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Synopsis: Stanley Kubrick's take on the Vietnam War follows smart-aleck Private Davis (Matthew Modine), quickly christened "Joker" by his foul-mouthed drill sergeant (R. Lee Ermey), and pudgy Private Lawrence (Vincent D'Onofrio), nicknamed "Gomer Pyle," as they endure the rigors of basic training. Though Pyle takes a frightening detour, Joker graduates to the Marine Corps and is sent to Vietnam as a journalist, covering -- and eventually participating in -- the bloody Battle of Hué.
Genre: Action, Biography
Original Story by: Steven Spielburg
Production: Warner Bros.
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.3
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
R
Year:
2022
116 min
866,958 Views


holding their rifles and standing at attention in.

front of their

bunks.

HARTMAN:

Tonight ... you pukes will sleep with

your

rifles! You will give your rifle a girl's name!

Because

this is the only p*ssy you people are

going to get! Your days of

finger-banging old

Mary Jane Rottencrotch through her pretty

pink panties are over! You're married to this

piece, this weapon of

iron and wood! And you

will be faithful! Port ... hut! Prepare to

mount! Mount!

On HARTMAN's command the platoon mount their

bunks

with their rifles and lie on their backs at

attention.

HARTMAN:

Port . . . hut!

The recruits snap their rifles to the

port arms

position. over their chests.

HARTMAN:

Pray!

RECRUITS:

(in unison)

This is my rifle. There are many

like it, but

this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It

is my life. I must master it, as I must master

my life.

Without me my rifle is useless. Without my

rifle, I am useless. I

must fire my rifle true. I

must shoot straighter than my enemy who

is

trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he

shoots me. I

will.

Before God I swear this creed. My rifle and

myself are

defenders of my country. We are

the masters of our enemy. We are the

saviours

of my life. So be it .. . until there is no enemy

...

but peace. Amen.

HARTMAN:

Order . . . hut!

The

recruits snap their rifles down to their sides.

HARTMAN:

At ease!

HARTMAN turns off the barracks lights.

HARTMAN:

Good night, ladies.

RECRUITS:

(in unison)

Good night, sir!

HARTMAN:

(to duty guard)

Hit it, sweetheart!

DUTY GUARD:

Sir, aye-aye, sir!

8

EXT. PARADE FIELD--DAWN

HARTMAN drills the platoon.

HARTMAN:

Right shoulder ... hut! This is not your

daddy's

shotgun, Cowboy. Left shoulder ...

hut! Move your rifle around your

head, not

your head around your rifle. Port ... hut!

Four

inches from your chest, Pyle! Four

inches!

9 INT. BARRACKS--NIGHT

HARTMAN marches the recruits through the squad

bay. Their rifles are at

shoulder arms and their

left hands clutch their genitals.

HARTMAN:

This is my rifle! This is my gun!

RECRUITS:

This is for fighting! This is for fun!

HARTMAN:

This is

my rifle! This is my gun!

RECRUITS:

This is my rifle!

This is my gun!

They repeat this over and over again as they

march

up and down the squad bay.

DISSOLVE TO:

10 EXT. PARADE DECK--DAY

HARTMAN marching the platoon, calling cadence.

11 EXT. "ARMSTRETCHER"

OBSTACLE--DAY

Hand over hand the recruits swing along the

"Armstretcher."

HARTMAN:

Ten f***ing seconds! It should

take you no

more than ten f***ing seconds to negotiate

this

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Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Sadie Gertrude (Perveler) and Jacob Leonard Kubrick, a physician. His family were Jewish immigrants (from Austria, Romania, and Russia). Stanley was considered intelligent, despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would produce better academic performance, Kubrick's father sent him in 1940 to Pasadena, California, to stay with his uncle, Martin Perveler. Returning to the Bronx in 1941 for his last year of grammar school, there seemed to be little change in his attitude or his results. Hoping to find something to interest his son, Jack introduced Stanley to chess, with the desired result. Kubrick took to the game passionately, and quickly became a skilled player. Chess would become an important device for Kubrick in later years, often as a tool for dealing with recalcitrant actors, but also as an artistic motif in his films. more…

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