Major Payne

Major Payne
A drill instructor looks at the camera as four cadet boys look scared.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNick Castle
Screenplay by
Based on
Produced by
  • Eric L. Gold
  • Michael Rachmil
Starring
CinematographyRichard Bowen
Edited byPatrick Kennedy
Music byCraig Safan
Production
company
Wife 'n Kids Productions
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • March 24, 1995 (1995-03-24)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Vietnamese
Box office$30.1 million[1]

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.

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