5 Fav Kubrick Scenes/Lines

[Tom Hickey]

> That same Sarge is in another, earlier Vietnam movie called The Boys in
> Company C, which is so bad, well, you have to see it. I wonder if the guy
> who plays the drill sarge was really one in the Marines:  he was perfect.
>
> Rich

I believe the story goes that Ermey was indeed an actual drill sgt.  He was
hired as a technical advisor for the movie and to help another actor prepare
for the role of Hartman but Kubrick liked his style so much he gave it to
him.