgoof nbspjudge nbspform. Bill murray hits his balls as a taxi driver while putting luggage in the trunk. Stripes is a 1981 comedy about two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun. Stripes is your typical armed service comedy with a nice eighties twist from bill murray and a crew from saturday night live just coming into their prime as players.
Its funny how they start out in downtown louisville and he ends up driving toward jeffersonville, in. Stripes is a film directed by ivan reitman with bill murray, harold ramis, warren oates, p. The opening taxi scene of stripes has very little to do with the rest of the film, but its a great setup for the character of john, as played by typical bill murray ness by bill murray. Directed by ivan reitman, this 80s screwball comedy follows a group of misfits that must.
Stripes movie filming locations the 80s movies rewind. A stripes tv series is coming to cbs, and it will be directed by ivan reitman, who helmed the original movie. Bill murray and harold ramis join the army in this 1981 ivan reitman comedy. Harold ramis, john candy and john larroquette make stripes a classic comedy. Bill murray interview stripes 1981 reelin in the years archives duration. The ghostbusters minus dan ackroyd team up again in the funniest army film ever produced.
Though not as big as later efforts like ghostbusters, stripes did quite well and established murray as one of the most successful saturday night live alumni. Cbs brings bill murrays comedy to series, ivan reitman. Stripes movie screening at market square park 365 houston. It also featured several actors in their first significant film roles, including john larroquette, sean young, john diehl, and judge reinhold. Bill murray stars as a cab driver who, in the span of a few hours, loses his job, apartment, car, and girlfriend, which prompts him to join the army. Writing and starring in stripes, shows just how amazing harold ramis was.
Stripes is a lazy but amiable comedy presenting bill murray as the. He has a pushy female passenger who doesnt take kindly to johns. Consider, for example, the time a couple of years ago when he caught a cab late at night in oakland. Bill murray will go down in history as one of the great comics. Bill murray gives wes anderson an automatic yes when he calls. M any of us have random impulses, but bill murray is the man who acts on them, for all of us.
Murray plays john winger, a nottoosuccessful cab driver whose girlfriend roberta leighton leaves him due to his lack of ambition and consistent screwups. Bill murray s 1981 film stripes will be getting that special cbs comedy touch, as the eye network is developing a series based on the military comedy. Why id like to be bill murray in stripes film the guardian. Jul 11, 2016 the 1981 film stripes featured what is probably the worst group of movie soldiers ever to join the army that was kinda the point of the film. Bill murrays john winger is a new york cab driver who loses his job, apartment, and girlfriend and decides to join the army as a way to avoid. That probably had little to do with the patchy script and everything to do with the casting of bill murray as a hapless cab driver. By the end of the movie, the army is much the worse for wear, since the pair almost succeed in starting world war 3. Murrays platoon is assigned to go to europe and test it.
Parents need to know that 1981s stripes is comic mayhem with a young bill murray reprising the cheeky hapless character he created for televisions saturday night live and in meatballs and caddyshack on the big screen. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in stripes 1981. Soles, sean young, and john candy, with john larroquette, john diehl, conrad dunn, judge reinhold, joe flaherty, dave thomas, timothy busfield and bill paxton. The cabbie knew a great latenight bbq place, but worried that it was in a sketchy neighborhood. Stripes is a 1981 american warcomedy film directed by ivan reitman, starring bill murray, harold ramis, warren oates, p. Bill murray plays john winger, a downandout cab driver in nyc a grown man who has never owned up to responsibility. John winger is a cab driver who, in the span of a few hours, loses his job, his apartment, his car, and his girlfriend. From the start of the movie you will be laughing hard. Da bill murray once took a cab and found out the driver played the saxophone but never got to practice because he worked 14hour days. The 1981 film stripes featured what is probably the worst group of movie soldiers ever to join the army that was kinda the point of the film. Bill murray is of the most beloved stars in the world and can get away with almost anything. Oct 28, 2014 m any of us have random impulses, but bill murray is the man who acts on them, for all of us. In that opening scene bill murray is a cab driver who gets this rich rude obnoxious customer who insults him throughout the ride.