Post by caitlen on Dec 3, 2008 6:52:21 GMT -5
Sharp eyes
By David Inman
Special to The Courier-Journal
December 3, 2008
Dear David Inman: I recently saw the movie "Full Metal Jacket." Was the guy who played the slightly off-balance recruit who finally shot his drill instructor in the latrine the same guy who plays the slightly off-balance detective on one of the "Law & Order" series? They sure resemble each other.
Also, was the sadistic drill instructor the same guy who hosted the "Mail Call" series on the History channel? -- Bob, West Lafayette, Ind.
Dear Bob: Right on both counts.
Vincent D'Onofrio, who plays Detective Robert Goren on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," also played Pvt. Pyle in that 1987 Stanley Kubrick film.
And R. Lee Ermey, a real-life Marine, played Gunnery Sgt. Hartman. Ermey was originally hired as a technical consultant for the film, but Kubrick thought he could act, and he was right.
www.courier-journal.com/article/20081203/FEATURES07/812030657/1011/SCENE
By David Inman
Special to The Courier-Journal
December 3, 2008
Dear David Inman: I recently saw the movie "Full Metal Jacket." Was the guy who played the slightly off-balance recruit who finally shot his drill instructor in the latrine the same guy who plays the slightly off-balance detective on one of the "Law & Order" series? They sure resemble each other.
Also, was the sadistic drill instructor the same guy who hosted the "Mail Call" series on the History channel? -- Bob, West Lafayette, Ind.
Dear Bob: Right on both counts.
Vincent D'Onofrio, who plays Detective Robert Goren on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," also played Pvt. Pyle in that 1987 Stanley Kubrick film.
And R. Lee Ermey, a real-life Marine, played Gunnery Sgt. Hartman. Ermey was originally hired as a technical consultant for the film, but Kubrick thought he could act, and he was right.
www.courier-journal.com/article/20081203/FEATURES07/812030657/1011/SCENE