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Women at West Point (1979)
Watch as a movie, not as a realistic look at life at West Point
As a movie, I agree with the previous review that it is a predictable plot.
I was a cadet at West Point from 1978 to 1982. I was there during filming of the movie. That was also the tail end of the academy's transition from an all-male institution. In simple incorrect English, that ain't how it was.
I attended the 'first cut' showing of the movie that was shown to the cast and crew as well as some cadets. To attempt to list the numerous inaccuracies would be futile. I remember sitting in the theatre with my roommate commenting on the many uniform mistakes including an actor walking through a door in one uniform and appear in the room on the other side of the door in another uniform. Then the director (or someone) thanked people in the audience for their work. He thanked the head custom person. It was rather embarrassing that the person was sitting next to us.
Some of these errors were fixed in subsequent editing, but the overall picture is still an unrealistic view of life at West Point. Plebes do not hold conversations in hallways. Upper classmen do not get embarrassed by bras in drawers. The whole 'vibe' is wrong.
Consider this just a movie (and not a very good one at that). Do not consider it a history or a picture of West Point.
BTW, they also filmed "MacArthur" while I was there.