An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 English-language Drama Romance motion picture written by Douglas Day Stewart and directed by Taylor Hackford and produced by Martin Elfand and Douglas Day Stewart under the banner of Lorimar Productions. A young man must complete his work at a Navy Flight school to become an aviator, with the help of a tough gunnery sergeant and his new girlfriend. An officer and a gentleman stars Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Loggia, Lisa Blount and Tom Ricciardelli. The music was composed by Jack Nitzsche. Cinematography was done by Donald E. Thorin and editing by Peter Zinner. The film has a running time of 124 minutes. It was released on 13th August 1982. The Film was successful at box office. An Officer and a Gentleman was made on a budget of $6 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $129 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Paramount Pictures. At the 1983 Oscar Awards It won 2 awards including: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Louis Gossett Jr.) and Best Music, Original Song.