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- Director Stanley Kubrick rips the skin from the face of war to expose the dehumanizing effect of the military on the people fed to its emotional meat grinder in Full Metal Jacket. Through the eyes of an 18-year-old recruit--from his first days in the seeming hell of Marine Corps boot camp as his superiors try to strip of him his individuality and re-create him as a Marine, to the hell of the 1968 Tet offensive, Kubrick reveals the damage done to the collective human soul by the inhumanity of war. Based on the novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford.
Actors: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Kevyn Major Howard, Arliss Howard, Ed O'Ross, John Terry, Kieron Jecchinis, Kirk Taylor, Tim Colceri,
Jon Stafford
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Genres: Drama War
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I don't like the scene where they are glorifying Lee Harvey Oswald and the other shooter.
Here is a great classic Three O'Clock High (1987)
A nerd gets himself in hot water with the new bully, a quiet bad boy who challenges him to fight on the grounds of their high school after the day's end. A Great and funny movie !
Code red.
R.Lee. Ermie is so good because he was a real Marine staff sergeant on Parris island, he wrote most of the insults himself and is the only Marine in history to be promoted to gunnery sergeant after being discharged in part thanks to his role in this movie.
He came up with new insults for every take, so the 'recruits' never knew what was going to come out of his mouth.
He was a Drill Instructor at San Diego when he was a Corporal.
I heard he even barked an order at Stanly Kubrick and he stood up in attention, lol
James "Are they allowed to do that"? Being R. Lee Ermie was Drill Sergeant I don't think he would have done it any different in the movie than he did in the Marines, so yeah, I think they did that.
"Is this a comedy?!"
FMJ is one of Kubrick's darkest satires. Joker as our MC/narrator gives us a running commentary of sarcasm aimed at the military, war, our treatment of enemies, etc
You reactions are priceless. “Ted?” “They’re just fireworks!”
Boot camp in the 60s was very different than it is today. First, it was wartime. Second, most of the recruits were drafted not volunteers. Finally, no one cared about your feelings back then.
Back when Men were Men
Well you don't say
And they used enlistment as a deferment to prison.
USMC did not recruit, the Army did.
I may be wrong though.
@@jackgrimaldi8685 Youre wrong though, the USMC absolutely did draft men into their ranks during Vietnam, less than the Army but still a sizeable number especially after the anti-war protests starting in '67 when FMJ takes place. The only branches who didnt were the Navy and Air Force
R. Lee Ermey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, which was required for Drill Instructors. He also was a drill instructor after those two tours and helped to train new recruits in bootcamp. In this film he was only suppose to be an advisor, but Stanley Kubrick liked him so much he decided to have him play the part of drill instructor Hartman. The door gunner of the helicopter is the actor that was originally meant to play the role of drill Instructor Hartman.
“If God wanted you at the top of that obstacle, he would have Miracle’d your ass up their by now!!” That’s my favorite quote from the drill Sargent.
Joker's war face emerges when he kills the sniper. Particularly stunning acting there.
The bootcamp scenes are funny, but when you’re there going through it, not so much. Aside from the senior drill instructor there are two other DIs who assist him. One of ours, Sgt. Battle was always coming out with the funniest shit and he always caught a recruit or two laughing and they paid for it. He caught me and a couple other recruits talking after lights out and threw us a “party”. He thrashed us for awhile. Ah, memories.
Names to add to the catalogue:
Vincent D'Onofrio (Private Pyle) - previously seen in "Men in Black" as Edgar the Alien
Arliss Howard (Private Cowboy) - previously seen in "The Sandlot" as older Scott Smalls (the announcer at the end)
Adam Baldwin (Animal Mother) - previously seen in "Independence Day" as Major Mitchell, and to be seen soon in "The Patriot"
Ed O'Ross (Sergeant Touchdown) - previously seen in "Lethal Weapon"
Stanley Kubrick (director) - also directed "The Shining"
adam baldwin will always be Casey to me from Chuck 😂
@@luckynemo1130No, he's Jane from Firefly 😁
OMG I never realized Vincent was the Alien guy in MIB!!! TRIP OUT LOL!!!
I've added these, thanks Eric
He also knows Matthew Modine from “Stranger Things” in the role of Papa. A very different character from this indeed
I joined the military in 1990 (3 years after this movie came out) and the basic training scenes were definitely seen as a comedy by the guys I served with. This film was constantly being quoted during the first few years I was in and everybody just instantly understood the references. That's how iconic R. Lee Ermey's performance, as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, was.
I went to Parris Island about 6 months after this movie came out in 87, and the Drill Instructors were still very much fired up. A few times as a Military Policeman, I was instructed to remind young Marines about respect and discipline by what we called a Tune Up. A few Pyles always made it through.
Fun fact: filmed entirely in England. The palm trees were brought in from Spain and Gibraltar
after Stanley Kubrick and his wife left the United States for England, they swore they would never return.
As a Marine during volunteer times, there were several recruits that couldnt hack boot-camp and were dropped.
Gomer Pyle had the misfortune to be drafted when he was more a liability to himself and the other soldiers than he was worth, and should have been sent home.
But...in boot-camp, everyone struggled with something at some point, whether mental or physical, some far more than others. I remember several fellow recruits that I was certain wouldnt make it through, that made a complete turn around and did great before it was all over.
You need to read about McNamara's Folly. Robert McNamara then Secretary, of Defence oversaw a program where the physical and mental standards for enlistment was lowered. Under that program it allowed people with lower IQ like Pyle.
In a Few Good Men the movie they called it a Code Red. In reality it's a Blanket Party
I am a USMC Veteran.
I was not Drafted, nor am I a man who went through Boot during that era.
Papa was. I learned many valuable things from him/his experiences.
I volunteered, earned my Title, and Served two Tours.
What I can relate to in this movie, is its authenticity. The D.I. in this movie was a REAL D.I./Marine, and he scripted his words for this movie. R.I.P. good Man!!!
Marines are a special sort of insanity. Harnessed mayhem is about the most-polite sentiment I can apply to us. Release us against any enemy, and see the magic happen!
What people fail to appreciate/respect is- Recruits during this time were being sent off to fight in real combat, and that doesn't allow kindness. Hard training was key to their survival in the field. Most of these Recruits did NOT join willingly, and that only added to the challenge to make them combat ready/efficient.
Yes, it was harsh.
Life often is.
That was so well put.thank you for your service...
R. Lee Ermey... originally he was brought on as a technical advisor, but being a real-life drill instructor, he fit this role so well. His audition actually involved other cast members throwing tennis balls and oranges at him while he hurled insults at them, and never repeated himself ONCE. Kubrick liked his auditions so much he allowed Gunney Ermey to write and improvise his own dialogue, and his scenes usually only took 3 takes, highly unusual for a Kubrick film.
EDIT: The sock scene I was told was called a "sock party". Everyone else in the barracks rolled up a few bars of soap into either a sock or a cloth of some kind, and would then beat the guilty party for about 30 seconds, or until they felt better.
That scene was the video photographers interviewing the guys that was actually Stanley Kubrick
Years ago, one of the places we did on-site work had a former Drill Instructor (Marines) working there. He'd been one for a good while in San Diego... he looked the part, too... basically a fire hydrant with a bulldog's face. He was a really nice guy and very well spoken. We'd all make sure to eat lunch and take breaks with him every chance we got so he could tell us stories from this DI days. Sometimes he would have us literally crying and weak in the knees from laughter with some of his stories.
The Fairy Quack Godmother is funny in its own right lol
I'm not sure if someone already answered this; when he said "two-five" it wasn't distance. It is the shorthand for "2nd Battalion, 5th Marines", usually written as "2/5". I was assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marines or 1/1.
During boot camp, Joker never had the proper war face.......but right after he shot the sniper, you see his real war face.......
As far as the shaving of the head during basic training, I don’t know about these days but I personally went through army basic training in 2006 and we had to do that and my brother-in-law went through basic training in the mid 2010s and he had to do that. It serves multiple purposes. It creates uniformity and eliminates potential problems between recruits because nobody can show off. Everybody has the same haircut same clothing. Also, it’s a lot easier to wash in the shower quickly when you can just use a bar soap on your whole body, head everything because you have no hair and can help prevent things like lice. The drill instructor was a real drill instructor for the Marines and this was his first big role.
3:21 in the marine corps “allowed” is a suggestion depending on who was watching 😂
or how far your squad bay was from the CO...
Glory, Jarhead, and Hacksaw Ridge all spend a significant portion of the movie in boot camp. Tigerland takes place entirely in an army boot camp, a couple of years after Full Metal Jacket. In The Dirty Dozen they take a bunch of death row convicts and spend most of the movie training them for a high-risk commando mission.
I reacted to Hacksaw Ridge, loved it: ruclips.net/video/XmuHggVig0I/видео.html
My favorite scene is still the barber shop in the beginning. I was a Navy Barber for the last year of my service. I loved scalping heads. Yes Basic Training, (for all the Branches) was very old school on those days. Forms of hazing rituals did exist well after Vietnam. In the Navy "Crossing the Line" (aka reaching and crossing the Ecuador). Meant some crazy stuff at Sea. Some War movies are better than others. Full Metal Jacket is one of the tops. Two others I would highly recommend for later dates. The Longest Day 1961-A very well made in depth look at all side during the D-Day invasion. All Quiet On The Western Front 1930- Still stands the test of time as maybe the best of them all.
My father was in the Army in Alaska, too. They were not allowed to sleep under the covers. They had to sleep on top.
This is based on a novel, "short timers" by Gustav Hasford. I read it just before the movie came out.
When they came under fire from the sniper, I never understood why they didn't pop smoke and fill the area to negate the accuracy the sniper relies on.
As i recall that was the SOP in our unit.
They played this movie on my bus ride to Marine Corps Boot Camp. The nerve...lmao Semper Fi!
Fun trivia: the voice of "Murphy" on the radio was performed by Stanley Kubrick himself 😎🤓👍
I saw a great interview with RL Ermey talking about marine training and how the demands of the war in SE Asia meant that the length of recruit training was halved.
He emphasised that they need to hold each other accountable (hence collective group punishement), and that little mistakes when on tour of duty mean that people get themselves and/or their comrades killed (so reprimands and punishments needed to be _extremely_ ... erm, "memorable" to the recruits to have the desired effect of teaching the lesson when training was so short).
I'm from a military family & my nephew is currently serving. Once my dad got out of the Army & went to the police academy. While he was there 1 of the trainers thought my dad was a little chubby, so he made my dad bring donuts in every day for all the other cadets.
My dad was a Marine Drill instructor on Parris Island from 1955 to 1960 or so. He was before this movie takes place and said this was a slightly exaggerated.
Probably an unpopular opinion, but this movie is so highly regarded because of the first half.
I second that, after the boot camp it just wasn't as interesting for me.
19:45- yeah this is covering the "Tet Offensive" of the Vietnam War (it's in "Good Morning Vietnam" w/Robin Williams too.) Pretty noteworthy part of the actual war for exactly why Kubrick explained it too; nobody expected it.
The Dirty Dozen (1967) should also be on your list. More of a mission training and team building movie than a boot camp movie.
Private Pyle was a comentary on Project 100,000 where about 300,000 people that failed the minimum requirements either mentally or physically were used anyway. They died at 3xs the rate of other soldiers. Really dark stuff.
Wow that's horrible
@@AwesomeUSMoviesForrest Gump could technically be considered one of those soldiers, too.
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara was the one who came up with the plan, and one thing he was known for (in a bad way) was being obsessed with data/technology and micromanaging many of the soldiers. To him, a "victory" was if you had fewer casualties than the other side.
Those soldiers were derisively called "McNamara's Morons." They were basically the cannon fodder, the sacrificial lambs.
I was in the Army in the early 90s, and I’ve always said my experience was a cross between FMJ and Stripes. The aloof, comedy of stripes and the ugly, brutal reality of FMJ. It was quite the experience. To all the old times who said boot camp was much harder back then forget to tell you duty stations got tougher. The military went from work hard, play hard, to work hard, play nice.
"Are they allowed to do that?"
Evidently.
Best. Mike.
Hell yeah they were as my father said when he was in boot camp during the Vietnam war.
@@RustyX2010 It was different time in 60's but R.Lee Ermmey himself said that some of the things he did in movie he would be court marshalled in real life
Yeah in these times you would get in trouble!@@lihaniska87
They weren't allowed to hit recruits by December 1977 and we had the M16 by then but other than that it was EXACTLY like boot camp at Parris Island. Btw you would not be laughing if you were there. I was a tough kid and a joker, but I didn't crap the first two weeks I was there I was so scared. And, 1st and 2nd battalion wore tennis shoes to run but my 3rd battalion (3339) wore boots always
This movie is good but I always liked the first half of it the best with the drill instructor. 🤣
Bootcamp isn't just about physical fitness.It's a mind game too.
One of my favorite lines: "You climb obstacles like old people f*ck" 😂
BTW: The ending to that line is "Slow and sloppy". My father used to scream that in traffic about other people's driving. 😂
The original script explained why Pyle became suicidal. He had fallen in love with his rifle which he named Charlene. After he graduated from boot camp they would take Charlene away and it drove him over the edge. While dying Hartman (named Gerheim in the script) was proud that he had turned Pyle into a killer.
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Not to make fun of this movie I seen it in 80s when it came out and I was absolutely awestruck. A true classic.
This is an unflinching look at the dark hearts of men and the institutions of violence and depravity they create.
Joker's character detaches himself with sarcasm to deal with it, until the horror is shoved in his face and he has to act. It was a mercy kill so there's that. Its hard to say how Joker was changed by this, whether it was good or bad. I wonder what other's think of Joker's arc.
His last lines "im in a world of shit but I am alive," harken back to private pyles line that he's in a world of shit.
I suppose one thing that is meant by those last lines is that he understands now how Pyle felt, but, unlike Pyle, he is alive.
Thank you for watching this brilliant, yet harrowing film!
I went to USMC boot camp in 1988, and because of this movie, this is exactly how boot camp went!
Plenty of great _war_ films.
However, you ask someone to recommend you a great film about _boot camp_ the answer will *always* be "Full Metal Jacket"
You Have Seen Vincent D'Onofrio (Private Gomer Pyle) in Men in Black. He played the Head Alien.
Stanley Kubrick directed The Shining.
My dad went through boot in this era at Parris Island. He later went on to teach sniper school and was a drill instructor for a time...some of the things that you hear the DI say in this were definitely standard in the DI insult book. I remember my dad telling me "you trying to do that is like old people fucking...slow as shit and awkward to witness" about 3 years before FMJ came out. He never ran out of creative ways to "inspire".
R Lee Ermy who played the drill instructor and was a drill instructor in the Vietnam War said, while striking a recruit was not officially allowed, in Vietnam the time in boot camp was reduced from 12 to 8 weeks so shortcuts were taken to get the point across as quickly as possible.
12:05 They call it a blanket party
So Many Reactors I've seen miss that point. but it was Messed that made Pyle out of edge
This was an outstanding movie. I was in Navy Boot camp and I have had dril
Sargent like him. Plus my dad was one in the army. They are just like that. At first you want to laugh but then you stop. Lots of push ups.
Great reaction James to a kubrick classic very uncomfortable to watch in parts but essential viewing Great reaction
I just love you, man! I can't tell you how much I appreciate GENUINE REACTIONS to awesome US movies! This is an absolute classic, lines from this movie are part of the cultural lexicon now, and the drill instructor's insults are absolutely hilarious (in the darkest of ways)! I'm so glad you got to see this, and that we get to watch along with you!
Ah, thank you so much. I appreciate the support
Oh boy...welcome to the Kubrick insanity version of Vietnam...it definitely makes an impression, doesn't it? 😎
I have never seen it specifically stated by Kubrick anywhere, but Private Pyle is a clear representation of a real program that the Defense Department ran in the 1960s. It was called "Project 100,000" and it was a test to see whether the mental and physical parameters for serving in the US military could be widened to make the pool of potential service people larger. Between escalation in Vietnam and all the other military commitments of the Cold War in those days, the military was concerned about a shortage of people to serve. So they started testing whether recruits who were normally just a bit below the normal standard for IQ, or emotional stability, or physical fitness could be turned into effective military personnel. The same program probably would have led to Forrest Gump being recruited and serving in Vietnam. The program had various nicknames including "McNamara's Misfits" and "McNamara's Morons" in honor of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.
Then there's the Kubrick insanity version of nuclear war...Dr. Strangelove.
A few of my friends are ex-Marines and even after 20-30 years everyone of them can recite the "Rifle Prayer".
You shouldn't let your friends hear you call them "ex". Once a Marine, always a Marine...that title is earned and getting out of the service does not take it away.
@@ratmackay I never thought of that, thanks. I must have never said it in front of either of them because they would have corrected me, believe me.
Vincent D'Onofrio gained 70 pounds to play the part of Private Pyle, the most weight an actor has ever gained for a role in the movie. He is also a method actor. In the scene where Hartman slaps him for placing the gun on the wrong shoulder, he asked R. Lee Ermey to slap him for real to make the scene more authentic. He didn't know that Kubrick was notorious for doing multiple takes of single scenes. And by "multiple takes", I don't mean 5 or 10, I mean 50's or 100's. so there's no telling how many times his face got slapped.
Also the line, "Pick up your cover," was an adlib by Ermey because it's what he would have said for real.
Imo the best boot camp section of any movie I've seen, and one of the most intense. Great reaction as always
They probably can’t physically touch recruits anymore but they certainly did before
Great reaction
They are talking about Tet…
The Tet Offensive
They absolutely shave your head day 2 at the reception station.
The Marine Corps is a branch of the Navy and back then we wore Boondockers. That's what those boots that look like tennis shoes are 😊
You exclaimed "DUMMY!" at all the correct times.
Awesome Movie and Work Bro, Thanks, Greetings from Helsinki,Finland🇫🇮🇺🇸
R. Lee Ermey is pure genius....He was brought in as an advisor, but was so good he got the part..
something often overlooked in most movies depicting Marine Corps boot is there is often this idea they have only one DI. This is one of the few movies to show other DI's going about their duties behind hartman.
What did the Army think? They didn't give a sh*t. These men were Marines. Semper Fi.
You always cheer me up James, I’m in hospital from near death but I always watch your reactions. You seem to be a very nice guy, I wish could known you in a different life. Going to watch the reaction now thanks buddy 👍🏽😎
Thank you so much for the support. I'll be sending some prayers your way. Get better soon
In 1985, I was at recruit training command, San Deigo. UNITED STATES NAVY. And Yes, if you failed to properly state your 12 general orders, if your cot was not 4-0, or you failed your freedom run, you were targeted by other naval recruits, & or by your RED ROPERS. Today, in the 2020's, I don't know the protocols of Naval bootcamp.
"Early morning dew" means exactly what you think it means. Lol
Really? Who was the women?
@@AwesomeUSMovies Ann Margret, the red head love interest from Grumpy Old Men, she was quite the sex symbol back in the 60s. The CO was essentially asking for upskirt pics.
Since you're a book lover, James, read "The Short-Timers". This movie is based on that book & mostly written by the book's author.
i went to Parris Island in 1981, and although the 'abuse' wasn't allowed it did happen from time to time. And blanket parties happened as well, both in recruit training as well as in the Fleet. FMJ style training doesn't happen these days- I probably caught the last few years of the more extreme era.
I can only speak from post-Vietnam US Navy.
1. There are always more than one CC in boot camp (at least in the Navy) where partially recruits can't be abused. Verbal abuse is one thing but physical was a NO GO.
2. Vincent D'Onofrio played the Bug in MIB and had to put on 50lbs for this role
3. Hardman was out of control. Others outside his recruits would have noticed and he would have been held accountable.
4. "I don't know, but I've been told. Eskimo pussy is mighty cold." was used in my Navy recruit company in 1981.
5. In the US Navy real live ammo was always accounted for, and Pyle wouldn't have had it on his person in the head.
6. The lights in the head are always lit. (lighting I suspect).
7. "Blanket parties" were a real deal. We didn't have one because we didn't have a Gomer Pyle.
8. The hooker in Saigon is just distracting them so the motorcycle guys can steal the camera. I saw that happen in the Philippines.
9. "I wouldn't shit you, you're my favorite turd" I've used that before.
10. Even by Hollywood standards, Kubrick went overboard with excessive bloodletting.
Note: Close-cut hair is part of being UNIFORM.
in theory, hartman was probably in his duty hut rubbing one out when he heard them take initiative and beat pyle.
Hi James! Gonna drop another suggestion for you.... "Heartbreak Ridge". Another movie along the lines on Full Metal Jacket, but not quite as "harsh" (Also, this one is about Vietnam, and Heartbreak Ridge is loosely referencing the "incident" in Granada, not a full on war, just a "rescue operation"). It stars Mario Van Peebles and Clint Eastwood.
I've known a lot of Vietnam vets in my lifetime, and while they are all hesitant to talk about their experiences in the war, they all agree that this movie shows a realistic side of things (as does Platoon). R. Lee Ermy was originally going to be a consultant for the Drill Instructor, but no one could do the part justice, so he did it himself.
5:00 - They were back then.
15:40 - You probably know this already, James.... but you always assume that they are live rounds. Just like you always assume a gun is loaded until you verify that it isn't.
16:40 - Bad advice, there, my friend. A sudden move like that would likely have "triggered" (pun intended) Pyle to shoot Joker out of reflex. By staying calm, and talking in a hushed tone likely saved Joker's life. You can tell by looking at Pyle's eyes that he had already checked out and was unpredictable. The last thing you want to do when you see someone like that, is do anything sudden, even if its "run away".
17:40 - "TET" Holiday. Up until this one, there was always a cease fire to celebrate it. The "Tet Offensive" as it's now known as, took the US by surprise, and got a lot of Americans killed because they weren't prepared for it. In effect, it turned the tide against the US and South Vietnam.
25:35 - Fun fact: The cameraman in this scene, is Stanley Kubrick himself.
27:10 - Nope. Korea was a technical "tie", Vietnam was a straight up loss.
33:10 - Not quite. A younger teenage girl. The Viet Cong were notorious for training kids to fight (as you saw in Good Morning Vietnam), and it didn't matter which gender they were. In fact, younger females were often undetected as "the enemy" until they actually struck. It was this kind of fighting that the US was completely unprepared for. Up until then, wars were fought much like WWII, with organized armies confronting one another on a battlefield. Vietnam was a whole different kind of warfare. Guerilla tactics, surprise ambushes by children, booby traps the likes of which would give you nightmares..... basically, every "rule" of warfare was thrown out the window.
I don't remember how old you are, James, but I was still a child when Vietnam ended. I still remember seeing the evening news back in the early-mid 1970s, where footage was shown to keep the public informed about the war. They didn't give a warning about sending the kids out of the room, they just showed it. Pieces of bodies laying around the blood soaked mud, the wounded being tended to, and even footage of villages that had been wiped out searching for VC that were allegedly "hiding among them".
I was 8 years old in 1975, and I remember seeing (again, on the news) how the soldiers were treated at the airports upon returning home. I was too young to fully understand, but it bothered me (coming from a military family) seeing our troops being treated like that. It wasn't until I was much older did I understand the intricacies of why the war was so unpopular, and the reasons they were treated like that (right or wrong).
R Lee Ermy was a real life Marine Drill sergeant. He was the only person that the Director didn't screw with.
James, I feel you 😊 I'm 65 grew up on a ranch/farm with only 3 channels and no time to watch them 😂😂😂 Up and done with breakfast and out the door before the sun hit the Barn
It's a simply life, and I loved it
This is a great movie. Now you need to watch “Platoon”. Another great movie about Vietnam with an incredible cast. I do have to say that with all your knowledge on things that you never heard of The Tet offensive. That actually shocked me. You might like another Marines movie starring Clint Eastwood called “Heartbreak Ridge”.
Best boot camp movie is American Sniper! My favorite boot camp is Hacksaw Ridge 😂
It was estimated US troops fired 50,000 rounds of M-16 ammo for every confirmed enemy kill. This movie does a good job of showing that.
R.Lee Ermey had to explain to Stanley Kubrick what a "reach around" was.
Oh, you can expect a lot a angry comments from a bunch of Army veterans...lol
The Marine Corps has two enlisted boot camps Parris Island South Carolina and Marine Recruit Depot San Diego
Executing the girl was the pinnacle scene in this film.
But Joker Didn't want to Execute her
Yes "me love you long time" is from this film and was used in the hit rap song by 2 Live Crew in 1989. Was very controversial.
“Burning Inside” by Ministry (also from 1989) had many samples of RL Ermy’s dialogue
A super movie. You should see Memphis Belle. It’s a WWII movie but most movies are about fighter planes but this one is about boomers and it stars Mathew Modine!
Trivia for Full Metal Jacket:
- Released in 1987; directed by Stanley Kubrick; written by Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav Hasford, based on Hasford's novel "The Short-Timers."
- Nominated for 1 Oscar in 1987, for Best Adapted Screenplay, but it didn't win its category. R. Lee Ermey (Gunnery Sergeant Hartman) also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
- Vincent D'Onofrio gained 70 pounds to play the role of Private Pyle.
- Bruce Willis, Val Kilmer, and Anthony Michael Hall (the nerd from The Breakfast Club) were all in discussions to play Joker before Matthew Modine was cast.
- R. Lee Ermey was a real drill sergeant, not an actor. He was originally set to be just the technical advisor, but found his way into playing Hartman. Most of his dialogue was improvised, which was a pleasant surprise because Stanley Kubrick was known for having his actors stick to the script.
- The original actor supposed to play Hartman, Dale Dye, was re-cast as the role of the door gunner.
- Despite antagonizing his character throughout the film, R. Lee Ermey said Vincent D'Onofrio was the most "genuine" of the cast, and actually got along the best with him because of it.
- A colonel in the Belgian Army who was a fan of Kubrick's movies sent him four M41 Walker Bulldog tanks to use for the film.
- To ensure continuity, each actor playing a soldier had his head shaved once a week.
They can't do those things in boot camp NOW, but they DID BACK THEN.
They're not allowed to do that. A drill sergeant is not allowed to physically touch any of his recruits. R.Lee Ermey said he was trying to show how not to be a drill sergeant. He also said any drill sergeant would have been able to tell that Private Pyle was going insane.
It seems really unlikely that Kubrick did NOT intend Private Pyle to be a recognition of the men of Project 100,000...though I have never seen that he ever explicitly said he was.
What's allowed is not the point. I was in Navy boot camp in 2002. My RDC kicked me because I wasn't standing correctly. Was that allowed? No. But he did it anyway and I was better for it...
The "island" Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Paris Island, S. C., this is were recruits go to become Marines. The Marine Corps is a part of the U. S. Navy. They are an elite fighting force and the smallest branch of the U. S. armed forces. Boot camp was just like that during the Vietnam War, the armed forces had to take civilians, most of whom had never held a weapon, never been in a fist fight for their lives and always had their parents to do and look after them and turn them into bringers of death and destruction in 21 or 8 weeks, depending on what year you enlisted. There were very few draftees in the Marine Corps. The only branches that men were drafted into were the Army and Marine Corps. 2/3 of the men who served in Vietnam were volunteers. 2/3 of the men who served in World War II were drafted. Approximately 70% of those killed were volunteers. 86% of the men who died in Vietnam were Caucasians, 12.5% were Black Americans, 1.2% were other races. 7,484 women served in Vietnam, of whom 6,250 or 83.5% were nurses. Peak troop strength in Vietnam was 543,482, on 30 April 1969. The Tet Offensive, in 1968, was a U. S. victory and a disaster for the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese. The Viet Cong were decimated following Tet.
Awesome US movie - filmed in the UK.
The character's name is not actually Pyle. That's a reference to the 60's TV comedy called Gomer Pyle USMC, about a hapless marine.
“Are they allowed to do that?” It depends on what is meant by “they.” In fiction, all bets are off, such that Bambi can even speak English.
James, your fresh reaction to this movie was entertaining. 🙂
He was a real drill seargent in the marines
The Tet offensive was a major turning point in the war. Although it was a technical victory for US forces, it was viewed as a disaster by the American public and the support of the war and faith in public officials crumbled.
All of FMJ was shot in the UK because Stanley Kubrick hated to travel. The guy shooting the machine gun in the helo is the original actor intended to play Gny. Sgt. Hartman before R Lee Ermey was cast.
It was called Blanket Party back in the day.
First 10 minutes of Tribes was pretty good.
This movie was filmed in the UK, hard to believe but true.
The movie’s characterization of the Tet offensive is somewhat misleading: it was a Pyrrhic victory for the Vietcong as they did overrun most American holdings in Vietnam, but the American retaliation was overwhelming and annihilated the Vietcong as a major fighting force very shortly after the offensive. It did have a devastating affect on American morale, though.