Major Payne
Major Payne is a 1995 American military comedy film directed by Nick Castle and starring Damon Wayans, who wrote with Dean Lorey and Gary Rosen. The film co-stars Karyn Parsons, Steven Martini, and Michael Ironside. It is a loose remake of the 1955 film The Private War of Major Benson, starring Charlton Heston. Major Payne was released in the United States on March 24 and grossed $30 million. Wayans plays a hardened military officer who, after being discharged, attempts to lead a dysfunctional group of youth cadets to victory in a competition.
- Ready ! - Damn ! He nearly put you in a coma. - Ready on the firing range ! - It can't be legal the way he's been treating us. - Turds, commence firing ! - Let's just tell Phillips. - Nah, that senile old fool ain't gonna help us. What kind of shootin' is that ? Hey ! Hey, dummy ! What's the matter, you can't see, either ? We gotta get rid of that son of a bitch. You maggots couldn't hit a bull in the ass ! We're gonna have to prove... - Payne did something so vile, so perverse, so disgusting... that Phillips will have no choice but to fire him.
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Got no worry, got no stress Got no worry, got no stress 'Cause we feel good in our dress 'Cause we feel good in our dress Major Payne's a major dis Major Payne's a major dis Makes us squat when we piss He makes us squat when we piss Got no worries Got no care - Got no worries, got no care I'm a baldheaded son of a bitch without hair I'm a baldheaded son of a bitch without hair Used to be Samson Now I'm Ann Used to be Samson Now I'm Ann Gotta earn my right to be called a man Gotta earn my right to be called a man I'll tell you, ladies, you're the purtiest unit ever underneath my command ! Maybe I'll have to change my name... - to Pimp Daddy Payne ! - Heh-heh-heh. - Major !
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What are the boys doing in those dresses ? They puttin' on a fashion show. I thought we had a little talk about this kind of negative reinforcement. Weren't you gonna be my big helper ? Yeah, but they started it. - Well, I'm stopping it. - Don't touch my whistle. - I was just gonna-- - Don't touch the whistle. All right, ladies ! Take off those dresses. Head to your barracks. Fold 'em up neatly. Let's move it.
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Do you really think that this approach... is the best way to gain the trust of these boys ? They may not like me, but they will respect me. Let me be more direct. - They hate you. - Good. It'll draw them close together, make 'em a team. - That's a very cynical plan. - Yeah, but it won't backfire. Here. I would like you to consider an alternative approach. I want you to have this book. Read it. Apply it.
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