I was reading an old interview with him and he said he did this three times, he didn't say what the other two parts were though. When I get back to my room tonight I'll look for the article and post it.It's worth Googling how Ermy got the Full Metal Jacket gig. Just know he was not hired to act in the movie, but rather to be a technical consultant and adviser to the original actor who was cast to play Gunny Hartman.
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Ermey was also the consultant for An Officer and a Gentleman a few years before FMJ. He coached Louis Gossett for the role of Sgt. Foley. That's why the "Steers and Queers" line was used by Gossett first (people sometimes claimed Ermey "stole it" in FMJ).I was reading an old interview with him and he said he did this three times, he didn't say what the other two parts were though. When I get back to my room tonight I'll look for the article and post it.It's worth Googling how Ermy got the Full Metal Jacket gig. Just know he was not hired to act in the movie, but rather to be a technical consultant and adviser to the original actor who was cast to play Gunny Hartman.
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If it wasn't his first role it was "one of" his first roles, but he was a helicopter pilot in Apocalypse Now and served as a technical advisor.
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Going further on Ermey, he was one of the *very* few people Kubrick actually allowed to ad-lib his lines. I agree on the FMJ discussion as well...I remember every minute of the boot camp portion of the film, but honestly couldn't tell you what happens after that.
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Mr. Huntington, West Virginia...and to think in a 5 year window you had Hal Greer, Jerry West, and Hot Rod Hundley come out of the Mountain State. Crazy amount of Basketball talent.RIP Hal Greer
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It's funny, for me FMJ is about what happens AFTER the "boot camp comedy" ends - especially the ending scenes with fighting - and killing - the young Vietnamese sniper. This is what makes FMJ my second most favorite war movie (after Das Boot). Maybe because I really like war movies where the "war" or "battle" are of secondary importance...Going further on Ermey, he was one of the *very* few people Kubrick actually allowed to ad-lib his lines. I agree on the FMJ discussion as well...I remember every minute of the boot camp portion of the film, but honestly couldn't tell you what happens after that.
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Das Boot is the best.
"It's a long way from Tipperary..."
"It's a long way from Tipperary..."
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Then you would probably love Malick's Thin Red Line. 
(I really like the film, not as good as the book, but it is what it is)
(I really like the film, not as good as the book, but it is what it is)
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It's been a while since I watched it. Will need to find some time this week.
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https://t.co/av1sufqRmK https://t.co/ENuz8PQYzFJUST IN: Harry Anderson, the actor best known for his role on 'Night Court' passed away in North Carolina Monday morning. »
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Aww damnit. And we never got our Night Court reunion.
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Ugh....another tough one. Only 65 too. I loved his Harry "The Hat" character on Cheers.
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Exactly what I just posted on FB.Ugh....another tough one. Only 65 too. I loved his Harry "The Hat" character on Cheers.
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Anderson was also a big gamer...this was a great find on Twitter today:
https://twitter.com/NowWeAreNowhere/sta ... 2346381312
https://twitter.com/NowWeAreNowhere/sta ... 2346381312
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"Sales of video games show no signs of slowing down as the industry heads into the 90's." That line almost gives me chills. I was in my gamer prime as a 7 year old around that time.
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He was the standard for talent, craft, and most of all, freedom. Like one Jaromir Jagr can fire up the desire for hockey in a whole generation of boys, Milos Forman is truly the creator of one generation of filmmakers who all wanted be like him... We all are Forman's children - and he is that father under the mask on Amadeus poster who hugs us all.
