If you haven’t seen it, knowing in advance that it’s almost entirely Ermey, not a pre-scripted speech, is more than impressive it’s terrifying. And as he told CBCs Midday, he knew some real peo.
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His best known role was that of 'Gunnery Sergeant Hartman' in motion picture director Stanley Kubrick's 1987 Vietnam War film 'Full Metal Jacket. Lee Ermey drew on some of his real-life experiences when acting in Stanley Kubricks Full Metal Jacket. He passed away in Santa Monica, California at age 74. Kubrick halted production of Ermey’s scenes until he recovered enough to work, but in several of those scenes he never moved his left arm. Additionally, he hosted the TV shows 'Mail Call' and 'Lock 'N Load with R. During filming – after hours – he was in a Jeep accident and broke several ribs on his left side. Overall the filming of Full Metal Jacket was a gruelling experience for many of the cast members, but for Ermey there were further complications. That incredible ‘induction speech’ with its wildly graphic, vulgar and politically incorrect lines was unrehearsed, and delivered with such raw venom and utter confidence that it’s a wonder those young men didn’t break and run. Interviews after the film’s release revealed that not only did Ermey have considerable latitude in his choice of dialogue and action, Kubrick deliberately kept him away from the actors who played the roles of his trainees/victims before filming began. Lee Ermey, and to this day it is doubtful if any actor past or present could have been more convincing in the role. Hartman is played – if that’s the word – by R. In the opening scenes of the movie, a group of recruits gets an introduction to boot camp from Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, the Senior Drill Instructor. Released in 1987, directed and co-written by Stanley Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket recieved some mixed reviews but nobody claimed it wasn’t a memorable flick.
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The average movie-goer is probably not familiar with the actual meaning of ‘full metal jacket’, but it’s also probable that anyone who see’s the movie of the same name will have a fuller understanding, not to mention a fairly harrowing virtual experience. I just changed my profile image to one of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman and after doing that I thought it would be interesting to tell the story behind arguably the best scene in this classic Kubrick war movie. The story behind Gunnery Sergeant Hartman’s speech from Full Metal Jacket
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