G.I. Jane

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G.I. Jane

Directed by	Ridley Scott
Produced by	Roger Birnbaum Demi Moore Ridley Scott Suzanne Todd
Written by	Danielle Alexandra David Twohy
Starring	Demi Moore Viggo Mortensen Anne Bancroft
Cinematography	Hugh Johnson
Editing by	Pietro Scalia
Distributed by	Hollywood Pictures
Release date(s)	1997
Running time	124 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50,000,000
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G.I. Jane is an 1997 action movie that tells the story of the first woman to undergo SEAL (Sea, Air, and Land) training. Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil (Moore's character) is hand-picked by a U.S. Senator Lillian de Haven (Anne Bancroft) to go through the rigorous Navy SEAL training right along with the men. Jordan O'Neil faces sexism and physical challenges as well as the horse-trading by the Senator who selected her for the experimental program.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Demi Moore training
4 Trivia
5 External link

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Demi Moore stars as Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil, the first female candidate for SEAL training to become part of an elite clandestine strike force drawn from the crème de la crème of the combined services. To make the grade, Jordan has to survive a grueling selection process in which 60 percent of all candidates wash out. Enigmatic Master Chief John Urgayle (Viggo Mortensen) runs the brutal training program that involves 20-hour days of running, marching, and crawling through obstacle courses under the worst weather conditions while carrying landing rafts – not to mention eating out of a garbage can during breaks. Along with the best of the men, the lean, mean, shaven-headed Jordan handles the punishment, including a bizarrely motivated beating from her drill sergeant. The top brass, confident that a woman would quickly drop out, becomes concerned as Jordan's ability to handle training becomes evident. Soon she must contend with trumped-up charges that she is a lesbian, and is fraternizing with women. Apparently, those in the top echelon of government never intended for her cause to succeed. They did not believe that American women should be put in harm's way, nor have other male soldiers "peering up their behinds" when they urinated. The senator begins receiving threats that military bases in her state may have to be closed.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Cast

Demi Moore - as Lt. Jordan O'Neil
Viggo Mortensen - as Master Chief John James "Jack" Urgayle
Anne Bancroft - as Sen. Lillian DeHaven
Jason Beghe - as Royce
Daniel von Bargen - as Theodore Hayes
Scott Wilson - as Captain Salem
John Michael Higgins - as Chief of Staff
Kevin Gage - as Sgt. Max Pyro, Instructor
David Warshofsky - as Sgt. Johns, Instructor
David Vadim - as Sgt. Cortez
Morris Chestnut - as McCool
Josh Hopkins - as Ens. F. Lee 'Flea' Montgomery
James Caviezel - as 'Slov' Slovnik
Boyd Kestner - as 'Wick' Wickwire
Angel David - as Newberry
Stephen Ramsey - as Stan

[edit] Demi Moore training

Demi Moore took her fictional training quite seriously, gaining the respect of her co-actors. Far from behaving as a primadonna, she was always punctual on the set and trained harder every day. In the end she was really capable of performing multiple one armed pushups, as shown in the film. This female hero role puts this film close to the amazon feminism genre.

[edit] Trivia

The Master Chief's poem is by D.H. Lawrence, entitled "Self-Pity."
When the Master chief forces them to stay awake, the Opera background music is "O mio Babbino Caro" (from the opera Gianni Schicchi)
The line "When I see the sea once more/ will the sea have seen or not seen me?" is from Pablo Neruda's poem XLIX, from The Book Of Questions.
Critics have called Moore's performance her best to date.