Product Details

• Actors: Ann Dusenberry, Rhonda Shear, Angela Aames, Will Nye, Walter Gotell
• Directors: Andrew Sugerman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: February 18, 2003
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00007GZRM
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #77,618 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Basic Training" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The Cold War heats up in this sexy and wildly provocative comedy that proves that the battle of thesuperpowers is nothing compared to the battle of the sexes! Melinda (Ann Dusenberry) is an ambitious young woman with sky-high aspirations. After landing a job at the Pentagon, she learns that her country is in deep defensive trouble because her bosses are engaging in their own sort of arms race'to get their arms around every subordinate sweetie they see! Enlisting her buxom coworking buddies, Melinda decides to get down and dirty with the military brass and do whatever it takes to save the world from premature extermination!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Basic 80's B Movie Flick !!, September 1, 2006

By	mauricio c. "macklyfe" (memphis,tn usa) - See all my reviews

I am a TRUE B-Movie fan, so when it comes to B rate movies I have always realized not to expect oscar-like performances and/or creative writing, simply because THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY ARE FOR PEOPLE !! This movie IS a cheap and cheesy military spoof about horny men of power chasing flirtatious women with plenty of tease frames, dirty talk, full frontal nudity, sex, and ridiculously stupid and lame humor. Pure 80's nothing different or special. Rhonda Shear topless before her "USA Up All Night" days (before breast enhancements?) Ann Dusenberry topless. The "Basics" is this is a movie about women using their sexuality to take advantage of horny guys in order to get ahead (as usual). I understand what these movies are for, pure eye candy and extreme stupidity, funny or not funny ! You could get away with stuff like this, MAN!, I miss dem dayz !!

5.0 out of 5 stars Basic Training Review, November 8, 2009

By	Movie Muncher (Texas) - See all my reviews

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Has Ann Dusenberry ever looked better? Not to my knowledge. Her 'shucks I'm from Ohio' cornpone innocence makes all the raunchiness of a fantasy Pentagon in DC seem almost real. Pre-blonde Rhonda Shear is lookin good too, and you might remember Angela Aames as the hot blonde at the bar in the pilot episode + one (the first real episode) of "Cheers". Dusenberry has at least three really nice scenes: a garden party where she is lovely in an off shoulder dress; making an obscene phone call to her commander; and titillating the Soviet ambassador with a very slow striptease. No belly laughs but plenty of grins and smiles if you don't take it seriously. This movie does not have a cheap look and production values are high. If you haven't seen it in awhile, dig it out and watch it again. There's no real anti-military theme here, either. It's all in fun.

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ann Dusenberry Rules!!, February 2, 2005

By	viewer (US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Basic Training [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Ann Dusenberry rules as a well intentioned Pentagon employee who gets sexually harassed on her way up.It's a must see!!