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Basic Training
38%
Movie
1h 28m
AI Analysis
Basic Training (1985) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Basic Training (1985) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Melinda comes to Washington DC to visit her friend Debbie, and to find a job in government, where she hopes to do her part to make it better. She gets a lower echelon administrative position at the Pentagon, and finds things pretty slack. Her boss seems to be more interested in getting into her pants than trying to … Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~88 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Basic Training 38% (12 votes) — polarizing or niche appeal for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
38%
from 12 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Melinda comes to Washington DC to visit her friend Debbie, and to find a job in government, where she hopes to do her part to make it better. She gets a lower echelon administrative position at the Pentagon, and finds things pretty slack. Her boss seems to be more interested in getting into her pants than trying to find lost data on the Russians. Melinda resists his advances and begins working her way up in the Pentagon, finding subtle ways of getting her policies implemented by manipulating the slovenly males that populate the Pentagon, including finding a way to defuse the mounting conflict with the Russians
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1985-11-01
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- TMDB rating
- 3.8
- TMDB ID
- 105246
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What is Basic Training about?
Melinda comes to Washington DC to visit her friend Debbie, and to find a job in government, where she hopes to do her part to make it better. She gets a lower echelon administrative position at the... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Basic Training?
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How long is the movie Basic Training?
The official runtime for Basic Training is approximately 88 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Ann Dusenberry
Melinda
Rhonda Shear
Debbie
Angela Aames
Cheryl
- W
Will Nye
Lt. Cranston
Walter Gotell
Nabokov
Marty Brill
General Strombs
- W
William A. Forester
General Kane
- C
Christopher Pennock
Major Magnum
Mark Withers
Captain Drysdale
- G
Gerard Prendergast
Bill Slater
- M
Marty Cohen
Michael
- O
Orly Oh
Tanya
- L
Linda Hoy
Miss Perkins
Kenny Ellis
Sidney
Gerald Berns
Steve
- L
Lynn Griffis
Reporter #1
- J
John Ochoa
Reporter #2
Michael Greene
Dimitri
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