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Biloxi Blues

Biloxi Blues

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 25, 1988

Runtime

1h 46m

Genres

Comedy, Drama, War

User Score

63%

Original Title

Biloxi Blues

Production Companies

Universal Pictures, Rastar Productions

Director

Mike Nichols

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$51,684,798

Description

Eugene, an aspiring writer from Brooklyn, is drafted into the US Army during the final months of World War II. For his basic training, the Army sends him to Camp Shelby in Mississippi, where toil, bad food, and antisemitic jibes await. Eugene takes refuge in his sense of humor and in his diary, but they won't protect him in a battle of wills with an unstable drill sergeant.