Private Benjamin (1981)

Storyline

When her husband dies in the wedding night Judy decides to join the army. What looks like a bad decision at first, turns out not so bad at all. That is, until her superior makes sexual advances. She is transferred to NATO headquarters in Europe and (re)meets the Frenchman Henri. Judy and Henri decide to marry, but will they ? Private Benjamin, the 1981 Howard Zieff Cold War woman-in-boot-camp military comedy (“The Army was no laughing matter until Judy Benjamin joined it.”; written by Nancy Meyers & Charles Shyer) starring Goldie Hawn (in her nominated for Best Actress Academy Award role), Eileen Brennan (in her nominated for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award role), Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Sam Wanamaker, Barbra Barrie, Mary Kay Place, Harry Dean Stanton, and Albert Brooks (billed as “Special Appearance Albert Brooks”)