Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Didn't Mel Gibson go through that with his wife in SIGNS? No wonder the guy drinks a lot. B. D. Colen wrote: >The really high point of his - Vincent D'Onofrio - career was his 1993 >performance in an episode of Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 6, >Episode 7 - called Subway. The hour was done in "real time," long before 24, >and the premise was that a guy- D'Onofrio - fell and was trapped between a >subway train and the platform. Obviously, the train had to be moved - but >the only thing keeping him alive was the compression of the train. So he was >going to die when the train was moved, and the episode focused on him and a >couple of cops trying to find his girl friend to bring him to see him - and >on one cop, Andre Braugher, talking with him for the hour. It was a truly >staggering hour of drama. > > > > >On 10/13/06 4:24 PM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > > > >>How he said those lines with a straight face, he HAD to have been a DI. I >>would recite a few of my favorites, but there are ladies on this forum. >> >>My other hero from that film is Leonard (AKA Gomer Pyle). He was perfect as >>the roach man on Men In Black. I think I've watched the two Men In Black >>movies about 5 times each. The singing dog in MIB II still cracks me up. >>-- >>Jeffery >> >>---- "B. D. Colen" <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> wrote: >> >> >>>That guy is a former DI and has a show on the Hitler, uh, History Channel >>>called Mail Call... >>> >>> >>>On 10/13/06 4:10 PM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I thought that the first 45 minutes of Full Metal Jacket were the best 45 >>>>minutes of comedy on cinema (of course, I wasn't the one of the guys >>>>being >>>>yelled at). The guy who played the D.I. did such a convincing job, the >>>>marines >>>>down here decided to give him some sort of award. The guy was a no show. >>>>-- >>>>Jeffery >>>> >>>>---- Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Well Larry >>>>> >>>>>When we start believing movies it's time to pack it in. Oswald was a >>>>>"Marksman" which is the lowest qualification. "Expert" is the highest >>>>>and I doubt if one could do what the movie fellow stated. Especially, >>>>>with the old Italian Army rifle we all know and love. The FBI has some >>>>>really hot triggers and they could not duplicate the feat with that same >>>>>rifle. As long as we are on the subject of FMJ the biggest surprise >>>>>came for me when the sniper was shot again before getting >>>>>banged.....Something else, where did the "fat boy" get the damn dough >>>>>nuts he hid in his locker? From the mess hall? Who dreams up this crap? >>>>>And a live round to shoot the D.I. ????? >>>>> >>>>>Hell, I woke up in a lousy mood today but between this, and the baby >>>>>picture B.D. sent, I can do without my Valium. :-) >>>>> >>>>>Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>On Oct 13, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Walt wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>>Yes, I was in the Marines when that happened. If Jesus showed up at >>>>>>>>my >>>>>>>>font door and said "Walt, trust me, Oswald did it alone" I'd have to >>>>>>>>call him a liar. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>What was that line from "Full Metal Jacket"? I paraphrase here >>>>>>because my memory is a bit fuzzy but I recall the marine rifle >>>>>>instructor informing his trainees that: >>>>>> >>>>>>"Lee Harvey Oswald got off two shots in a second and a half and hit >>>>>>President Kennedy at a distance of two hundred yards. AND HE WAS A >>>>>>MARINE!" >>>>>> >>>>>>Larry Z >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>>Leica Users Group. >>>>>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>Leica Users Group. >>>>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Leica Users Group. >>>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Leica Users Group. >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >