October 10, 1980 –
The very funny comedy, directed by Howard Zieff, Private Benjamin, starring Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, and Armand Assante, went into general release in the US on this date.
This movie was the first ever movie screenplay especially written and tailored for Goldie Hawn. This was also the first film that she ever acted as a producer. Hawn said of this in the biography Pure Goldie: The Life and Times of Goldie Hawn by Marc Shapiro: “I didn’t plan on becoming a producer… I only wanted to create better roles for myself, and I loved the idea of Private Benjamin so much that I felt it would be the perfect opportunity to finally control my own destiny.”
The Haus of Dcaligari 