Posted on 05/13/2005 5:55:54 PM PDT by AZHua87
"You're so ugly you could be work of modern art"
That was a choice line!
I did not care much for the Movie, but I enjoyed the performance and photography.
TT
R. Lee Ermey is definitely a piece of work, Pharmboy.
Stanley Kubrick hired R. Lee as a Technical Advisor for "Full Metal Jacket" while Bruce Willis was originally given the role of DI Gunny Hartman.
Bruce and Stan had "difficulties" on the set. Stan fired Bruce. Looked at R. Lee and offered him the plum role after a few minutes of ad-libbed audition.
What's also cool, is that most of R. Lee's lines are taken verbatim from Gus Hasford's novel "The Short Timers" upon which "FMJ" is based.
Jack.
Please repost info about the Marine Corps stamps as a reminder when they come out in Nov.
You missed the "magic" of the moment.
;^}
TT
After you run the marathon, after you go home, after you settle in, after the war is a long-ago memory, after most forget, there will always be a warm chair to welcome you.
Semper Fi, Sgt. James King.
Thanks for the ping!
I'm an Airman though he's my Gunny!
Created the role? Hell, he had lived the role. When I first saw the movie, I closed my eyes at the beginning when he came out yelling. I could vividly picture My DI in 1970, SSGT Conticelli. I could picture what was going on because it was so close to what ocurred when I first put my feet on the yellow footprints at MCRD San Diego.
You just needed about 12 more weeks of Basic, heh heh heh
I actually enjoyed parts of the experience but wished that we were pushed a little harder (only after I learned how to ignore blisters) guess I'm a glutton.
You were very observant, a good Squad leader would have picked that up fast and let you lighten his load.
Thanks for your Service.
TT
The first time I saw it, I was in shock, I was talking outloud, aghast, that they finally got it right!
I was laughing my head off, telling my friend who I was with what might happen next, then, when they did the "THIS IS MY RIFLE, THIS IS MY GUN" scene, before they said THIS IS MY GUN, knowing what was next, I was rolling on the floor so hard, people next to me didn't hear the first chorus! :)
By the end of the boot camp scene, people were so scared, they were turning to me asking if this was true, and I said YUP!
At least, on it's worse days, not every day, but certainly the worse days.
Mail-Call annoys me but he was good in FMJ. Unlike "Private Pyle" who I cannot abide even on Law & Order.
The Oscars proved their utter worthlessness when Ermey was denied a nomination for "Full Metal Jacket" in 1988. Albert Brooks received one the same year for "Broadcast News". No one remembers Brooks at all, while Ermey's performance is oneof the most powerful and memorable supporting roles in film history. Disgraceful.
You know, in character as Gunny on "Mail-Call", I think he'd make a damn fine White House Press Secretary or UN Ambassador. He-he-he and the Dims N Whinos fear John Bolton would be too direct.
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