How tall are you private? | Full Metal Jacket

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[@DJezdic]

Truly one of the funniest first half’s to a sad movie ever.

[@FloridaMowerMan]

I watched the movie with my dad. Thought it was gonna be a badass movie about war. It just opened my eyes

[@spicerack73]

So true!!

[@paistinlasta1805]

Yeah it was so funny when the drill seargant drove pvt. Pyle to suicide

[@FloridaMowerMan]

@@paistinlasta1805 make me laugh every time 🫢😁😁😁

[@ehold6877]

My father was cracking up at the basic training part of this movie and asked me if this was a comedy. I told him to just wait... Still remember the face he had watching the Vietnam part.

[@LucSesti]

"i didn't know they stacked shit this high". One of the best lines

[@CWHolleman]

How do you get the line wrong when the video is literally playing while you are typing..?

[@dagtheking5739]

@@CWHolleman”Queer?”

[@Manofpeas5639]

@@CWHollemanIt’s one spelling mistake.

[@user-qi8sv2mt1m]

I was an E7 just like his character.i was in a very tough MOS.and I never had a reason to take a private down that bad not a accurate story line as far as that went .maybe they do it different in the Marines.dont get me wrong as a platoon sgt for the recon plt 1st of the 75th ranger battalion Marines may indeed do things different but they can't come close to doing it better go ARMY!

[@2vette]

How tall are you buddy

[@christinaworthington8562]

Drill Insructor was robbed of an Oscar for this epic performance!!! RIP R. Lee Ermey!

[@ChronikTheory]

Ermey

[@johnroberts4701]

Drill Instructor

[@seanmetro3496]

Rest in Power R. Lee Ermey

[@sammue6349]

LEGEND

[@oklahomajudicialprocessser2670]

very homophobic tho

[@user-bd7qn6kv7g]

R. Lee Ermey MADE Full Metal Jacket, the first 30 minutes is the best part of the whole damn movie.

[@grzyman1]

Yep, once it went to Vietnam it was that great anymore.

[@chrisbg99]

@@grzyman1 When I first saw it I didn't even realize it ended up in Vietnam. I thought it was always at the boot camp.

[@geobloxmodels1186]

There's a second half? Yeah, I know there is, and I have seen it, but you can watch the first half and be good to go.

[@johnrockyryan]

​@@geobloxmodels1186 Exactly the first half alone has some of the best performances and dialogue in the history of film you can cut it off when private Pyle offs himself

[@TheTuttle99]

That's so fuckin stupid

[@pixilatedsarin2408]

"The goddamn common courtesy to give him a reach-around" Gunny knows some things

[@drvelocci]

??

[@rinzuala8758]

Gunny sus

[@josephdurkin2453]

For real

[@xdhaodn]

Whats a reach around

[@DexBunny]

@@xdhaodn stroking someone elses beef while giving them your own

[@PlumpHotdog]

The fact that he ad-libbed most of this is amazing. For any of you that never served, these dudes are absolute comedians that would also beat you to dust if you ever cracked a smile.

[@theguy6497]

Indeed

[@williscox6025]

Dude. Boot camp is a fun memory, 30yrs later. Life's a bitch then you die.

[@VapidFart]

Can you elaborate on that? I know you really shouldn't laugh but I know I'd have a very hard time holding back and I just wanted to know what would happen.

[@williscox6025]

@@VapidFart bend & thrust, mountain climbers, now move! They PT. You until you almost can't stand up.

[@williscox6025]

@@VapidFart another one " hold your rifles out". You would hold your 14 lb rifle out parallel to the floor with arms locked for minutes at a time without dropping them. It was a stress position for punishment.

[@72mossy]

Gunny didn't even blink, it comes natural to him

[@Yousaf_Yunes]

he was a technical advisor. He WAS legit.

[@randalldugan1817]

I was in the Air in the early 70's and my drill Sargent was just like that. He rattled everyone but coming from a family of veterans I knew it was coming.

[@user-cx2zg4hr9k]

Cocaine it is, good quality cocaine

[@oscardelaserna9788]

He was a drill instructor in real life so it was second nature.

[@harvestcanada]

Lee wrote a whole list for for this scene

[@ComedyJakob]

Lee should have won an Oscar for this performance. It's legendary and it's something nobody else could have done. He was THE man for this role.

[@AlbertHughes-md3gx]

Leeannco road ooleeack m😅🎉pay

[@signoresantinoburnett1169]

Reach arounds increased after this movie.

[@diulikadikaday]

I spat out my food laughing at this comment

[@Steamroom341]

Hilarious

[@whitetroutchannel]

sources?

[@KingOfHarlots86]

😭😭 that's true patriot activity

[@HughMorris69]

Especially in the navy

[@dashriprock9014]

"Did your parents have any children that lived?" "Sir,yes,sir." "I'll bet they regret that!"

[@seansecker9398]

Aww shit. Reminds me of my parents

[@carlfranz6805]

I answered "Sir. No sir". The DI shook his head and walked away. I wasn't lying. 😐. I only tell that story after at least 8 drinks.

[@dioghaltasfoirneartach7258]

Yeah, that is Priceless!

[@killbot86]

“You’re so ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece”

[@ironboy3245]

@@carlfranz6805 yeah the DIs will usually cut you some slack when they accidentally push too far

[@gareth768]

He improved all that on the spot, the man is a legend.

[@AlbertHughes-md3gx]

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[@AlbertHughes-md3gx]

Spoon less is it sweet ore is it dyrehavnday 🎉😂❤oeejrlsrntcz 😅😊😮cruckes😊

[@AlbertHughes-md3gx]

New shiney no no no pay cash boxing sayes🎉😂😅😊steearinn wheeaill breeaith a lizer😅

[@Dan-440]

Gunny would make an excellent guidance counselor.

[@1krani]

"WHY DON'T WE JUST CHUG ON OVER TO NAMBY-PAMBY LAND..."

[@mikehenthorn1778]

Too true.

[@theswordofkings7549]

I would add marriage counselor too😅

[@mikehenthorn1778]

@@theswordofkings7549 same thing you always tell the private. do not marry the stripper.

[@user-oj9pk8bb4p]

​@@mikehenthorn1778things have obviously changed because it used to be "if the military wanted you to get married,they'd have issued you a spouse"

[@ZaneTruesdale007]

This movie has some of the best insults in movie history.

[@liammitchell2540]

In history. Period

[@ronHpyrotech]

My favorite insult in the whole movie, "I'm gonna rip your b#lls off, so you cannot contaminate the rest of the world".

[@davidcunningham1863]

I'll be watching you..the last thing you want a drill instructor saying to you.

[@spicerack73]

I was the youngest in my platoon (left for boot camp on my 17th bday). My Senior Drill Instructor made me his pet, when he whistled I had to run to him. To this day, when someone whistles in my presence, my body locks up. 😞

[@spicerack73]

@MelloYellow308 All bs aside, there are moments in boot camp that are still with me to this day: The way I clean my environment, how I fold my clothes, my posture, my ability to look men in the eye so intensely that they always break eye contact first & my ability to continue when everyone else wants to give up.

[@stevebengel1346]

@@spicerack73 were you the "house mouse"? ( That's what they called the DI's pet back in the day. 🤣

[@spicerack73]

@@stevebengel1346 That was exactly what I was!! 🤣🤣

[@stevebengel1346]

@@spicerack73 definitely some good memories 🤣

[@Chorkaloopa]

That actor in the back should get an award for not busting out laughing to this exchange. 🤣

[@oscartotesautolivier9856]

Two facts: This movie was made for him. He was the movie. Godspeed Gunny.Rest Easy MARINE. Rahhh 😎

[@tylarry5816]

“I didn’t know they stacked shit that high”🤣

[@stardust1621]

Let all your Texas friends know LOL!

[@rachelgarcia4301]

What terror when he stands before God to give account for his words. God will be just to have him cast into hell.

[@sg4l542]

I believe In Jesus I've spoken to the man. But wow its a bloody film gunney was a ds in the core this how they prepared recruits so 2 be tough in the face of death.

[@TheSonicAndTailsShow]

"You tryin to squeeze an inch on me somewhere? Huh!?"

[@Kermitted1]

That’s such a good insult 😂

[@karlc4277]

“… common courtesy to give a reach-a-round!” Damn I laughed way to hard at this one lol.

[@talvalk2991]

That shit had me dead

[@bigmacattk]

He would have whooped my butt. I wouldn’t have been able to not bust out laughing. 😅

[@digigroovestudios]

If you would have laughed at that in that era he would have smack you in the face. The DI would have considered you insulting him for laughing or smiling for having no discipline.

[@N1xon45]

"Holy dog shit!" Kills me every time

[@sgtjameslindsey2493]

This was "EXACTLY" like my bootcamp in 1977. I had to bite a hole in my lip to keep from laughing out loud and keep our senior DI from noticing me. DI's have been using these lines, I know, since the Vietnam era. Maybe some Marines older than myself can comment on the training from earlier era's at Parria Island. Semper Fi.

[@robertspeakman6523]

Went in the Army June 77 myself. That's the only training they knew was to train like Vietnam. Man I remember those days.

[@Im2Old4ThisShite]

I can tell you as a Hollywood Marine who went to boot in 84, Lee was exactly as my drill instructors were like...except for one. Sgt. Cahill. Looked like Fred Flintstone and couldn't keep a straight face while yelling at us and always had to tuck his chin to his chest so the brim of his cover would hide his smiling. I laughed my ass off through boot though. It was the best summer of my entire life.

[@daveruble6455]

That was my Senior DI Platoon 176 Parris Island 1976 SEMPER FI

[@johnriddle6109]

You right there are many sergeant around the globe in various armies that would love to be as good as this 1 ! 😢😂😅

[@stephenludlum9746]

Bootcamp is 90% a mind game.

[@jlee111776]

He absolutely did not blink at all during these introductions...pure mad genius. 1 of the best actors ever.

[@KLondike5]

He'd have to punish his own eyelids for non-compliance.

[@omegarugal9283]

he wasnt acting

[@jayray5294]

He was a gunny in real life. That wasn't acting. Not sure if a drill instructor could talk to recruits like this in todays military, people get their little feelers hurt to easily. 😆

[@ieuanhunt552]

He wasn't acting

[@347Jimmy]

The dude wasn't a professional actor, he was hired as a technical advisor and given the role because the actor they'd hired couldn't match his energy (that dude went on to play the helicopter door gunner)

[@Mo-vp9xg]

He just roasted the hell out of him. I couldn't stop laughing.

[@jamesjameson4566]

Lucky he didn't see you

[@tobito3100]

Imagine being there and hearing that. Could you keep a straight face?

[@Mo-vp9xg]

@@tobito3100 Nope. I'll probably end up doing push ups or on KP duty.

[@Road-Peasant]

One of the problems in bootcamp. The stuff they say is so hilarious 🤣

[@rachelgarcia4301]

Laughing at abuse of power. It's ugly.

[@kjherms369]

The deadpan stare without a single blink😂😂😂 Ermey was an assassin.

[@garcel1251]

“I’ll be watching you!!!” Classic

[@BluDemonOzzy]

Lmao... The fact that R Lee improvised these lines, makes me enjoy this even more.

[@billwilson-es5yn]

That was his standard welcome for new recruits.

[@elijahrobinson2362]

He went on a 20+ minute rant to prove to Kubrick that he would be a better choice than the “GET SOME” door gunner who was originally cast. Never once repeated a line during the entire rant. As a DI/Drill Sergeant, these men have plenty of quality instruction to give them a good foundation and then they add in their own personal insights to forever expand the body of work all DIs/Drill Sergeants use.

[@werejustgaming]

That is not the story ​. He was hired as a consultant and the original guy couldn't get it right so they had him do it and record it to show the guy and after the scene they fired the guy and kept the recording in the film

[@m42037]

​@@werejustgamingAnd most importantly he was a DI in real life , anything else that was improvised would come naturally,

[@benjaminbentley5940]

He was a national treasure R Lee Ermy day!

[@beast15204]

Yes he was a great man

[@oscartrusty1855]

Gunny

[@MrG360oneX]

Hoorah

[@MaestroAlvis]

Funny how his last name sounds like army... and he also was in the army

[@michaelchristensen2019]

@@MaestroAlvis He was In the Marine Corps.

[@bayuhartanto281]

I never heard someone said "a golf ball" and "garden hose" in one sentence until I saw this legendary Drill Sergeant.

[@CameronMcCreary]

The Gunney seems like he may be an expert at the "reach around."

[@goalscorerlajon]

The basic training sequence of Full Metal Jacket is the best part of the movie.

[@user-ml7no4ys2j]

|t's one of the best parts of any army basic training movie

[@leonleon2276]

It is the movie. When they go to battle it’s irrelevant 😂😂

[@Halbared]

I think whenever a training sequence occurs, it's the best part; Captain America, Dirty Dozen...having said that, just thought of one, Wild Geese: the best bit is the actual fight.

[@dalehinkley6168]

Marine Corps numb nuts

[@johnrockyryan]

​@@user-ml7no4ys2j it's one of the best parts of any movie ever

[@hayabusa1974]

This is how my interview went at the dollar store.

[@antoniodelgado1516]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DeathracerXD]

B r u

[@nickknight8065]

Priceless comment!!!🤣💯

[@Funtimes670]

🤣🤣🤣

[@johnsone9396]

Best comment, Worth at least $1.😆 👌 👏 👍 ❤ 🤣

[@ssppaannkkyy07]

Ask any Marine, and he'll give you some stories just like this. I've got plenty...lol

[@stephencolley334]

God bless R Lee Ermy!!! Don't know if this was scripted or ad-libed, but only R Lee could deliver it like THIS! 😂😂😂❤❤😂😂😂

[@leemoreno7435]

Met him in 2004 in DC at a Marine Corps Marathon. He was a really nice dude and a proud Marine!

[@scottboyle4596]

Was his escort on USS Iwo Jima for a day when he visited the ship on a Persian Gulf deployment. Amazing guy, talked to everyone, signed everything. He gave me his coin which might be the best thing I have from 21 years in.

[@reggieraines305]

I went to one in DC in1980. Semper Fi.

[@larrywarren1049]

Any reach arounds lol rip

[@erc9468]

Lol - I met him in Kuwait in 2003. He was meeting up with troops who were there for the invasion of Iraq.

[@rtmdlawncare5774]

Great acting. Nobody else could have pulled this off !

[@briangiven7399]

Disney already accepted this challenge

[@bransonwalter5588]

His unasked for audition was a 5 minute continuous belittling.

[@hankhill3417]

Not acting

[@rickd5591]

Not acting takes a real drill sergeant to pull this up and Gunny was a real drill sergeant

[@nickpayne1641]

That’s because he wasn’t acting…lol

[@darintraver4983]

Doesn’t even blink !!! That’s some great acting there !!! 😎

[@erockscott1184]

"Are you a Peter puffer!!???"....gets me every time😂😂

[@incognito-yj4gu]

This is seriously the most accurate account of 1960's boot camp. Good job !!

[@unicornL]

He was in the Marines....so it seems like this is how he acted IRL ❤

[@cmoore421]

Ermy was a legit Drill Instructor

[@jsp7205]

70's too.

[@anthonyjohnson3217]

70's too

[@michaelb7857]

Anyone in the Marines in the 60's and 70's knows a DI like him, they were a passionate breed.

[@Skoomz]

Makes sense if u think about the shit those DIs saw in their time

[@six66string]

They were probably part of the greatest generation

[@russellwalts4260]

Hollywood marine, 1972, my drill instructors were the real deal. That nonsense with joker popping off with a John Wayne never happened. There would have not been a punch to the stomach, but teeth would have magically hit the ground. It was a very serious time, Vietnam was the next destination and we knew we needed to be trained and ready......

[@foosmonkey]

One of the best monologues in movie history.

[@Xjes06]

When D.I.’s were tough but funny af 😂😂😂😂😂😂 R.I.P. Gunny🫡

[@RABB1DSQ1RR3L]

"Ill BE WATCHING YOU"

[@The.Groove.Tube.]

Kills me every time 😂

[@shortstack4565]

And he is watching! He doesn’t even blink.

[@six66string]

“Bullshit! I bet you can suck a golf ball through a garden hose.” Lol. There’s nobody like R. Lee ermy. He was truly one of a kind. Rip.

[@mucicafrajer9882]

You realize he just said the line and wasn't the one who thought it up?

[@six66string]

@@mucicafrajer9882 what? You’re saying he said it but didn’t make it up? WHO gives a shit? lol. It’s funny. That’s all that matters. 🙄

[@gorgeousgeorge7104]

​@@mucicafrajer9882he was real life drill sergeant, they don't need no script to do it. I'm pretty sure, that he could shoot this same scene twenty more times and there will be new insults in each one of them

[@gorgeousgeorge7104]

​@@mucicafrajer9882the point is, this part was mostly improvised by him. He also was the one, who trained actors to act like soldiers

[@mucicafrajer9882]

@@gorgeousgeorge7104 Really? Okay I actually had no idea, that sounds badass. If it was actually an improvised line, I apologize for my rash comment

[@e.b.6766]

I met R. Lee Ermey at a car show in Baltimore around 2002-2003. Great actor!!! RIP Gunny!!!

[@eribertomoya6965]

R.I.P Drill Sergeant You Was The Best

[@Rrr_558]

“I think you been cheated” out of all the great lines, this one tops it off

[@joetroutt7425]

The funniest part about that whole exchange is when gunny said "I'll be watching you."

[@nomad_boreal]

Christ, these lines are legendary. RIP Lee Ermey.

[@moravcik2570]

Most iconic opening monologue in movie history.

[@brianjackson9971]

Holy shit Texas only steers and queers are from Texas and you don't look like a steer lol😂🤣🤘😎

[@jesspeters1611]

I heard most of these long before I saw this movie. Just never at one time.

[@shanedenny5234]

Similar quote from An Officer and a Gentleman.

[@Milkybetrayal]

They wouldn't let me bring my horns on the plane, sir.

[@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_]

An old episode from Family Guy had something like that. Drill Sgt: You! Where are you from, boy? Stewie: Quahog. Drill Sgt: They only got two things in Quahog. Steers and queers! I don't see no horns on you. What does that make you, boy? Stewie: Queer? Drill Sgt: Right!

[@9292098]

​@@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_ In that episode R. Lee Ermey was the voice actor of the Drill Sgt

[@YuSuck]

My latest job interview

[@gianni2625]

Bro where are you applying

[@contraband1543]

@@gianni2625 the military 🤣

[@BruceNewhouse]

What an incredible delivery the Sergeant had.

[@djaldd420]

The reacharound line is probably the best in the entire opening scene 😂😂😂

[@lastnamefirstname7950]

Our DI told us one morning after a 20 mile road march, “Sorry for the short night, we’ll make up for it by having a long day”. Some of the best days of my life in 24 years of service.

[@CRlocoman1989]

24 years?!? HOLY SCREAMING EAGLE SHIT!! Thank you for your service!

[@edquinn8182]

Damn !! 3 years was enough for me. Too many lifers that would rat on momma to get more rank.

[@Mr.Gump5780]

…DAMN!

[@jonthinks6238]

TY for your service from an old veteran.

[@randyjon224]

When this came out in 1987, I was 2 years out of Parris Island and stationed in 29 stumps. It gave me flashbacks because this is how the DI's talked and treated recruits back then. RIP Gunny, you were a great Marine and awesome actor. Semper Fi Do or Die!! 🇺🇸🦅🌎⚓🇺🇸

[@mrmxyzptlk9369]

I feel your pain tho brother about 29 palms. I was stationed at MCLB Barstow. First time I experienced real heat.

[@kurtkisandi1575]

The stumps, where they plow sand roads like we plow snow!

[@Sam_Green____4114]

You think a commie running towards you with an AK-47 and a Bayonet will talk to you better and treat you better do you ?

[@sdivine13]

They stopped?

[@wolfman205]

I also was stationed at the stumps in 87, i bartended at the Cadillac Ranch in town, and dispatched out vehicle in Motor T at the far end of the base.

[@HighVibration777]

Rest in peace Gunny. 💪🏾

[@MikeKilpatrick-fq8tx]

He was the best.

[@SteveSmith-os5bs]

I remember during basic training, the drill sergeants always had something snappy to say which also included snappy comebacks. Sometimes I would have to bite the inside of my lip to keep from laughing.

[@charleshendrix232]

Funniest part is, I’m 5’8 and always say I’m 5’9”. When I saw this I cracked the hell up

[@Ccyawn123]

You trying to squeeze an inch in on me somewhere? HuH??

[@347Jimmy]

You really are squeezing an inch in on everyone 😂

[@tonitapiopakkis9864]

"I'll be watching you!" FUCKING CRACKED ME UP!!!!

[@db9631]

'I'll be watching you!' I use this quote as often as I can in wildly inappropriate ways.

[@destroygaryfunky7053]

Two days after I was inducted, I swore my drill sergeant had changed my name to Shitbird.

[@jayray5294]

I had a buddy in my college days we called Shitbird, one of the best friends I've ever had. Great guy, we had many beers and good times. 😄

[@garyco766]

Thanks for your service Shitbird.

[@darkxrayspoon2726]

This is one of the funniest moments in the whole movie.

[@fraserstewart4386]

"I didn't know they stacked shit that high." "Sir, but you're taller than me, sir."

[@hellcrow539]

I'll be watching you 😂😂😂 Such a great speech

[@andrew377]

The first part of this conversation is even funnier. “ Well thank you very much, can I be in charge for a while?” Lol

[@jannyboy7452]

Jesus he didn’t even blink once…that’s talent.

[@ericrivera4136]

I bet $100 the guy in the background cracked up at least once and they had to repeat the scene 🤣

[@hulkrodriguez4340]

A TRUE DRILL INSTRUCTOR SEMPER FI

[@maddex5576]

“holly dog shit” got my dying

[@hjernigan3]

How he kept a straight face while doing his lines is impressive. Professional!

[@007tallguy]

I honestly don't know how anyone on the set or in that room could keep a straight face during the entire scene!

[@m42037]

Because he was a DI in the Marines it came naturally

[@cookindad-wq8gb]

The common courtesy line slays everytime...😅

[@markhuyette8509]

That made my day hearing those classic lines again 😂

[@faranger]

Whenever I feel depressed I can watch the first 15 minutes of Full Metal Jacket for a warm and fuzzy.😊

[@Boooozle]

Just don't watch much further than that if you wanna retain that feeling 😂

[@OnlyNolesknow]

It may be funny but we can't forget this was hell for a normal civilian. Not to mention when dude had enough what he does.

[@digigroovestudios]

Kubrick actually called cut and asked "what the hell is a reach around"?. True story.

[@jamesbillet8954]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@hrpickinstuff]

😂 Really That's awesome

[@amaddenmind4597]

What is a reach around?

[@kleetus92]

I'd love to have been a fly on the wall for that explanation!

[@EdgarLeon-tq3uj]

​@@amaddenmind4597Exactly what it sounds like it is.

[@MichaelRoy-hc3lz]

Lee Ermy ate that roll up. Look at his eyes in this clip, glazed over with distain. I wonder if he scared those actors?

[@highonphotography8552]

Genius RIP. He improvised most of his lines

[@richardfinney3179]

He was in the army when he was a young man I saw the talk show he explained this movie very good acting, it's just like that in boot camp

[@rachelgarcia4301]

Genius at abusing the defenseless? He's a wicked man.

[@Thatwas..something]

@@rachelgarcia4301 it’s a movie

[@rachelgarcia4301]

@@Thatwas..something High on Photography, who called him a genius, says he improvised the lines. Only a wicked mind can do that

[@Thatwas..something]

@@rachelgarcia4301 it was an act, he didn’t mean it forreal

[@longbow6416]

He doesnt blink! Hes a machine! Lee Ermy, RIP

[@user-uc6po2fv7f]

He and those troops drove Gomer crazy. He gave that boy hell.

[@johnmanley7392]

Favourite line is "WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE PRIVATE?" "Excuse for what sir?" "I'M ASKIN' THE FUCKIN' QUESTIONS!!"

[@charlietapp1172]

As a Texan I am personally offended but also found it hilarious 😂

[@isaiaslopez8974]

@jermwubbz apparently charlie is not a steer 😂

[@charlietapp1172]

@jermwubbz it was a joke I don’t get offended at jokes I’m not actually offended

[@charlietapp1172]

@@isaiaslopez8974 😂

[@lawrencemyers5215]

He did that movie. He was intimidating the actors before the movie got started ..He did serve in Vietnam and Okinawa.. Badass,Much respect even after death...

[@JamieCarter-wv8rp]

He was a real Marine drill instructor. All the first half was mostly ad libbed.

[@JBags72]

One of the best scenes ever! 🫡

[@jlb6262]

Lee was a real drill instructor. He has heard all the good cutdowns and used them daily!

[@thescorpion9434]

"I didnt know they stacked shit that high" Thats gonna be my new insult

[@strawhousepig]

Only if you stack it proper.

[@jjjordan3881]

5'9" my ass. Looks 5'4" at best.

[@danielal8230]

that's the joke

[@josephpeters7076]

He was actually close to 5ft 9. He’s 5ft 8, but claims 5ft 9.

[@CoryRodman]

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[@thatdognotthepuppy5809]

Ermey was supposed to be 6'0 but didn't seem much taller than this guy, maybe a couple inches.

[@user-sr1pp7sv9q]

Lmao what

[@user-rf7rq5mw4b]

one of the greatest movies ever made. You are missed gunny

[@slapjohnson2808]

LOL "I'll be watching you!"

[@yashpathak7547]

I didn't know they stacked shit that high, me as a 5'11 died laughing.... Cause he's telling the truth 😂😂😂

[@randomname8220]

I think when the movie came out 5’9 was considered tall. Now that’s how tall most 14 year olds are and the average male from what I can i see in my city is like 6’0 sometimes even taller like 6’4.

[@boogiedahomey]

When Ermey add- libbed the reach around part Kubrick quickly stopped filming and asked him what the hell a reach around was. R. Lee explained and Kubrick decided to keep it in!

[@Surfer5689-ez2yd]

When this movie first came out I had do some research to define some of his lines. And I figured all of them out LOL

[@codered9576]

LOL... I love this guy.

[@1pt21jigawatt]

Savage performance. Best drill sergeant roll ever!

[@garybeck8836]

I have no clue how those guys in the background are able to keep a straight face hearing that in person lol

[@jaythompson2761]

R.I.P GUNNY....HURAH!!!!

[@clintdurham8321]

Wtf is a Hurah?

[@jamesconner1639]

@@clintdurham8321 are you being serious??

[@clintdurham8321]

@@jamesconner1639 100%

[@lookinfishy5987]

@@clintdurham8321 it’s pretty much like “FUCK YEA” or something like that. Or a way to greet other marines. Army’s got a version of it to. And navy. Way to greet others as well

[@jamesconner1639]

@@clintdurham8321 dude. Each branch if the military has their own "Shout out" Hoorah! As in FuckN A "Let's gets some" ya know ? A shout out before ya go into combat Join the military dude! Hoorah devil Dogs!

[@nicholasdonaldson3003]

Mr Ermey was just doing what comes naturally 😂😂😂😂

[@agentpenis8715]

I give credit to the guys in the back. I’d have a shit eating grin on my face from Saskatoon to Singapore

[@rebinred495]

This is comedy gold, I love Sgt Gunnery Hartman

[@CoastShuttle]

I actually spent a summer on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a shit stacker...

[@woodsplitter3274]

After watching this, I asked my Dad who served in the army in 1956-58 if the drill sgt. was like this. My Dad, who was born in Mexico, would have had a tough time. He said the sgt. was cool. He did relate a story that one enlistee wouldn't shower. So one Saturday night after drinking, the entire platoon scrubbed him down. He bathed regularly after that.

[@kevingordon9192]

I have this on DVD. Always great to watch. The basic training and berating of the new recruits are the best scene’s. 👍🏽😂🤣😂

[@anthonyquattrochi189]

Can you imagine them trying to make this movie today

[@stephencasey8819]

No lol

[@seandobbins6194]

This movie would never be made today.

[@stephencasey8819]

Marine corps of today is not as tough as we were back in the day

[@ChadSimplicio]

Not with the fact that DI's can no longer throw insults like R Lee Ermey did in his days & during the movie.

[@thundervalley9766]

He was there as a technical advisor for the actor who was gonna play the DI. He did such a naturally good job that they put him in the movie.

[@240zzz]

There was no actor in hollywood that could play this part this well. R Lee Ermy, a legend.