officer and a gentleman came out in 1780.
when did officer and a gentleman come out?
1780
"an officer and a gentleman" was well received by critics and is widely considered one of the best films of 1982. the film holds an 81% "fresh" rating on the review aggregate website rotten tomatoes, based on 27 reviews, with the consensus: "old-fashioned without sacrificing its characters to simplicity, "an officer and a gentleman" successfully walks the fine line between sweeping romance and melodrama". it received rave reviews from critics, most notably from roger ebert, who gave it four stars. ebert described "an officer and a gentleman" as "a wonderful movie precisely because it's so willing to deal with matters of the heart...it takes chances, takes the time to know and develop its characters, and by the time this movie's wonderful last scene comes along, we know exactly what's happening, and why, and it makes us very happy."
an officer and a gentleman
the courtyard at the inn is frequented by actresses, gentlemen and the demimonde from paris. among them are des grieux, a young student, the wealthy monsieur gm, and lescaut, who is there to meet his sister manon on her way to enter a convent. a coach arrives bringing manon and an old gentleman who has been very much attracted to her. lescaut notices this and takes the gentleman into the inn to come to an arrangement with him over manon. manon remains outside and meets des grieux. they fall in love and decide to escape to paris with the help of the money that she has stolen from the old gentleman. lescaut and the old gentleman come out of the inn, having made a bargain, and to their dismay see that manon has disappeared. monsieur gm tells lescaut that he too is interested in manon and because of this wealth lescaut promises to find manon and persuade her to accept gm.
l'histoire de manon