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Biloxi Blues

Biloxi Blues

The Army made Eugene a man. But Daisy gave him basic training!

19886.21h 46m

Overview

A Jewish teenager sets three goals: lose his virginity, become a writer, and survive World War II.

Directed by Mike Nichols
Written by Neil Simon
Produced by Ray Stark
Box OfficeBudget: $20.0MRevenue: $51.7M

Top Cast

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick

Eugene Morris Jerome

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken

Sgt. Toomey

Matt Mulhern

Matt Mulhern

Joseph Wykowski

Corey Parker

Corey Parker

Arnold B. Epstein

Markus Flanagan

Markus Flanagan

Roy Selridge

Casey Siemaszko

Casey Siemaszko

Don Carney

Michael Dolan

Michael Dolan

James J. Hennesey

Penelope Ann Miller

Penelope Ann Miller

Daisy

Park Overall

Park Overall

Rowena

Alan Pottinger

Alan Pottinger

Peek

Themes & Keywords

mississippi riverhomophobiaworld war iibased on play or musicalloss of virginityboot campbasic trainingsemi autobiographical1940sbarracksdrill sergeant

About Biloxi Blues

Biloxi Blues is a comedy, drama, war film released in 1988 exploring themes of mississippi river, homophobia, world war ii, based on play or musical, loss of virginity, boot camp. Directed by Mike Nichols, it stars Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Matt Mulhern. A Jewish teenager sets three goals: lose his virginity, become a writer, and survive World War II.

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