The military comedy-drama Biloxi Blues is the second of Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical trilogy (the first being "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and the third being "Broadway...

The military comedy-drama Biloxi Blues is the second of Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical trilogy (the first being "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and the third being "Broadway Bound"). Matthew Broderick plays Neil Simon's fictional alter-ego Eugene Morris Jerome, who is drafted into the army and shipped off to a boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi during the waning days of World War II. Once there, Eugene finds himself at the mercy of a stern and near-psychotic drill sergeant Toomey who seems to have it out for the young schlemiel.