1 posted on
04/16/2018 12:34:41 PM PDT by
ethom
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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.
3 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.
4 posted on
04/16/2018 12:41:26 PM PDT by
allendale
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To: ethom
GREAT POST, terrific article.
To: ethom
Drill Instructor not Drill SGT. GD civilians....
6 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
9 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: 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:-)
12 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: ethom
I’ll always remember him in “The Frighteners”........................
15 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: ethom
18 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: ethom
He lost the 1988 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor to: Sean Connery in "The Untouchables."
They got that wrong.
To: ethom
I was Army but I will miss the Gunny as much as any Marine. This man was the epitome of the breed and I would give anything to have met him. R.I.P. GSGT Ermey.
22 posted on
04/16/2018 1:03:00 PM PDT by
beelzepug
(The permanent political class that runs this country is...the great(est) danger we face)
To: ethom
28 posted on
04/16/2018 1:13:43 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: ethom
Better than I would have expected from Variety. Ermey's performance was also a gleeful shout-out to everyone who'd ever been in the military and I don't know many, and no Marines at all, who didn't get it. What was best about it was the number of civilians, especially of the deep-thinking liberal variety, who didn't.
To: ethom
“...another Marine reporting sir...”
God’s speed Gunny
KYPD
32 posted on
04/16/2018 1:21:53 PM PDT by
petro45acp
(It is just that the left,progressive,socialist,antifa,fascist endgame seems so inhuman...unfree)
To: ethom
drill
sergeant?
NO.
Drill instructor.
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