Marisa, who has been ordered to do volunteer work as a punishment for. After the success of Stripes (1981), Candy returned to the Second City with the other former stars, in SCTV Network (1981).
Candy acted in the smash hit Stripes (1981) where he played a dopey, overweight recruit affectionately nicknamed 'Ox'. "Stripes" stars Murray as John Winger, a man who loses everything he has all in one day and decides that his only option is to volunteer for the army, taking his best friend Russell (Ramis) along with him. A comedy following the exploits of three volunteer nurses, or candy stripers. The film was a hit and Candy followed up accordingly. Candy took the leading role in a film that was only a slight step up with critics from Wagons East, but which did far worse.
#CANDY STRIPES FILM MOVIE#
This year, the film is 40 years old and in honor of that milestone, select movie theaters across the nation will be showing the Kentucky-made classic this month with an exclusive introduction from director Ivan Reitman and Murray. 10mm Candy Stripe ribbon (Approx 14mm gap bewteen stripes) Ideal for a range of themes, Christmas, Halloween for example. He'd go on to star in classic films such as Stripes, Planes, Trains. Starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy and others, the film remains one of the biggest box offices hits filmed in Kentucky. According to Box Office Mojo, when "Stripes" was released in 1981, it grossed $85,297,000. Only "Seabiscuit" (2003), which domestically grossed $120,277,854, outran the "Stripes'" box office return for a film shot primarily in Kentucky. It wasn't the first major film shot in Kentucky - “Coal Miner's Daughter," "How the West Was Won" and "The Kentuckian" are a few that came before - but for Louisvillians, the comedy classic "Stripes" may be the most well-remembered and beloved production to come out of the Bluegrass state. John Candys Hollywood career took off after Stripes. Candy mud-wrestling scantily clad women is naturally amusing, but this sequence while standing out as something you don’t see in every comedy lacks focus. View Gallery: 'Stripes' 40-year anniversary: See photos from the Kentucky set
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