As a disciplinary measure, the Army transfers a heavy-handed Major to a ROTC academy where he must shape-up cadets and improve the school's overall ratings.As a disciplinary measure, the Army transfers a heavy-handed Major to a ROTC academy where he must shape-up cadets and improve the school's overall ratings.As a disciplinary measure, the Army transfers a heavy-handed Major to a ROTC academy where he must shape-up cadets and improve the school's overall ratings.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
Joey D. Vieira
- Cadet Corporal Scawalski
- (as Donald Keeler)
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- TriviaCharlton Heston received no salary for this movie. He took a percentage of the box-office profits instead. According to his autobiography, it turned out to be a good deal as the film was financially successful and that he received residual checks "for years".
- GoofsWhen Major Benson and Dr. Lambert are speaking to each other in his office immediately after the Tiger potential vomiting incident, Benson's tie is in a different position when he is filmed from the front than when he is filmed from the side.
- Quotes
John: Are you the new soldier fella?
Major Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson: Yeah.
John: You got a lot of ribbons, what do they stand for?
Major Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson: Good conduct.
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A nice little change of pace
This is a very unusual film for Charlton Heston, as he plays a hard as nails major that is forced to be the commandant of a boys military school. Seeing his gruff and perfectionistic ways meet the reality that these are only children makes this a cute film and HIGHLY reminiscent of Clifton Webb's MR. SCOUTMASTER--another great family film about a grumpy old guy who is eventually tamed by the boys. Sure, this makes the film awfully predictable, but sometimes I am just a sucker for a little bit of sentimentality--provided it is paired with some comedy to keep it from being too schmaltzy--as in the case of this film. Also, like MR. SCOUTMASTER, the real star of the film is a very small and very endearing little boy--played in this film by an adorable Tim Hovey. The bottom line is for all this to work, the film had to be well-written and the writers DID earn an Oscar nomination for Best Original Story. So see this film--and MR. SCOUTMASTER--two excellent family films that are lots of fun regardless of your age.
FYI--This film was later remade as MAJOR PAYNE.
FYI--This film was later remade as MAJOR PAYNE.
- planktonrules
- Feb 25, 2007
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Der Privatkrieg des Major Benson
- Filming locations
- St. Catherine's Military School - 215 N. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim, California, USA(Sheridan Military Academy)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $600,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1
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