TRIBUTE GUNNY "Drill Instructor Hartman Monologue" – Full Metal Jacket (1987) Reaction Mashup

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• JA

  @JamesP0168 · 6 months ago

  The theory is, if you can't take the abuse in boot camp, there's no way you'll survive in war.

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• DA

  @dannyblevins-n8m · 5 months ago

  Lee Ermy should have gotten the Academy Award for that performance :)

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• JO

  @johnscott4196 · 6 months ago

  Gotta remember Hartman's job is to weed out all non-hackers "who do not pack the gear" to serve in the Marine Corps.  Mental stress counts. He's pushing them to see if they break

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  @64MDW · 6 months ago (edited)

  It is so entertaining to see the reactions of folks who have had virtually no connection to the military other than film or video games. It's a case of 'you kinda had to be there.' The Gunny is hard and brutal because war is hard and brutal. He is teaching them how to survive and function effectively as a unit under pressure and often deadly circumstances and he only has eight weeks to do it. He's got a job to do and it works, believe it or not.

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• FR

  @FredX1977 · 6 months ago (edited)

  R. Lee Ermey ( the drill instructor) was not an actor in real life before this movie came out. He was a retired Marine drill instructor who was on set as a consultant for the movie. The director asked him how a drill instructor scene should go and would he demonstrate. So Ermey put on a uniform did his thing and the director had it filmed. None of this was scripted and he told the other actors just to go with it. The director loved it so much that it made it to the film and this was Ermey's first acting gig. Yes he really did punch Joker in the gut and choked Private Pyle.

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• JO

  @johnscott4196 · 6 months ago

  Can't speak to today, but in 1977 this was very very accurate. Even the haircut, they tell you if you have a mole or skin tag or anything, to put your finger on it so they don't shave it off. Every haircut takes seconds.

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• UN

  @UncleD153 · 6 months ago

  USMC Parris Island 3rd Battalion 1987. You get yelled at daily. More so in the first six weeks. You are broken down to nothing and then built back up to be a Marine. 13 weeks from civilian to Marine!! Semper Fi

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• JO

  @joecarr5412 · 6 months ago (edited)

  Sgt Hartman has to Weed Out who edited his Full hardcore speech !😁

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• DA

  @Daehawk · 6 months ago

  R Lee was a real character. We lost someone special when he passed. I loved that guy.

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• VI

  @vimzim8576 · 5 months ago

  Ronald Lee Ermey (Hartman) was a drill instructor, he was hired by Stanley Kubrick as a technical advisor for the movie.  Tim Colceri was first cast for this role but during rehearsal Ermey was so natural for the role that Kubrick gave him the role, even allowed him to write, edit and improvise his own dialogue for the movie which is why it was such a great performance.

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• KM

  @KMN0341 · 6 months ago

  Believe it or not for some of us who passed thru Marine Corps basic training, trying not to laugh and keep your military bearing was a daily battle

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• MR

  @Mr.Batsu12 · 6 months ago

  I love seeing the different reactions to what boot camp is for. One of the core purposes is to tear down the character traits you had before the military and rebuild you from the core to be a better person, according to their needs. <br> <br>They work to remove things like sloppiness, lateness, and lack of attention to detail and replace those with new traits like discipline, punctuality, loyalty, and obedience. It&apos;s clear some people don&apos;t understand what&apos;s happening and may not even agree with why it&apos;s needed.

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