Visible crew/equipment: At the prison camp, during the action, watch the green barrels by the side of a building. For a brief second, you can see a camera person.
Stripes (1981)
1 visible crew/equipment mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Bill Murray, John Candy, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P.J. Soles
Factual error: Even in the '80s obesity was a strict disqualification for military service. John Candy wouldn't have had a chance of passing the required medical.
John Winger: C'mon, it's Czechoslovakia. We zip in, we pick 'em up, we zip right out again. We're not going to Moscow. It's Czechoslovakia. It's like going into Wisconsin.
Russell Ziskey: Well I got the shit kicked out of me in Wisconsin once. Forget it!
Trivia: The "kitchen utensil" scene between Bill Murray and PJ Soles was completely improvised.
Question: Given that Sergeant Hulka was only the platoon's drill sergeant, that means his authority should have been done once they graduated from basic training. So why did he turn up in Germany and continue to give them orders?
Answer: He wanted to make sure that they don't screw up this very important assignment, which they did.
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Chosen answer: According to the movie's premise and plot, once they (the platoon) impressed the brass at graduation and was assigned to the Germany gig with the "EM-50", Sgt. Hulka would naturally be with them as he was their original commanding officer. Plus, it would be logical to suggest that he would personally assign himself the detail of overseeing his platoon as they were his to begin with.
CCARNI ★
He's assigned as a Drill Sergeant, that is his job. Once he was fully healed he would have been assigned another group of recruits.