It has apparently caused several fights; Hells Angels will violently defend ownership of any of their logos. maternal grandparents called her Mary, while her parents called her Many people say that Debra Winger was one of them. The Real Boys. After serving in World War II, Yurick graduated from college and took a job with New York City's welfare department as a social investigator, a job he held until the early 1960s. "People would ask me, 'What do I think about Paramount remaking the movie?' Her other film roles include Urban Cowboy (1980), Legal Eagles (1986), Black Widow (1987), Betrayed (1988), The Sheltering Sky (1990), Forget Paris (1995), and Rachel Getting Married (2008). Mary Debra Winger was born May 16, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruth Votes: 11,159 | Gross: $49.85M. The Rogues' car in the Coney Island confrontation was a 1955 Cadillac hearse. The Lizzies. [10] Winger played a supporting role in Willard Huyck's 1979 comic coming-of-age film French Postcards. He did have issues -- he had some problems in his life and it just wasn't working. Urban Cowboy. James Remar earned his role as Ajax after becoming so involved in the audition reading of the park bench scene that he lifted the massive table around which the director and producers were seated. The Electric Eliminators. Reportedly Shaquille O'Neal's favorite film. He also wanted an initial subtitle which read "Sometime in the future" but Paramount thought it sounded too much like Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). There is a rumor that one of the gang members is played by a young Samuel L. Jackson. The Gun Hill Dancers. For the big meeting at the beginning of the film, Walter Hill wanted real gang members in the scene with off duty police officers also in the crowd so that there would be no trouble. So I took him out of the movie and did a quick rewrite and gave a lot of his material to the Michael Beck character. Makes several anti-gay slurs. [27] In 2008, she wrote a book, Undiscovered, based on her personal recollections. David Patrick Kelly debut film role which happens to be the one for which he's best known. In a recent interview with U.K. paper The Telegraph, Winger explained that even though she had trained with the Chicago Cubs for three months in preparation for the role, when director Penny Marshall cast Madonna as Mae Mordabito . After memorable performances in An Officer and a Gentleman, Terms of Endearment, and Urban Cowboy, Debra had found herself in the top tier of American actresses, but she shocked everyone by turning her back on the industry in 1995. One of the "Punks" in the men's room brawl is Craig R. Baxley. Kelly gathered up some empty beer bottles he found under the boardwalk and created the intimidating dialogue. Debra Winger has revealed how the casting of Madonna made her quit the movie A League of Their Own. In her 2008 book, undiscovered, Debra Winger describes how she got her first major rolethat of Sissy, a sassy Texan cowgirlin Urban Cowboy: "I arrived at the Paramount lot the day I read about the recasting of the female lead in Variety (Sissy Spacek and John Travolta [who had . The Rogues. "They treated girls very badly," Winger said. Her reply share [-] duckofprey 6 years ago Not her. [37][38], In 1996, Winger married actor/director Arliss Howard, whom she met on the set of the film Wilder Napalm. Hill was very interested in the project but he felt that no studio would let them make the movie so the pair decided to make a western called "Last Gun" instead. The filmmakers had Mercy disappear from the film for a while, meeting up with the Warriors at the subway platform and saying that she stole the jacket she was wearing before arriving there. Other Hill pictures using this story element include Aliens (1986) and Southern Comfort (1981). Winger semi-retired in 1995, or she at least placed some lofty restrictions on herself and filmmakers that wanted to work with her. "I was trying to stand up to it. 14 No. It's NOT her. She told The Telegraph that she "did not have a great time" on the set of that previously mentioned movie in which she co-starred with a brick wall, because she "was being really jerked." The logo on the back of The Warriors vest appears during amusement ride The Revenge of the Mummy at Universal Studios - Orlando. 57 Metascore. Plus, the late Marcelino Snchez who was featured both in the "Bloodhound Gang" segments on 3-2-1 Contact (1980) and as "Rembrandt" one of The Warriors. [36], From 1986 to 1990, Winger was married to actor Timothy Hutton, with whom she had a son, Noah Hutton, a documentary filmmaker born in 1987. She starred in the films An Officer and a Gentleman, Terms of Endearment, and Shadowlands, each of which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. They insisted on placing undercover officers throughout the crowd to handle any disturbances. Winger subsequently starred in the films Radio, Eulogy, and Sometimes in April, and received positive reviews for portraying Anne Hathaway's estranged mother in Rachel Getting Married. Another is the late stunt-great A.J. His murder did not incite retaliation, but only furthered peace talks between the offenders and other gangs. With that spirit in mind, she paused her film acting career for about six years and focused on where the challenges really lay. The Warriors sign on the bath house for one of the photos was painted over a real gang's tag. Michael Beck's next leading man role was the 1980 fantasy musical film Xanadu, in which he co-starred with Olivia Newton John. for their 1998 song "Can U Dig It?". Debra Winger was a fixture on the big screen in the 1980s. The Xenophones. The chick in the Warriors SLIGHTLY resembles in her left eye and really nothing else. Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy. Contrary to popular belief one of the young "Prom Couples" females is NOT played by a young Debra Winger. Her roles in that special were the "Cyclone" narrator and the Wicked Witch of the West. James Remar ,David Patrick Kelly, Sonny Landham and Marcelino Snchez all appeared in 48 Hrs. The Baseball Furies were created due to Walter Hill's love of baseball and the glam rock band KISS. (1982) and Last Man Standing (1996). But that just meant she didn't make as many movies as other major actresses might have. Terry Michos was cast as Vermin, instead. "World Announcement (Skit)" by the rap group Def Squad from their 1998 album "El Nio" is modeled on Cyrus's speech. In the original script, there was a gang called The Dingoes and in it were Kevin Bacon and John Snyder, who plays the gas station man. The travel route the Warriors gang must travel all through the night to get back home went from The Bronx through Manhattan and Brooklyn, and finally to Coney Island. The Filmores. [28] She has shown her support for reconciliation between Arabs and Jews in Israel by visiting the bilingual Hand in Hand schools (Galilee Jewish-Arab School, Gesher al HaWadi School) where, in 2008, she said she would "dedicate the next bit of my life to these schools". Winger called multiple places home in her youth. Because there have been so many announcements. Walter Hill told him to just "come up with something". She might have appeared on TV more in Wonder Woman, but Winger had a vow to keep to herself and worried being on a show would interrupt her momentum. The Stevedores. [11], Over the years Winger acquired a reputation for being outspoken and difficult to work with. When Barbara Walters interviewed Bette Davis in 1986, Davis said, "I see a great deal of myself in Debra Winger.". Walter Hill and Lawrence Gordon saw David Patrick Kelly in a Broadway play called "Working". In 2013, Winger appeared in The Being Experience, "a collection of films that explores the unfamiliar and urges you to dig deep within yourself." Irwin Keyes was also considered for the role of Ajax, but wasn't cast because Walter Hill thought he was too old for the part. RELATED: Whatever Happened To The Guy In The Green Shirt Dancer Daniel Levins? Suddenly the police raid the gathering. during championship ceremonies. While he expressed enthusiasm for the role he mysteriously vanished right before shooting began and was not heard from again. She was in Urban Cowboy after The Warriors came out and French Postcards just before The Warriors came out and in both of those she's typical Debra Winger. Cyrus (Roger Hill) is the leader of a very powerful very well-organised gang known as the Gramercy Riffs. The Knuckles. The fact that gangs out numbered the police by five times apparently was considered a security issue and the words "ten thousand" and "twenty thousand" were bleeped out with tape. Along with this film, there were Walk Proud (1979)], Boulevard Nights (1979) and The Wanderers (1979). Winger was slated to play the character of Dottie Hinson in the 1992 classic, but another casting decision for the movie drove the now 66-year-old actor to leave the project. The group Pop Will Eat Itself used sound bites from the movie for their song Can you Dig it? However, financing fell though and Gordon was able to get The Warriors funded by Paramount Pictures. Debut American film of American actress Mercedes Ruehl who plays a policewoman. Along with Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, and Richard Jenkins, Winger will be one of the leads in acurrently untitled 2019 drama about a criminal family, written and directed by thoughtful indie filmmaker Miranda July. Her latest work, Kajillionaire (2020), has her as Theresa Dyne. Everything Everywhere All at Once Discussion, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Discussion. The Gramercy Riffs aka The Riffs. So Keyes got to arrest the character he was originally considered to play. The crew once got urinated upon from a tower block due to the noise they were creating in the night. A Special Kind of Love. version, the knife that is thrown into the board was thrown (off camera) by Penn Jillette. (This probably coincides with Paramount promoting the film after violence at screenings, such as the new poster campaign). Swan was to be abducted by a homosexual and sadomasochistic gang who had doberman pinschers. The Jones Street Boys. And she even went on to build a diverse resume for herself. Its like opening an interview with I hate interviews! Well, get out! That didnt last too long and movies followed every few years since that break. The injury affected Winger's ability to work for several months. Oh, Debra Winger. Winger produced the mixed-media film (animation, time-lapse photography) about Bel Borba, a legendary street artist in Salvador, Brazil, who creates huge public murals. The podcast Quantum Recast (2020) took The Warriors out of 1979 and recast it in the year 1993 with relevant actors from that year, in Quantum Recast: The Warriors- 1993: Part 1 (2020) and Quantum Recast: The Warriors- 1993: Part 2: Electric Eliminator Boogaloo (2020). CNN Debra Winger has shared why she says Geena Davis replaced her in the 1992 film "A League of Their Own." In an interview with The Telegraph, Winger says she left the Penny Marshall. The Warriors chick is heavier too. One thousand miles from the sea. Winger won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for Terms of Endearment, and the Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress for A Dangerous Woman (1993). The Romans. But the wild tales of their momentous lives can excite even off of the big screen. (For the record, all of these things are true.) The Big Trains. The Gladiators. The Napoleons. In an interview, Walter Hill opened up about a scene in the movie where Fox was killed off by getting thrown in front of an approaching subway train. [21], In 2013 Winger starred in three episodes of In the Woods,[22] the first installment of Jennifer Elster's multimedia, experimental film series The Being Experience, also including Terrence Howard, Dave Matthews, Rufus Wainwright, Karen Black, Will Shortz, Liya Kebede, Questlove, Famke Janssen, Moby, Gale Harold, Paz de la Huerta, Jorgen Leth, Rosie Perez, Aubrey de Grey, and Alan Cumming.[23]. This leaves only four Warriors in the battle with the Punks. I got sick of hearing myself say I wanted to quit. When she was as young as 18, Debra Wingers life might have taken a drastically different turn. According to executive producer Frank Marshall, they originally hired a real gang member for the role as Cyrus, but could not find him on the day and never heard from him again. After riding high with John Travolta in the hit 1980 film "Urban Cowboy," Winger scored back to back Best Actress Oscar nods for . The Whispers. Whether it's movie roles or life itself Winger says she's "interested in what scares [her]." When Ajax and Cowboy are running from the Baseball Furies, you can see several times that James Remar reaches over and slaps Tom McKitterick on the butt. And I said, 'Well, I did mine. And which are made on her own terms and by people she admires. The Colt 45's. But when they went back, they found out that the cast and crew had done this so they could bring out a huge bouquet of roses which they then presented to a surprised Van Valkenburgh. Votes: 317. She enjoyed exponential growth as an actress and recognized talent. Along with Winger, the project, led by Jennifer Elster, also starred such disparate individuals as Terrence Howard, Rosie Perez, Marlo Thomas, Alan Cumming, Temple Grandin, and Yoko Ono. The E Street Blazers / The E Street Shufflers. In the trailer, the narrator states "between them and safety stand 20,000 cops and 100,000 sworn enemies." Winger was to play Peggy Sue in the film Peggy Sue Got Married but was forced to back out just before production began after injuring her back in a bicycle accident. When the fictitious Turnbull ACs visited a hamburger joint during filming, people fled in fear of being attacked. In 2002 she said, "I wanted out for years. Her last credit before stepping away from Tinsel Town was the 1995 . And I noticed a very young Debra Winger Girl in prom dress. On Tuesday night, Winger, 63 . Not only did she celebrate turning 65 this May, but she also has a new movie coming out later this year. After reading the description of the plot, he became very interested and bought the rights out of his own pocket. There's an oft-repeated maxim that there are no roles in Hollywood for women over 40 because Hollywood just apparently isn't interested in depicting the stories of mature women or putting women who aren't 22 anymore up on the screen. A lot of filmmakers and actors just didn't want to work with someone who was going to challenge them. The Eighth Street Bombers / The Eighth Avenue Apaches. The movie uses a plot device favored by Walter Hill where the leader of a group is eliminated in the first act, and the unity and security of the team is thrown into disarray by the loss of its head. Producers disagreed. Keyes was given a consolation role in the film as Hill cast him as the NYC cop who hits Ajax with his club after Ajax is caught in the park sting operation. The choreographed fight with the Punks in the men's room took 5 days (8pm to 7am) to shoot. 1,000 extras were used at the big meeting, many coming from Riverside Drive Park. Oh, Debra Winger. As a writer friend of mine said, Legal Eagles is the kind of film that takes audiences and shakes them up until $6 falls out of their pockets. The film trucks were "protected" by a real gang called The Mongrels for $500 a day. They were supposed to be a homosexual gang with doberman pinschers and blonde wigs who capture Swan temporarily, but this was cut from the script. This mirrors the scene in Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" when Sanjuro disarms Unosuke (the gunfighter) in exactly the same manner. On their 1989 album This is the day..This is the hour..This is this. The picture is listed as a "Cult Film" by Danny Peary in his "Cult Movies" book, his first about them. Cochise also begins to make out with one of the Lizzies. Surprisingly this adult R rated, gritty, and violent gang themed film (along with The Wanderers (1979)) has a connection to the PBS children's program 3-2-1 Contact (1980). This is why she later appears in a jacket as it is covering up the cast. This upset and outraged many people; some tried to have the film banned. Catch up with Winger and watch the trailer below. Although he was hospitalized, the shot remains in the film. The Warriors chick is heavier too. The Meatpackers. This too is a story of courage". One of a number of 1979 "gang movies." Despite being a movie about tons of gangs, the only gangs that are ever actually seen using guns are the Lizzies and the Rogues. More than a decade later, Winger was instrumental in getting a documentary calledBel Borba Aquimade. They are 100,000 strong. The main reason why this opening was cut was because the editors told Walter Hill that the scene completely fell through because it set in the daytime (95% of the film is set in nighttime) and they felt it wouldn't work since it would cut to nighttime and it was a distraction. The movie was actually, however, the second feature film for Ruehl, whose one previous picture had been the Brazilian movie Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976). The gang didn't take too well to this, so the producers paid them to be in the film. I'm perfectly prepared to think that some of it was my fault. Winger won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for Terms of Endearment, and the Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress for A Dangerous Woman. The woman (Mercedes Ruehl) invites Ajax to join her and then begin to makeout. So if you come across the rare TV series or movie with Debra Winger in it, tread carefully if it scares her, it might scare you. Which I enjoyed. The last big movie Winger starred in was the 1995 Billy Crystal romantic comedy Forget Paris. She was in Urban Cowboy after The Warriors came out and French Postcards just before The Warriors came out and in both of those she's typical Debra Winger. Then in 1980 came another New York gang movie, John Carpenter's Escape from New York (1981). An Interview with Debra Winger. The Dealers. The producers wanted her to appear more often, but she refused, fearing that the role would hurt her fledgling career. The Boyle Avenue Runners. The Sports. Despite all odds and promises otherwise, Debra Winger did in fact recover. Walter Hill uses this gimmick frequently; other movies he has made that work this way are Southern Comfort (1981) and The Long Riders (1980). The Roadmasters. Where did you go, Debra Winger? 466K views 4 years ago In honor of her Clubhouse debut, actress Debra Winger plays Plead the Fifth with Andy Cohen where she's asked about misogyny in Hollywood, Shirley MacLaine and her famous. The park at the beginning of the movie was supposed to be in the North Bronx. The Eagles liked the song so much that they ended up recording a new but very similar version of the song on their next album "The Long Run.". 20TH CENTURY FOX Debra Winger in Urban Cowboy. The cast felt like they were a gang before filming started. In 1995 Winger decided to take a hiatus from acting. Rembrant is not sure what to make of the Lizzies, most of whom dont seem to be that interested in men. Debra Winger was born on the 16th of May in the year 1955 in the Cleveland region of Ohio to parents Ruth and Robert Winger. She is stepmother to Sam Howard, Arliss's son from his prior marriage. One of two 1979 "gang movies" with similar titles (the other film was The Wanderers (1979)). James Remar spent time in Coney Island so he could observe real people on whom to base his portrayal of Ajax. When Swan (Michael Beck) and Mercy (Deborah Van Valkenburgh) are in the subway with the rest of the members, there are 4 people coming from a prom. They would shoot from sundown to sunrise. All the gang members are running in every direction. The member of the Lizzies who gets hit with a chair was actually a professional stunt woman. The connection is quite obvious when New York Boppers are informed that The Warriors are "on Second Base". The character Ajax was named after the Greek Warrior. The producers cut this scene, stating that the only day scene should be at the end of the film after a night of horror. When Debra Winger decided to walk away from Hollywood at the age of 40, she was by no means at a low point in her career; in fact, just one year earlier she'd received her third Academy Award nomination. The Destroyers. The Speedwagons. The original preview uses the music from Sorcerer (1977) by 'Tangerine Dream'. Winger's first acting role was as "Debbie" in the 1976 sexploitation film Slumber Party '57. For one thing, she's too tall. Winger starred as a series regular in the Netflix original television series The Ranch (20162020). So the scene features real gang members as well as real (and unknown) cops. In 2003, she had her first role in a big Hollywood movie in almost a decade, a supporting part in Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s widely maligned Radio. The Gerrards. The man is director Walter Hill in a cameo. President Ronald Reagan was a fan of the film, even calling the film's lead actor, Michael Beck, to tell him he had screened it at Camp David and enjoyed it. Debra (her father named her Debra after his favorite actress. Character actor Irwin Keyes was strongly considered for the role however Walter Hill, deciding Keyes was too old for the role, opted to go with the smaller yet wiry James Remar. The Turks. Forget Paris. Inhalt vom Film Rewatch gemacht am: 15.01.2023 Diskussionsthread in meinem Forum She walked away in 1995, married her Wilder Napalm co-star Arliss Howard in 1996, had her second child (a son named Babe) in 1997, and moved to New York City along the way, you know, for good measure. A PS2 game based on the film by Rockstar Games was released in the United States on 17th October 2005. In fact the two female prom cast members are Gwynn Press and Jodi Price. And in spacial features the actors,director,screen writer, costume designer they all talk about the making of the movie. The second-in-command of the Riffs who takes over when Cyrus is killed is named Masai. The script, as written, was a realistic take on street gangs, but the director was a huge fan of comic books and wanted to divide the film into chapters and then have each chapter "come to life starting with a splash panel.". But try as Winger did to stop playing make-believe for a living, she still felt the call of acting, and, since she was in the northeast, she took to the stage. [16] After making Forget Paris in 1995, she was absent from the screen for six years before returning in 2001 with Big Bad Love, written and directed by her husband, Arliss Howard. More recently, Winger has popped up in small films, such as Lola Versus and Boychoir. An actor interprets the words of a screenwriter or playwright, using their body as a vessel by which they bring a character to life. The Southern Cross. Her maternal grandparents called her Mary, while her parents called her Debra (her father named her Debra after his favorite actress, Debra Paget ). They represent powerhouses in the entertainment world. The Easy Aces. It's like opening an interview with 'I hate interviews!' reply share Due to lack of Lights, extra light posts were added to the park scenes. It's included on the director's cut DVD, along with comic book-style transitions between scenes. The marriage ended in divorce. Ranked #16 in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 50 Cult Films of All-Time.". At the climax, Swan throws a switchblade into Luther's arm, making him drop his gun. The Jesters. The Huks. Def Squad sampled the line "Can you dig it?" James Remar's character "Ajax". In 2001, Winger served as a producer on (and also acted in) Big Bad Love, a tender romantic drama about a divorced, alcoholic Vietnam War veteran, directed by (and co-starring) her husband, Arliss Howard. Paramount Pictures panicked and decided to pull the movie out of theaters. The original opening of the film (which can be viewed on the Ulimate Edition DVD) was set in Coney Island during the daytime which Cleon's girlfriend says goodbye to Cleon and also features the rest of the gang being told by Cleon why they were chosen to go to the big meeting. Despite a brief hiatus and what some consider a difficult personality, Winger is still active in the entertainment world. Debra Winger certainly offers a life and career worth praising. The rest of her squad comes running and Ajax is beaten down with batons. [25] She has continued to acquire roles in other feature films, such as Tiger City, released in 2018.[26]. Konrad Sheehan plays the roller skating leader of the Punks. In the original script for the movie, Cleon is killed by the Grammercy Riffs, Cochise is killed by the Baseball Furies, Ajax is caught by the police, Vermin is killed by the Lizzies, and Swan gets kidnapped by the Dingos. The element the two gangs had in common was the they were both from Coney Island. Many people say that Debra Winger was one of them. In 2017, Winger had a cameo as Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan in the TV miniseries When We Rise. Mary Debra Winger was born May 16, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruth (Felder), an office manager, and Robert Jack Winger, a meat packer. Your wrong pal and I'll tell you why your right about Gwynn press but the other girl is not in the movie.it is Debra winger looks exactly like her the eye like some one else said. "I needed to be challenged.". [31] She was also the executive producer of the 2012 documentary Bel Borba Aqui, about the life and works of Brazilian graphic artist Bel Borba. Medical officials did not expect her to recover and warned Winger she would never regain her vision. Some crowd members were forcibly removed from set. Debra Winger has set the record straight over why she quit her starring role in director Penny Marshall's beloved 1992 baseball film, "A League of Their Own." The three-time Oscar nominee Winger . The woman is a cop, and she handcuffs Ajax to the bench and blows a whistle. The Van Cortlandt Rangers. [20] She also joined the cast of HBO's In Treatment as one of the three patients featured in the third season. Masai is played by Edward Sewer III, NOT Dennis Gregory. Why does that sound familiar? The Punks. According to the movie's source script, the full name of "The Warriors" gang was actually "The Coney Island Warriors". First of three collaborations of actor David Patrick Kelly and writer/director Walter Hill. In 1998, Winger starred in the American Repertory Theater production of Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive, and she followed it up with a role in Anton Chekhov's classic Ivanov. Debra Winger starred in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s. They also provide strong testaments to their craft. Those roles were mostly rehashes of ones she's already portrayed, and, as far as she was concerned, why bother? Are you a fan of the actress Debra Winger? [34] From 1983 to 1985 she dated Bob Kerrey, at the time the governor of Nebraska, whom she met while filming Terms of Endearment in Lincoln, Nebraska. The film was made and released about fourteen years after its source novel of the same name by Sol Yurick had been first published in 1965. Sheehan had never roller skated and spent the summer of 1978 teaching himself to skate which included a 25 mile journey on skates between White Plains and Mt. For all three of those early successes, Winger received Golden Globe nominations, and Academy Award nominations for the latter two. She is from a Jewish family (originally from Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire). I had read Sol Yurick's novel, the basis for our film, several years ago, but I never thought any studio would be interested in doing it, since it involved no major star roles. The Zulus. (1982), Wild Bill (1995) and The Long Riders (1980). No it's not. The Lizzies are a group of female gang members from New York in the 1979 movie The Warriors. The cause of this debilitation can be traced to the cerebral hemorrhage Winger suffered after the crash. Filming was allowed to take place uninterrupted all night, a first. Winger's first major role was in Thank God It's Friday, followed by Urban Cowboy in 1980, for which she received a BAFTA nomination and a pair of Golden Globe nominations (for Best Performance by an Actress and Best New Star). Hill saw that film because he wanted to see Weaver's performance, as she was being considered for the upcoming film Alien (1979), but was so impressed by Beck's work that he had him come in for an audition which led to his being cast in THE WARRIORS. There were 3 actors in the movie that were also in 48 hours. "Coming in on a Friday, getting your script, and by the following Friday you are in front of a live audience. After making a splash as Sissy in the 1980 mega-hit Urban Cowboywith John Travolta, Winger romanced Richard Gere in 1982'sAn Officer and a Gentlemanand tore filmgoers' hearts out in the Best Picture-winning 1983 flickTerms of Endearment. The Nickel Steaks. He is the one who gets thrown into a toilet stall upside down. The Five Points. She might have appeared on TV more in Wonder Woman, but Winger had a vow to keep to herself and worried being on a show would interrupt her momentum. The Delaney Rovers. From 2016 to 2020, Winger starred opposite Sam Elliott and Ashton Kutcher in the Netflix multi-cam comedy The Ranch. This was removed for the original theatrical release version but was re-instated, displayed within the comic book title cards, for Walter Hill's 2005 Director's Cut DVD edition. 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