RIP R.Lee Ermey (full metal jacket)

[globaleagle]

R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine who made a career in Hollywood playing hard-nosed military men like Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, has died.

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainmen...r-r-lee-ermey-dies-at-74-20180416-p4z9vf.html

• He was born Ronald Lee Ermey in 1944
• He served 11 years in the Marine Corps
• He accumulated more than 60 credits in film and television over his career

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-16/full-metal-jacket-actor-r-lee-ermey-dies/9662306

@Terry Zarsoff will need a new avatar.


(ok he wont, that was my way of letting him know. Sheesh, you guys!)

 

[Woodsie]

Was just on my way to post it .... RIP ... and thanks for one of the 5 best minutes of abuse I have ever heard ...

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

DI Hartman: Do you believe in the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Private Joker?

Joker: Sir, yes Sir!

DI Hartman: Get the goddamn off my obstacle course, Pte Uate!

The backstory of how he won that role is a classic.

 

[globaleagle]

r.i.p Margot 'Lois lane' Kidder

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

r.i.p Margot 'Lois lane' Kidder

What are you keeping score here?

 

[Captain Moondog]

Tom Wolfe gets off the bus.