Private Benjamin (1980 film)

Private Benjamin
Private Benjamin
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Howard Zieff
Written by	Nancy Meyers; Charles Shyer; Harvey Miller;
Produced by	Nancy Meyers; Harvey Miller; Charles Shyer; Goldie Hawn;
Starring	Goldie Hawn; Eileen Brennan; Armand Assante; Robert Webber; Sam Wanamaker; Barbara Barrie; Mary Kay Place; Harry Dean Stanton; Albert Brooks;
Cinematography	David M. Walsh
Edited by	Sheldon Kahn
Music by	Bill Conti
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	October 10, 1980;
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Budget	$9.2 million
Box office	$69.8 million

Private Benjamin is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Howard Zieff, written by Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, and Harvey Miller, and starring Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, and Armand Assante.

The film was one of the biggest box office hits of 1980,^[2] and also spawned a short-lived television series starring Lorna Patterson as Judy Benjamin, with Brennan reprising her role as Captain Lewis. Private Benjamin ranked No. 82 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Laughs list,^[3] and No. 59 on Bravo's list of "100 Funniest Movies".^[4]

^ "AFI|Catalog". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ Box Office Mojo. "1980 Yearly Box Office Results". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
^ "Private Tutor". Infoplease.com. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
^ "Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies" on Lists of Bests". Listsofbests.com. 2006-06-02. Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2011-03-27.