
"Stripes" stars Murray as John Winger, a man who loses everything he has all in one day and decides that his only option is to volunteer for the army, taking his best friend Russell (Ramis) along with him. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Emmys STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Intl Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events.
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This year, the film is 40 years old and in honor of that milestone, select movie theaters across the nation will be showing the Kentucky-made classic this month with an exclusive introduction from director Ivan Reitman and Murray. 39 Stripes (1979) Parents Guide and Certifications from around the world. Starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy and others, the film remains one of the biggest box offices hits filmed in Kentucky. According to Box Office Mojo, when "Stripes" was released in 1981, it grossed $85,297,000. Only "Seabiscuit" (2003), which domestically grossed $120,277,854, outran the "Stripes'" box office return for a film shot primarily in Kentucky. Summaries The true story of Ed Martin, former chain gang convict who converted to Christianity in prison in 1944 and formed the HopeAglow Prison Ministries. His character, Elmo Blum, inherited all the. Stripes was Judge Reinhold’s (Running Scared, Gremlins, Beverly Hills Cop) first film. The film was shot for about 10 million in 1981, a fairly moderate budget for a film with a war at the end. It wasn't the first major film shot in Kentucky - “Coal Miner's Daughter," "How the West Was Won" and "The Kentuckian" are a few that came before - but for Louisvillians, the comedy classic "Stripes" may be the most well-remembered and beloved production to come out of the Bluegrass state. The apartment scene was cut in half, then later cut back in (for the extended DVD version). View Gallery: 'Stripes' 40-year anniversary: See photos from the Kentucky set
