Full Metal Jacket
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Full Metal Jacket received an Oscar nomination for Best Writing, and it comes as no surprise. However, what you might find surprising is that the probably the most memorable character from the movie, Sergeant Hartman had no scripted lines.
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The man who played him, R. Lee Ermey, was actually a former Parris Island Marine drill instructor. Directing legend, Stanley Kubrick, simply told him to say on camera what he said back then, which is how we got the famous line, “I’ll bet you could suck a golf ball through a garden hose.”
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