#BILL MURRAY STRIPES SERIES#
Murray gained additional critical acclaim later in his career, starring in Lost in Translation (2003), that earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination, and a series of films directed by Wes Anderson, including Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012). He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live in which he earned an Emmy Award and later went on to star in a number of critically and commercially successful comedic films, including Caddyshack (1980), Ghostbusters (1984), and Groundhog Day (1993). William James " Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor, comedian and golfer. Murray at the premiere of Get Low at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
#BILL MURRAY STRIPES MOVIE#
When it does start to tell a story, it lacks any real depth but the chance to see Murray being a soldier is enough to save the movie and keep your interest to the end.For other persons of the same name, see Billy Murray (disambiguation) and William Murray (disambiguation). All Reitman really needs to do is point the camera at Murray and let him be himself, which is also why the movie feels so aimless at times. Overall, Stripes is an example of how Bill Murray can save a movie. The actor is always watchable and you are willing to follow him into a ridiculous, illogical movie where a camper van hides a barrage of bombs, missiles and machine guns because he can’t help but put a smile on your face. It requires a pretty hefty suspension of disbelief but luckily it has it’s greatest weapon, Murray himself. It becomes a rescue mission, with Murray going from inept trainee to fully-fledged action hero. It doesn’t seem to get much better when the story does finally emerge. For the first half of the movie at least, the story seems aimless. Stripes is really just a collection of sketches thrown together, from Candy wrestling woman in mud, a bizarre drill session and a weird venture into the jungle with the militia. This is not Egon from Ghostbusters but a drug taking, sexual, song-lover who follows Murray into army training.Īll of this works very well until the movie tries to tell any kind of story. It also stars an unhinged, let-loose Harold Ramis. John Candy plays Ox, a beast of a man with anger issues while John Larroquette is the inept Captain trying to keep Murray and the soldiers in check. In fact, it is so much of a Bill Murray vehicle it is almost too easy to forget the other comedy legends it features.
He gets to be goofy, silly, disrespect authority in a way that only Bill Murray can and all while getting ridiculously good looking women. He has comedy in his bones and you can tell that this movie was pitched to studios purely as “Bill Murray joins the army.” This alone is enough of a reason to watch and the first half plays squarely to the comedy actor’s strengths. His cameos in Olive Kitteridge, a drama devoid of much comedy, bring some much needed levity. Point a camera at Bill Murray and he can make any situation very funny. This is a film to showcase the talents of Bill Murray which is both it’s blessing and it’s curse. What it doesn’t share with the iconic 80’s classic is any real structure. Stripes could also be called Ghostbusters do war. It is missing Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson but does star Bill Murray and Harold Ramis, as well as being directed by the same man who helmed the supernatural comedy, Ivan Reitman.
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