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Private Benjamin
film by Zieff [1980]
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- contribution by Meyers
- In Nancy Meyers
…she had a breakthrough with Private Benjamin, which she wrote with Charles Shyer, who became her collaborator and domestic partner, and Harvey Miller. One of the early comedies to centre on women—Goldie Hawn played a widowed newlywed who impulsively joins the army—it was a huge hit, and Meyers earned an…
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- Brooks
- In Albert Brooks
Brooks’s other films included Private Benjamin (1980), Out of Sight (1998), and This Is 40 (2012).
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- Hawn
- In Goldie Hawn
…was perhaps her best-known film, Private Benjamin (1980), for which she received an Oscar nomination for best actress. Hawn’s later movies included Swing Shift (1984), with Kurt Russell, who became her longtime companion; Bird on a Wire (1990), with Mel Gibson; Housesitter (1992), with
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