An Officer and a Gentleman

An Officer and a Gentleman1982

Writer-director Paul Schrader viewed this as the second part of a trilogy that began with Taxi Driver and concluded with Light Sleeper--each dealing with a lonely man trying to deal with both his own dizzily spinning moral compass and the hypocrisy … more »



Byron Mayo:
I'm out at sea three weeks out of every month, and when I'm back at port, I don't have time for this daddy stuff, 'cause that's not who I am.

Young Zack Mayo:
That's okay, sir.

Byron:
Wait a second, kid, you don't understand. I'm too old for this. I don't care what the Navy says. This is no place to bring up a kid like I told you on the telephone. You're better off at that state school back at Virginia.

Young Zack:
I'm never going back there. They treat me like sh*t.

Byron:
Maybe that's not for you to say. Goddamnit, don't look at me that way. What happened to your mother had nothing to do with me.

Young Zack:
It did. You said you were gonna come back. You promised.

Byron:
Is that what she said? That's a female lie. That's bullshit! That a lie!

Young Zack:
I found your letters. I read them right after she did it. You said you were gonna come back for us. You said you loved her, and she believed you. You're a liar!

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