Major Payne (1995)

Director:

Nick Castle

Writers (WGA):

Joe Connelly (story) &
Bob Mosher (story) ...

Release Date:

24 March 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

He's looking for a few good men... or a few guys old enough to shave.

Plot:

Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the...

Plot Keywords:

Bullet | Teaching | Grenade | Obesity | Stepfather Stepson Relationship

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Dec. 28

8:00 PM

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Cast

Damon Wayans	...	Maj. Benson Payne
Ross Bickell	...	Col. Braggart
Scott 'Bam Bam' Bigelow	...	Huge Biker
Joseph Blaire	...	Cadet Bryan (as Joda Blare-Hershman)
Orlando Brown	...	Cadet Kevin 'Tiger' Dunne
Peyton Chesson-Fohl	...	Cadet Sgt. Johnson
Stephen Coleman	...	Cadet Leland
Mark Conway	...	Police Sergeant
David DeHart	...	Wellington Cadet Captain
Joshua Todd Diveley	...	New Cadet
Robert Faraoni Jr.	...	Smart Ass Soldier
Michael Gabel	...	Lt. Wiseman
Albert Hall	...	Gen. Decker
William Hickey	...	Dr. Phillips
Michael Ironside	...	Lt. Col. Stone

Also Known As:

Auf Kriegsfuß mit Major Payne (Germany) [de]
I megali ton lohagon sholi (Greece) (TV title) [el]
Il maggiore Payne (Italy) [it]
Mayor Payne (Spain) (video title) [es]
Payne örnagy (Hungary) [hu]
Vamos a ganar! (Argentina) (video title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some crude humor and behavior.

Runtime:

Argentina:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Vietnamese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

Iceland:L | New Zealand:PG | Argentina:Atp | UK:12 (video premiere) | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Ashland, Virginia, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

In one scene, Major Payne tells the children, "Now apparently, what we have here, is a failure to communicate!" This is a famous quote taken from the movie Cool Hand Luke

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the beginning of the film, Payne instructs the cadets to do two hours of PT. They are doing so visibly from his window but within seconds, Tiger appears with his teacher at Payne's door.

Quotes:

Major Payne: You eye me one more time I'll snatch it out and put it in Heathcoat's cookie bag!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Notorious B.I.G.: Ready to Die - The Remaster (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Seriously Funny

This was a truly fun movie. Being x-military myself I thought this was a great movie. I laughed all the way through from start to finish. The shooting of the bogyman through the closet door was priceless. The story of the "Little Engine That Could" was great. I hope that a sequel will be made where they have the blind guy and his Seeing Eye dog. That will be funny stuff.