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In "Full Metal Jacket", what was Joker's real name?
Aristus
(66,328 posts)Played by Matthew Modine. Now if you had asked me what GnySgt Hartman's name had been in the book, I would have known that one.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)It's written in the boot camp part of the film, and spoken in the Vietnam part of the film.
Aristus
(66,328 posts)It's right on the tip of my tongue...
edbermac
(15,939 posts)Remember that, you maggots!
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)It prints and says his initials.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)I saw the movie at the theater with a guy I went to tech school with and I own the DVD too.
Edit, I've got a copy of "The Phantom Blooper", Gustav Hasford's sequel
Recursion
(56,582 posts)MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)edbermac
(15,939 posts)Interesting that Gus Hasford used that name for his lead character.
http://www.virtualwall.org/dd/DavisJT01a.htm
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)What "slip of the tongue" does Hartman make during training?
I never knew if this was scripted or what.
Aristus
(66,328 posts)When what he meant was: "It should take you no MORE than 15 seconds..."
Yes? No?
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)How did you know?
!!!
Aristus
(66,328 posts)I haven't seen the movie in probably 15 years. I remember a lot of it; very vivid. Most Kubrick films are.
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)It isn't his style.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)The obstacle course (which isn't shown, being more boring) is timed, but the high course is not.