Eugene, an aspiring writer from Brooklyn, is drafted into the US Army during the final months of World War II. For his basic training, the Army sends him to Camp Shelby in Mississippi, where toil, bad food, and antisemitic jibes await. Eugene takes refuge in his sense of humor and in his diary, but they won't protect him in a battle of wills with an unstable drill sergeant.

• DirectorMike Nichols
• Release25 March 1988
• Genre
  Comedy / Drama
• Duration1h 46m
• Budget$20,000,000
• Revenue$51,684,798
• Rate
  

  6.263
  209 reviews
• Productions

  Universal Pictures, Rastar Productions