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  Private Benjamin (Full Screen Edition) by Howard Zieff at DVD Hills.com
Judy Benjamin complains to Captain Lewis that she signed up with a different Army, the one with the condos and the yachts.
When a drill sergeant tells Private Benjamin that she is only permitted to stop running if she is puking, she does; on his shoes.
Goldie Hawn is just perfect as Judy Benjamin, a young woman who is torn to pieces after the death of her husband just six hours after saying their vows.
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Benjamin Franklin Hall served as a private in the 125th Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry which was organized at Camp Cleveland, Ohio under Col.
Private Benjamin Hall fought at the battle of Franklin in Tennessee and participated in the occupation of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Private Benjamin Franklin Hall was returned to Chattanooga on 16 May 1864 to rejoin his regiment enroute to Adairsville.
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 notcoming.com | Private Benjamin
Judy Benjamin is living another’s life, satisfying a generic and grossly old-fashioned feminine ideal: to impress your parents, to please your husband, and to hinder one’s own comforts and preferences in a lifetime of comfortable submission.
This is ostensibly one of many slapstick scenarios that populate Private Benjamin, but it’s also demonstrative of her difficulty in perceiving anything outside of her narrow view of what a widow in her 30s is to do with her life.
All of this conditioning — two and possibly three husbands, a pair of verbally dissatisfied parents, and boot camp — is required to motivate Judy Benjamin’s self-revision, as her ingrained behavior as a JAP is so pronounced it necessitates a formidable ballast.
www.notcoming.com /reviews.php?id=618   (1018 words)

  
 Variety.com - 'Private' window into themes of Meyers' works
But the role of Judy Benjamin was a true comedy acting role in which she embodies a pampered young woman who comes into her own after inadvertently signing up to join the Army.
"Private Benjamin" was almost a primer in how to straddle the old Hollywood and the new, a contemporary story about a woman who respected the time-honored conventions of commercial comedy storytelling while adding a new feminist-era twist.
As she did in "Private Benjamin," Meyers continues to mix socially relevant topics into her stories -- contemporary divorce in "Irreconcilable Differences," the having-it-all syndrome in "Baby Boom" and romance in the life of aging women in "Something's Gotta Give," coating them with just the right amount of Hollywood sparkle.
www.variety.com /article/VR1117954202.html?categoryid=2433   (497 words)

  
 The Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary
Her area of particular expertise is printing, publishing, and the press in late-eighteenth century America, as well as the history of entrepreneurship in the colonial and early national periods.
Constance V. Hershey is Curator of the Frankliniana Database being developed by the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary as a permanent electronic record of the surviving objects owned or used by Benjamin Franklin, and of images made of him during his lifetime.
The Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission was established by an Act of Congress in 2002 to study and recommend government programs to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s birth in 2006.
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 Owens Monument
Private Owens was one of only 43 Confederates to be awarded this medal.
Private Owens would enlist in the 1st Maryland Artillery, C.S.A on the 3rd of June, 1863.
Private Owens represents all the Maryland boys who fought for "a War of ideas, political conceptions and loyalty to ancient ideals of English freedom." Nationally known artist Ron Moore was commissioned to build this sculpture and erected in southern Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
www.angelfire.com /md/freestaterebel/owens.html   (450 words)

  
 The Saga of Private Henry Cole & Family
Benjamin F. Tucker and Jane's husband are included since they enlisted in the same unit as the members of the Cole family.
As the War slowed to a halt, Private Benjamin Tucker was killed at Atlanta, leaving a widow and two children.
Private William Ball was finally discharged from service due to illness.
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 Private Benjamin Movie -The 80s Rewind «
Lewis says Benjamin doesn't have to stay and even has the papers for her to sign, but much to Doreen's bemusement and her parents' chagrin, Judy decides to soldier on (excuse the pun).
Benjamin's fellow cadets are there, as are her parents, ready to watch Judy go down the aisle a 3rd time.
Benjamin was portrayed on the show by Lorna Patterson, better known as the flight attendant Randy in the classic "Airplane!", which also came out in 1980.
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 crocoPuffs: Movie Review: Private Benjamin
Private Benjamin may be Goldie Hawn's most memorable film (more memorable than Protocol, that's for sure).
I know you might be thinking many elements of Private Benjamin are cliche, but try to remember this is one of the movies that made them cliche.
My issue with Private Benjamin is the entire section after she moves to France.
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 Private Benjamin on DVD Goldie Hawn Buy Private Benjamin DVD
After Judy Benjamin's husband dies on their wedding night, the ditzy Jewish American Princess decides to enlist in the army.
Benjamin instantly receives a reality check during basic training, conducted by the snarling Capt. Doreen Lewis, who revels in cutting the spoiled snob down to size.
But as Private Benjamin (Goldie Hawn endures the rigors of the military, she gradually becomes transformed into a disciplined soldier -- and woman.
www.80tallet.no /buy-movies/private-benjamin.shtml   (96 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Private Benjamin: Video: Goldie Hawn,Eileen Brennan,Armand Assante,Robert Webber,Sam Wanamaker,Barbara ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
PRIVATE BENJAMIN is the story of a "Jewish princess" called Judy Benjamin (Goldie Hawn), whose new husband expires on the honeymoon.
Goldie Hawn plays the part of Judy Benjamin, a young socialite who is widowed on her wedding night.
"Private Benjamin" was one of the best comedies of the 80's as well as one of Goldie Hawn's greatest performances besides "Cactus Flower", "Sugarland Express", "Foul Play",...
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 Private Benjamin, 1940s Merrythought bear with footlabel
Private Benjamin is a beautiful girl soldier bear, and also a Merrythought with embroidered footlabel c.1940s.
She has a non-working squeaker and has kept about 70% of her gold mohair, with especially good coverage at the back.
Wearing her army uniform, and old medal, Private Benjamin is a delightful girl, and loves being saluted!
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Explore the Benjamin Moore Color Makeover program; designed to simplify the color selection process for your home, highlighting your personality and unique tastes to give your home a finished look that is distinctly yours.
Note: On-screen and printer color representations may vary from actual paint colors due to differences in monitor calibrations and printer variations.
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 Movie Info for Private Benjamin on MSN Movies
This turns out to be a real growth experience for the pampered Private Benjamin, who for the first time in her life has to work for her privileges.
A brief misadventure with a lascivious paratroop officer (Robert Webber) nearly sours Judy on army life, but she turns out to be a darned good soldier-and a woman with a highly developed sense of self-esteem, which enables her to weather a further disappointing romantic fling with French phsycian Henri Tremont (Armand Assante).
Private Benjamin turned out to be one of Goldie Hawn's most profitable vehicles.
entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=80965   (235 words)

  
 Private Benjamin DVD : DeVoteD DVD - Australia
Private Benjamin (DVD) is formatted to play on dvd players in Australia.
PRIVATE BENJAMIN's immovable object is pampered Judy Benjamin, a wedding night widow.
Academy Award winner Goldie Hawn is a private first class in her Oscar-nominated role of Judy, a fish-out-of-water coming of age via the rigors of basic training and a European assignment.
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 So the Fish Said: My own private Benjamin
Not-Benjamin was good at all the arty things I was interested in, but mainly he could write.
Not-Benjamin worked hard to bait me, and I was doing ok, until he said “I love you, Beth.” I said “Oh I love you too, not-Benjamin,” and he went straight for his lighter.
I was expecting to hear that Not-Benjamin was a well-known writer, and you had just read in Entertainment Weekly that he had a book published, and that you drove down to the bookstore and found his book and looked at the author picture, and YES, HOLY FUCK it was HIM!
www.sothefishsaid.com /archives/000779.php   (2186 words)

  
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In any event, Judy is determined to stay in the military, as it is more exciting than her civilian life in the movie Private Benjamin.
Private Benjamin was nominated for three Oscar movie awards.
The Movie Private Benjamin was released to theatres on 10/10/1980 by Warner Bros., and grossed $69,847,348 at the box office in the US.
www.project80s.com /movies/movies-80s.php?movie=Private-Benjamin   (256 words)

  
 Private Benjamin TV Show - Private Benjamin Television Show - TV.com
Private Judy Benjamin's klutzy cousin Sherry is transferred to Fort Bradley, and immediately annoys Major Allan.
Wendie Jo Sperber - Private Stacy Kouchalakas (1982-1983)
Tell the world what you think of Private Benjamin, write a review for this show.
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 Private Benjamin News
Private Benjamin News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Attorney Donna Wulkan has slammed Goldie Hawn for reportedly breaking and entering into her Washington DC home - branding the Private Benjamin actress a "real pain".
She may be a grandmother, since her daughter Kate Hudson gave birth to a son two years ago, but at 61 Goldie Hawn is still best known as the scatterbrained blonde of her films Cactus Flower, Private Benjamin,...
www.topix.net /movies/private-benjamin   (664 words)

  
 Private Benjamin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Private Benjamin may have been far from classic TV, but it was a classic case of "jumping the shark", when basic training (finally!) ended and those that stayed with the show got desk jobs.
Ross got promoted to Sgt. Major and lost the attitude that made him such a solid straight man to everyone's antics.
Private Benjamin JTS when the producers of that sitcom tried to pass Ms Patterson off as Private Benjamin.
www.jumptheshark.com /p/privatebenjamin.htm   (122 words)

  
 Private Benjamin
Is Private Benjamin a hilarious Hollywood comedy about feminism or a wry social commentary on growing up a Jewish woman in America?
Goldie Hawn plays Judy Benjamin — a spoiled young woman from a wealthy Philadelphia family.
When her boorish husband drops dead on their wedding night, Judy becomes distraught — for the first time in her life, she is alone.
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 Private Portfolios · Distinctstyles Design Link Portal
Privater Playground von Mike Young mit schönem Design!
Eine Private Portfolio die sich vorallem wegen den Illustrationen lohnt.
Eine Portfolio das sich, ebenso wie die Werke, sehen lassen kann.
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 "Private Benjamin" (1981)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
They were the television equivalent of the "Family Circus" comic strip.
Coming along in 1981, after Mary Tyler Moore, Mash and All in the Family seriously raised the bar on TV comedy, Private Benjamin was a throwback to those earlier sitcoms.
Based on an actually funny movie, the series strained hard, with an omnipresent laugh track, to make Judy Benjamin's klutzy mistakes look like they were high comedy.
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 Private Benjamin TV Show Cast Members And Episodes List
The Private Benjamin TV show was a comedy series about a spoiled little rich girl who joined the Army on a whim.
She thought that she needed a change in her life, but she didn't have any idea just how big the change would be.
Well, she got a rude awakening when her superiors wake her abruptly at 4am and make her stand at attention in line at the chow hall!
www.crazyabouttv.com /privatebenjamin.html   (187 words)

  
 Benjamin Dent, Jr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
          Benjamin Dent, Jr.’s siblings included:  Gideon Dent, John Brewer Dent, Shadrick Dent, Zachariah Dent, Titus Dent, Chloe Dent Waters, Kezia Dent Burroughs, Johannah Dent Higdon, and Susannah Dent.
  They were Wilson Dent, William Benjamin Dent, Eleanor Dent, Susan Cecilia Dent, and Jane Dent Penn, the great-great-great grandmother of Garth E. Bowling, Jr.
  Benjamin’s and Anne’s place of burial is unknown, but is likely they are resting in the Dentsville area.
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 Private Benjamin (1980)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The army was no laughing matter until Judy Benjamin joined it.
Since I have never been in, I don't know if this is the right impression or not.
Discuss this title with other users on IMDb message board for Private Benjamin (1980)
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 Amazon.com: Private Benjamin (Full Screen Edition): DVD: Goldie Hawn,Eileen Brennan,Armand Assante,Robert Webber,Sam ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
For more information about "Private Benjamin (Full Screen Edition)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
A pampered socialite (Goldie Hawn) is so distraught after the wedding-night death of her husband (Albert Brooks) that she up and joins the Army.
Judy is in an extremely vulnerable state and when she calls into a radio show to understand why her life is in turmoil, an army recruter asks to meet her.
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 Photo of Grave site of MOH Recipient Benjamin Bennett Levy
Private Benjamin Levy was a young drummer boy when Union forces engaged elements of the Confederate army at Glendale, Virginia, on June 30, 1862.
Taking up the gun of a sick comrade, Private Levy went into the fight with the other soldiers of his unit, and when the color bearers were shot down under a hail of enemy fire, he rushed forward and took them up himself, thereby preventing them from falling into the enemy's hands.
This 5 Disc DVD Education Program has been distributed to over 17,500 Public and Private High Schools and is now available to the public!
www.homeofheroes.com /gravesites/states/pages_go/levy_benjamin_ny.html   (381 words)

  
 Private Benjamin
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But as Private Benjamin endures the rigors of the military, she gradually becomes transformed into a disciplined soldier -- and woman.
After the war games when they are all dancing to the radio, the song sounds way to good to be coming from a little radio like the one playing.
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