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R. Lee Ermey Will Be Remembered for One Role: 'Full Metal Jacket' Golden Globe Nominee
Variety ^
| 4/16/18
| Owen Glieberman
Posted on 04/16/2018 12:34:41 PM PDT by ethom
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posted on
04/16/2018 12:34:41 PM PDT
by
ethom
To: ethom
Lee Ermey had small part in “Apocalypse Now”. He was in one of the helicopters during the assault and he had one line “..... fifty cal, fifty cal....”
To: ethom
I wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes with GySgt Hartman.
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posted on
04/16/2018 12:40:20 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
To: ethom
Always wondered what reaction Vincent D’Onofrio had every time he ran into Ermey socially.
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posted on
04/16/2018 12:41:26 PM PDT
by
allendale
(.)
To: ethom
GREAT POST, terrific article.
To: ethom
Drill Instructor not Drill SGT. GD civilians....
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posted on
04/16/2018 12:43:01 PM PDT
by
lakeman
(Semper Fi)
To: ethom
The book and screenplay of the movie were written by a man who served in the same Marine unit as my Brother in Viet Nam. He and his fellow Marines were often coptered to the worst and most dangerous outposts and the unit had 50% casualties. My Bro liked the man and was not surprised that he wrote the book. RIP to both of them! Semper Fi!
To: ethom
The finest performance I have ever seen. Iconic and transcendental.
Yet He was only nominated for a GG, and only won a Boston Actor's Guild award for his performance as Sgt. Hartman. None of the Academy Awards nominees will be remembered for their respective performances 10-20 years from now, but Ermy's will remain forever.
To: ethom
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posted on
04/16/2018 12:47:12 PM PDT
by
McGruff
(You are entitled to your own opinion just not your own facts.)
To: Captainpaintball
I agree, probably one of the greatest supporting actor performances in a film ever..
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posted on
04/16/2018 12:48:41 PM PDT
by
ethom
To: ethom
He made me not want to join the army.
To: ethom
I love Gunny! The one thing though I learned before I joined the military in 1976 was the TIs could not hit you. Oh the stories of Basic Training, good, bad and funny for days:-)
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posted on
04/16/2018 12:51:33 PM PDT
by
Harpotoo
To: ethom
Whenever I want to remember Platoon 1119, I just pop in FMJ for the boot camp scene, and I am transported.
DI SSgt Gaither was quite simply, the meanest and scariest MF I have ever met in my life.
Sir.
To: McGruff
“Geico tells Fox News that Ermey was not fired and the company had simply moved on.”
It’s always good business for a company to move on from one of it’s most memorable ads to something else. s/
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posted on
04/16/2018 12:53:02 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(When words can mean anything, they can also mean nothing.)
To: ethom
I’ll always remember him in “The Frighteners”........................
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posted on
04/16/2018 12:54:33 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
To: ethom
R. Lee Ermey Will Be Remembered for One Role: 'Full Metal Jacket' Golden Globe Nominee He shouldn't be. As memorable as "Full Metal Jacket" was, Ermy has a wide body of work playing a variety of characters. He was a very versatile character actor.
To: lakeman
Drill Instructor not Drill SGT. GD civilians.... I know, I know. And 'soldiers'.
S/F
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posted on
04/16/2018 12:55:19 PM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: ethom
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posted on
04/16/2018 12:57:08 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
To: lakeman
God help the idiot who forgets....
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posted on
04/16/2018 12:58:23 PM PDT
by
BBell
(calm down and eat your sandwiches)
To: forgotten man
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posted on
04/16/2018 12:59:35 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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