Stripes 1981

Stripes is a 1981 American war comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, Sean Young, and John Candy. Ramis wrote the film with Len Blum and Dan Goldberg, the latter of whom also served as producer alongside Reitman. It tells the story of an immature taxi cab driver and his teacher friend who enlist in the United States Army with comical results. Numerous actors, including John Larroquette, John Diehl, Conrad Dunn, Judge Reinhold, Joe Flaherty, Dave Thomas, Timothy Busfield, and Bill Paxton, appear in the film in some of the earliest roles of their careers. The film's score was composed and conducted by Elmer Bernstein, and performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony. Released on June 26, 1981, by Columbia Pictures, Stripes received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences, and was a commercial success. The film was re-released in theaters on August 29 to September 2, 2021, by Sony Pictures Releasing through its Columbia label for its 40th anniversary.