This video shows scenes from Stanley Kubrick's movie "Full Metal Jacket' that include the drill sergeant. From the basic training scenes, the jelly doughnut unlocked footlocker scene, the rifle song, and more!
@@filmingreels the drill said so many good lines it is hard to choose my favorite line.I do like the one in which he says Pyle climbs that obstacle like old people f#%k lol 😂!!!!
@@stargazerlaurent6780 Nope. It was improvised as confirmed by the majority of people who worked on the film. Ermey himself served as a drill instructor from 1965 to 1967.
@@karlmartin849 He did not improvise. He wrote the parts. They filmed multiple takes of every scene, and they had to be exactly the same. He did not improvise on the spot, but he did help write the dialogue.
Ermey saying 'What is that?... What the fuck is that?!', when discovering the jelly donut never fails to make me laugh. He sounds completely unhinged but also so dumbfounded by the sight. It's hilarious.
@@JohnRyan-gr8bsno sir incorrect; 6:26 “you climb obstacles like old people fuck” while he’s climbing an obstacle, do your research if you’re gonna correct me
@@SanchoPanza-wg5xffrom the start of the movie you could tell that he was a few screws loose from a full box of crayons. The constant berating and eventual beating just pushed him over the edge. He probably didn't even think he was doing anything wrong because as soon as Gunney yelled at him to do something, he did it and the verbal assault stopped for a moment.
I've heard stories of Drill Instructors tearing a whole barracks apart, throwing mattresses and things everywhere, then making the recruits clean it up.
Oh yes. I'm sure it happened a lot. When I was in basic training, we had a Senior Master Sergeant who would pull apart a bunk right down to the springs. Not because he found anything wrong with it, but because it was too perfect. If a bunk or a locker looked totally squared away to this guy, he would pull it all apart to look for something out of place.
Brings back PTSD memories from basic training. Both good, and disturbing. We hated the way our NCO instructors treated us, but at the same time we respected them. After 10+ years in the army, I have nothing but respect for them.
You respect them because they were giving you the most valuable lessons that you would ever get to give you the best possible chance to survive combat and be a warrior.
because he actuallly was military. It was extremely rare for a Kubrick film, but he was allowed to adlib almost all of his lines. The other actors reactions are pretty much genuine because they had no idea what he was gonna do or say
Anyone that went to any military boot camp between 1941 and 1986, ( I went in 1975), knows how realistic the movie was. I feared my DI'S - at first. Around the 8-9 week point the fear was replaced by respect. We "boots" came to respect and actually like our DI'S. I did at least.
@@Worminator_Worm My DI's were all veterans of the war in Vietnam. One had 6-SIX-Purple Heart medals and 2 Silver Stars. They were mean as hell, at first. I respected them because they were trained to teach us how to survive on a battlefield. They trained us hard in order to fight hard. No DI ever touched me. They used their voices only.
My dad trained with the Marines in 63 or 64 in California. He finished boot camp. This was part of training program between the US and our country. He rarely talked about the training but the few thing he said seem pretty well represented here. He made several friends within the American recruits, and one of them was a heavy person as presented in the movie. He told us that the Instructors were very hard on this person and he eventually committed suicide by jumping into one of those big heavy trucks. After finishing the boot camp my dad, and his compatriots went for additional training but the American kids went to Vietnam. Several of his dear friends were killed Vietnam the first week, that was something made him very sad. He got the yearbook that I used peruse for hours when I was a kid. He used to wear this yellow shirt with a red Marine Insignia for years, he was very proud of it. He could not pay for the graduation ring so I bought a replica here in the States and gave it to him. He treasures it. After the training he returned to our country and he became a Commando, a Marine Instructor and Marine Commando Instructor. He's 93 now and I wish I could find that yellow Jersey with the red Insignia to send it to him.
I can’t imagine how if anything this movie should make people not want to go mental distress, physical and verbal abuse. The idea of being turned into a mindless killer to serve a country who doesn’t give a shit about you no thanks.
Funny since it's supposed to be an anti war movie. But sadly you're probably right, all the machoism later in the movie probably outweighed the psychological elements. In a way Kubrick made a mistake switching out the DI actor as the original one apparently was supposed to just be mean with no redeeming qualities.
Anything that is not secured, even a footlocker, is unacceptable. Because some day that recruit may be responsible for securing something more important. And his explanation of being hungry is weak, too. When I was in basic, we were not only allowed to eat as much chow as we wanted, but encouraged to do so. Pyle brought this on himself.
That is why in the Navy a seaman is not allowed to loan any article of clothing or equipment to a buddy. If one is found with something belonging to another sailor, it opens both up for a Captain's Mast and a possible trip to the brig in Portsmouth.
Not if you were overweight. You were a diet recruit and you couldn’t eat the full menu. Our last week of basic training we had a recruit get caught with a donut in the barracks and they gave him office hours right on the spot.
Such a great movie. R. Lee Ermey was the perfect choice for the drill Sargent since he was one in real life. I'm amazed though that he managed to do the part without the normal, frequent and creative use of a vast vocabulary of expletives! 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah back in the 70's when my Uncle went into the Marines and came home after boot camp he told stories of how a laugh or smirk would get your head knocked off. They can't do that anymore.
What a surprise it would be for a pastor son, never having heard such language before. We had guys like that who prayed for the Dl when the smoking lamp was lit. SEMPER Fl
The reason I never joined the Marines was because I would've been Pyle. Only difference is I would've never snuck that Jelly Doughnut into the Barracks.
I went to San Marcos Academy as a freshman in highschool.The boys took ROTC.That was enough military for me to last several lifetimes.I especially has trouble drilling with the rifle.
"If the Army and the Navy, ever look on Heaven's scenes... They will find the streets are guarded, by United States Marines." US Marine Corps Hymn. Poor bastards. Sentenced to an eternity of guard duty. At least, according to them. No, thank you. US Army, and I will enjoy my eternity's time off.
This is how my dad talked to me and my brother when we were growing us!.He was 24 years military. My dad sounded just like R. Lee Ermy. End result is we became very successful law abiding citizens! This country needs more dads like my dad! 😂
I think you’re missing the point of the film. The kind of verbal abuse that Pyle endured caused him to be mentally shattered, and drove him to kill Sargent Hartman and himself. It’s a condemnation of this sort of behavior.
My Gunnery Sergeant Hartman was Sergeant Drown from Minnesota. The Vikings were in the SuperBowl in 1975. He told us all to pray that they win. If they lost, which the did...again.....He would pit us for 4 hours. They lost and we were in the dirt for 4 hours. He blamed us.
Still one of Vincent D’Onofrio’s best roles. He actually gained weight for the part, and as it fluctuated his body took a brutal beating because of it.
What’s my favorite line? It’s more of my favorite scene. When Joker says, “Is this you John Wayne? Is this me?” Every time I see that scene, I say to myself (and anyone that will listen), having “been there, done that,” MCRD San Diego, 1967, there is NO way a recruit would do/say that. If you did, back then, the Drill Instructors would have beaten you half to death just to make a point. They are in charge, not you. SEMPER FI!
1. The magic of editing. 2. He was a REAL drill Sargent in the Marines for 10 years. 3. R.Lee Emery fought on the frontlines in Vietnam. He was in action to where if you blink too much, you can die. That helps get it under control.
Me and my old roommate had a pull up bar in the apartment we shared. Every so often one of us would jump up onto it and the other one would stand to the side, shouting "one for the commandant! One for the Corps!" Thanks to you, Gunny, we were in the best shape of our lives.
I AM A MARINE I HAD A DRILL INSTRUCTOR as him. The marines need DRILL INSTRUCTORS as this MARINE I believe every marine will confirm this. I am a marine he is an outstanding DRILL INSTRUCTOR the marines need him to keep the corps unique and above all military services Semper fi
Had a friend Master Sergeant Tom Merritt Career Army! Good man he was very much like Ermey Tough on the field, at work with recruits, and real pleasant and calm at home to be around. Bless them ALL!
Best actor to ever play a Marine Corps drill instructor, I graduated from Parris Island May of 1980 and that's exactly how boot camp was. He nailed that role, RIP Gunny and Semper FI.
This in a nutshell is the difference between the modern Marine boot and Marine boot of the Vietnam era. Today they punish the individual recruit when he fucks up. In my day they punished the whole platoon anytime a recruit fucked up. It didn't take long before the platoon got pissed and fixed things themselves; starting with some laser stares, then verbal threats and then shoulder checks in the squad bay and finally a blanket party if necessary. We gave one blanket party in my platoon and the shitbird recruit straightened right up...except he fucked up in final drill comp and cost us honor platoon...several of us said we were going to kill the MF'er when we saw him at Geiger for ITR but somehow, he never showed.
To be fair everything this man is saying is fair enough, it's seems harsh but it's actually not, it's very reasonable especially in a disciplined fighting force like this.
Frustration Tolerance - coping skills - has to be learned. On the battlefield - or in any Military Organization, Frustration is a way of life and one has to control themselves.
@@user-td2jw9ze2c If Pyle can't take that kind of treatment in basic training, he can't take it in combat. Basic training is where the military separates those who can from those who can't hack it. Better there than in some crucial situation.
On top of that, they SHOULD have said "Aye Sir" or "Aye Aye Sir" when given a command!! Also, if you were a marine, you would definitely know that you'd say "This recruit took the jelly donut from the mess hall," NOT "I took the jelly donut!". I'm surprised that this wasn't corrected!
@@bigdee8189 Back in those days recruits were known as Privates, and "I" was an acceptable answer. It changed in the late 70'/early '80's. That's what my first 1stSgt told me, and he joined in 67 and was called a Private.
As a Marine in 72 MCRD San Diego when I saw Gunny on here and the way he was on film brings back memories of MY DI's in Basic Training. Thank you SSGT Mc Daniel, SSGT Inman, and SGT Carl. They were just as crazy and pushed us to or limits and then some. As a Proud Marine Thank You for making me a MARINE...... SEMPER FI
One of the things I would have liked to seen, is Private Pyle making it to Vietnam. His death was part of the story I understand but I will still would like to have seen how he would do in Vietnam. He would have taken out the sniper and smiled about it,without hesitation.
A bit of amazement from me that when R L Ermey was trying out for a part he improvised grand many scenes unscripted and the actor chosen for that part of the movie dismissed and Director chosen Ermey as the Real Deal.
Actually what happened was they cast an actor and R. Lee was brought in to prep him for the role. When Stanley Kubrick met him and heard his improvisations he fired the actor and asked R. Lee to do it instead. Lee was actually petrified of acting and had stage fright when filming, but you’d never know.
I went to boot camp in 1978 (Aco. Plt 1081) USMC, and these scene are as realistic as you can get… by my time no physical abuse was tolerated, but all the same. Great job.
Has anyone besides me noticed the blooper at the obstacle course? Where he says "It should take you no LESS than ten f**ing seconds to negotiate this obstacle." Then a few seconds later says "...until they can get this obstacle down to less than ten f**ing seconds."
R.Lee Ermey did a kind of homage to this character for a sci fi show called “Space: Above And Beyond.” He was the drill instructor for a bunch of space fighter pilot recruits. “In space no one can hear you scream unless it is the war cry of the US Marines!” He then asks one of the recruits to hear his war cry and his war cry is weak. Skip to the final episode and that same weak recruit is now a battle hardened Marine, manning a gun and he is about to die. The camera shifts to outside the space ship and as the enemy closes in the silent black of space you hear the war cry of a Marine as he is about to…
I was in the Marine corps boot camp 82 to 86 infantry Saw the movie when I got out. Very realistic. I think inventory training school was even worse than boot camp. 30 days of hell. That was the real fun
Remember those "grunts" were actors. They didn't get the real experience like the crucible and the all out pt like we did. It's like watching civil war reenactors, most are fat, out of shape, gray bearded ,none of them ever having missed a meal. RealAuthentic Portrayal !!!!!!!! Most were 145lbs at that marching 30 miles per day, they were like the Force Recon of their day.
At a place I used to work, we would get dpnuts for the staff room from time to time. Several of us were familiar with this movie, and when we saw one of us eating the donuts, we would say "what the fuck is that? A jelly donut?!"
2:23 I know where this is going, this reminds me of rvb series where Griff wasn't punished but everyone else was, this is terrifying for a reason because not only are the Sgt's going to tear you a new one later but all your comrades, battle buddies and everyone will, and which case you find yourself with no one to back you up or be allies.
My drill sergeant at boot camp tried to be like him. If it wasn't for the fact that he was younger than most of us would we probably would have respected him. But nobody in my squad weren't impressed either... Sadly for him. He tried too hard I suppose. I wish R.Lee would have been our drill seargant. Then things would have been different. The lieutenant tho. He commanded much more respect. I wish I could meet him again. I have no problems with authorities. But they have to be approachable. Which wasn't the the case. Nobody wanted to talk to him. (The sergeant).
Yeah they def changed. Everyone in leadership is cucked and basic now a days is full of weak men and women who can’t do a quarter of what our fathers did 40 years ago.
Yep. The British barracks are not much different today in 2024 than they were when Kubrick made this film. Kubrick did a great job with making the USMC into the Royal Marines. We all know that this movie was made in the UK and that the set was no way at all similar to 1966 or 1967 Parris Island. Hollywood sucks!!!
Sure they have. Squad bays are very unhealthy. If one man gets a cold or the flu, it spreads like wildfire, with a whole platoon down with it. 4 man rooms are more common now.
The first half of this movie is as real as it gets when you want to know exactly what boot camp is actually like, at least as it would have been in the 1960s and earlier. When I was in navy boot camp in the fall of 1987, it was nearly identical to what is portrayed here, with our company commanders doing and saying all that you see here (and more), but only not allowed to use racial slurs or to slug any recruits. With that said, there was at least one company commander who was severely disciplined (can't remember whether it rose to the level of a forced discharge) for having slugged a recruit right before the guys in my company arrived in Great Lakes.
Marine. They would make us dump our foot lockers and then kick all are shit everywhere! And give us ten seconds to pick up all the stuff! They caught someone like private pile with cookies! They made us do pushups while the recruit would eat the cookies
The whole jelly doughnut scene is great but for some reason I laugh the hardest when Hartman says "whenever Pvt Pyle fucks up". There was no way he was going to say "whenever Pvt Pyle makes a mistake".
