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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:24 pm 
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Pretty cool list. Was not aware of most but some I had heard of before.


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That was cool.


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Awesome.

I had read that R. Lee Ermey was originally brought on FMJ as a consultant but then decided he wanted to play the part himself. So he sent a demo tape to Kubrick of him throwing out 30 minutes of insults (without repeating himself) all the while being pelted by tomatoes thrown by people off-camera. He got the job without question.

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Numbuk wrote:
Awesome.

I had read that R. Lee Ermey was originally brought on FMJ as a consultant but then decided he wanted to play the part himself. So he sent a demo tape to Kubrick of him throwing out 30 minutes of insults (without repeating himself) all the while being pelted by tomatoes thrown by people off-camera. He got the job without question.


As I understand it, he was on as a consultant and they hadn't cast the part or the original actor walked off or some such. Ermey suggested to Kubrick that he could play the part and was originally told no, because he was "too nice". (they had only seen him in his consulting role) So he went back and made the infamous film. Although I think it was tennis balls being thrown at him, not tomatoes.


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Former U.S. Marine Drill Instructor R. Lee Ermey was originally hired as a technical adviser and asked Kubrick if he could audition for the role of Hartman. However Kubrick, having seen his portrayal as Drill Instructor SSgt Loyce in The Boys in Company C, told him that he was not vicious enough to play the character.[3] In response, Ermey made a videotape of himself improvising insulting dialogue towards a group of Royal Marines while people off-camera pelted him with oranges and tennis balls. Ermey, in spite of the distractions, rattled off an unbroken string of insults for 15 minutes, and he did not flinch, duck, or repeat himself while the projectiles rained on him.[3] Upon viewing the video, Kubrick gave Ermey the role, realizing that he "was a genius for this part".[5] Ermey's experience as a real-life DI during the Vietnam era proved invaluable, and he fostered such realism that in one instance, Ermey barked an order off-camera to Kubrick to stand up when he was spoken to, and Kubrick instinctively obeyed, standing at attention before realizing what had happened. Kubrick estimated that Ermey came up with 150 pages of insults, many of them improvised on the spot — a rarity for a Kubrick film. According to Kubrick's estimate, the former drill instructor wrote 50% of his own dialogue, especially the insults.[8] Ermey usually needed only two to three takes per scene, another rarity for a Kubrick film.



From the Full Metal Jacket wiki.

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Wow, I can't believe the Clockwork orange one, that was such a huge plot point, to have been a momentary improv on the scene. Amazing.


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Numbuk wrote:
Awesome.

I had read that R. Lee Ermey was originally brought on FMJ as a consultant but then decided he wanted to play the part himself. So he sent a demo tape to Kubrick of him throwing out 30 minutes of insults (without repeating himself) all the while being pelted by tomatoes thrown by people off-camera. He got the job without question.


I'd like to see this film. Ever been released?


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Arathain Kelvar wrote:
Numbuk wrote:
Awesome.

I had read that R. Lee Ermey was originally brought on FMJ as a consultant but then decided he wanted to play the part himself. So he sent a demo tape to Kubrick of him throwing out 30 minutes of insults (without repeating himself) all the while being pelted by tomatoes thrown by people off-camera. He got the job without question.


I'd like to see this film. Ever been released?


I tried to find it on the interwebs the last time Ermey came up and was unsuccessful. But I would love to see it too.


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Full Metal Jacket?

Yes it was released on DVD, don't know if it is currently in release but you can Google it and find lots of them used I'm sure.

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I think they mean the audition tape...

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darksiege wrote:
I think they mean the audition tape...


Yeah, the audition tape.


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