Trivia: The "kitchen utensil" scene between Bill Murray and PJ Soles was completely improvised.
Stripes (1981)
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Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Bill Murray, John Candy, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P.J. Soles
Continuity mistake: When Harold Ramis is fighting Bill Murray to try to keep him from leaving the base, notice when Harold is on top of Bill choking him, there is a duffel bag under Bill's head, and in the cut-aways the bag is a few feet away. (00:47:00 - 00:47:45)
John Winger: We are Americans with a capital A, huh? You know what that means? Do you? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuge. We're the underdogs. We're the mutts.
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Answer: The mud wrestling is a form of gambling, betting money on winning. The bar probably didn't have a gambling permit.
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