R. Lee Ermey

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q353978: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Full Metal Jacket (1987); Seven (1995); Toy Story (1995); The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003); Saving Silverman; The Frighteners; The Mighty Ducks (D3). Count them as craft (4 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ Seven (the host's read). Se7en is a Hitchcock movie in its pulling-your-chain structure of mystery, reveal and anxiety, and Hitchcock is Fincher's biggest influence.
    “I think as much as this seems like a modern movie, it's also just completely a Hitchcock movie in so many ways.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:14:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

All That Jazz (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (cited influence) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: All That Jazz ⇒ Seven (the maker said so). A host recalls a Fincher film the show covered where he cited All That Jazz as an inspiration for the look, maybe Seven.
    “where he cited how much of an inspiration all that jazz was for him for the look of the movie?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:13:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Holocaust movie (Kubrick's unmade film): 1 line

  1. career (career sequence) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they acted in: Holocaust movie (Kubrick's unmade film) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). Full Metal Jacket came out of Kubrick failing to crack a Holocaust movie, as Barry Lyndon came out of Napoleon.
    “it does feel similar to Full Metal Jacket coming out of him trying to make a Holocaust movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:23:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Klute: 1 line

  1. lineage (visual inspiration) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Klute ⇒ Seven (the maker said so). The speaker watched Klute because Fincher and DP Darius Khondji cited it as an inspiration for Se7en's dark look and flashlight-led framing.
    “I watched Clute over the weekend because I know that both Fincher and Darius Conji, the DP, had cited that as an inspiration”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 2:38:58 · Nick Wiger or Mike Mitchell (unresolved) (0.30 sure it was them)

R. Lee Ermey: 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (source of the dialogue) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they acted in: R. Lee Ermey ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). Per the dossier Hartman's insults came right from Ermey, whom Kubrick had write down what he screamed.
    “No, obviously this guy is perfect and would write down everything he said because all the insults came right from him”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:05:50 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

The Short-Timers (novel): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they acted in: The Short-Timers (novel) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). Kubrick's film is based on Gustav Hasford's novel and keeps its three-part structure.
    “Stanley Kubrick's film, 1987, based on the novel, The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:25:08 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Wartime Lies / Aryan Papers (unmade Kubrick project): 1 line

  1. career (project that led to another) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they acted in: Wartime Lies / Aryan Papers (unmade Kubrick project) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). The speaker says Full Metal Jacket came out of Kubrick searching for the right Holocaust material.
    “Full Mal Jack comes out of him searching for the right Holocaust material.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:29:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

William Friedkin: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: William Friedkin ⇒ Seven (the maker said so). Fincher drew from Friedkin and wanted it to feel like an episode of Cops.
    “he's drawn from like Friedkin, but he's also, he's, he's referenced like how he wanted it to feel like an episode of cops.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:42 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Woody Strode: 1 line

  1. unmapped (namesake) · through Toy Story (1995), which they acted in: Woody Strode ⇒ Toy Story (the maker said so). Woody Strode is said to be the namesake for the character in Toy Story, which the speaker says Pixar has admitted.
    “being the namesake for the character in Toy Story.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:15:31 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Fight Club (1999): 2 lines

  1. career (career) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ Fight Club (the host's read). Without Se7en's power Fincher does not get to do The Game and Fight Club his way.
    “I think without this movie, he doesn't go on this run”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:27:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. career (career lever) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ Fight Club (the host's read). Se7en's success is what let Fincher make the seemingly impossible Fight Club.
    “But the fight club is him more being like, okay, guys, I know this seems impossible, but I made seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 1:05:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Game (1997): 2 lines

  1. unmapped (R-rated proof) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ The Game (the host's read). Se7en's hit status as an R-rated film convinced the backers to fund The Game.
    “I think convinced, um, people like, okay, like, you can make an R-rated movie a hit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:33:16 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (commercial lead-in) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ The Game (the host's read). Se7en's success gave Fincher an absurd budget for The Game.
    “this is better for me because now I can make this movie at an absurd budget.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:47:35 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

8mm (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (rip-off) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ 8mm (the host's read). Calls 8mm Schumacher ripping off Se7en.
    “8 millimeter is Schumacher ripping off seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:41:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Dead Presidents (1995): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they acted in: Full Metal Jacket ⇒ Dead Presidents (the maker said so: Lorenz Tate recalling the Hughes brothers' videotapes). Allen Hughes made a VHS of Vietnam scenes; Tate was assigned Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, Platoon.
    “So I watched Full Metal Jacket.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:50:43 · Lorenz Tate (0.80 sure it was them)

Full Metal Jacket (1987): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (source of the dialogue) · them, directly: R. Lee Ermey ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). Per the dossier Hartman's insults came right from Ermey, whom Kubrick had write down what he screamed.
    “No, obviously this guy is perfect and would write down everything he said because all the insults came right from him”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:05:50 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Jarhead (2005): 1 line

  1. unmapped (generational template) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they acted in: Full Metal Jacket ⇒ Jarhead (the host's read). Jarhead is described as trying to be the Full Metal Jacket of the Iraq war generation.
    “like jarhead feels like it's very much trying to be the full metal jacket.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:27:21 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)

MTV Movie Awards Se7en parody: 1 line

  1. unmapped (parody) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ MTV Movie Awards Se7en parody (the host's read). The MTV Movie Awards parodied the Se7en ending with William Shatner playing every role and the head in the box.
    “And then Shatner's head is in the box and then he sings a song.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 2:34:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Nine Inch Nails: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ Nine Inch Nails (the host's read). Se7en caught industrial rock at its peak and led to Fincher-Reznor scores.
    “Fincher and Rezner go on to make this incredible partnership”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:55:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)

Saw (film series): 1 line

  1. unmapped (borrowing) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ Saw (film series) (the host's read). Rewatching the Saw movies, the speaker was struck by how much they lifted from Se7en.
    “I forgot how much saw stole.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 0:59:00 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

The Batman (2022): 1 line

  1. unmapped (borrowing) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ The Batman (the host's read). The speaker had forgotten how indebted The Batman is to Fincher, mostly to Se7en.
    “I had forgotten just how indebted the Batman is to...”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 1:28:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

True Detective (2014): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ True Detective (the host's read). Se7en's influence shows in True Detective from the title sequence to the characters, though True Detective's first season flinches at the dark ending.
    “you can see the influence of of 7 on things like True Detective from the title sequence to the characters.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:19 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)

Zodiac (2007): 1 line

  1. unmapped (why Fincher was offered it) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Seven made Fincher the first choice for any serial-killer project, Zodiac included.
    “Ever since he makes seven, if there's some serial killer movie, is getting sent it”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:51:53 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

later crime thrillers and crime TV (unnamed): 1 line

  1. lineage (genre influence) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ later crime thrillers and crime TV (unnamed) (the host's read). As an adult the speaker is less shocked by Se7en because everyone since took a page out of its book.
    “I'm not as shocked by 7 because everyone took a page out of its book, of course.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 2:15:39 · Mike Mitchell (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Craft (4) everyone in craft

Acting (10) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

industry (1)

  1. industry (Oscar snub theory): Lou Gossett Jr. → R. Lee Ermey. A drill-sergeant Oscar win a couple years earlier may have cost Ermey a nomination.
    “Lou Gossett Jr. had just won an Oscar a couple years... So maybe it was kind of like, eh, drill sergeant, we've seen that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:12:30 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (source of the dialogue): R. Lee Ermey → Full Metal Jacket. Per the dossier Hartman's insults came right from Ermey, whom Kubrick had write down what he screamed.
    “No, obviously this guy is perfect and would write down everything he said because all the insults came right from him”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:05:50 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (typecasting shorthand): Full Metal Jacket → R. Lee Ermey. Anyone who casts Ermey assumes the audience has seen the film and is either paying homage or pulling the rug out.
    “anyone who uses him in a movie is like, well, you've seen full metal jacket. So we're either doing an homage to that or kind of pulling the rug out from that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:08:16 · Jon Gabrus (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. people (front-loaded performance): Mark Rylance → R. Lee Ermey. Rylance in Bridge of Spies is a comparable case of owning the first 45 minutes and being snubbed or split.
    “Like, I was thinking about Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:19:01 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (worked with): R. Lee Ermey → Stanley Kubrick. Ermey worked with Kubrick, even more famously exacting than Fincher, yet trashed Fincher as controlling.
    “But also he worked with Stanley Kubrick, who I consider even more famously exacting.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 0:55:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (technical advisor): R. Lee Ermey → Apocalypse Now. Ermey advised on Apocalypse Now and other Vietnam films before Full Metal Jacket.
    “Arlie Ermy had been a technical advisor in Apocalypse. Now, Purple Hearts, Boys and Company C, a lot of these Vietnam movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:05:20 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about R. Lee Ermey: Ermey originally read for John Doe, then was cast as the quiet police captain.
    “Arli Ermy, I guess, read for John Doe, which is insane to think about.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 0:30:09 · Nick Wiger or Mike Mitchell (unresolved) (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about R. Lee Ermey: TV shows reveal a character's father is Ermey as shorthand for why the son is wound so tight.
    “several TV shows using the reveal of, oh, and our lead character's father is Arly Ermy, and you understand what that means in shorthand.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:08:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about R. Lee Ermey: A car accident left him unable to film for four and a half months and explains the arm he does not move.
    “Arlie Ermy got in a really bad car accident and couldn't film anything for 4.5 months”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:47:51 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about R. Lee Ermey: Legend: Kubrick saw a video of Ermey rattling off insults while being pelted with tennis balls and oranges, never breaking.
    “There's like this legend that there's this video of Arli Ermy that Kubrick saw of him rattling off all these like insults and scream while being like pelted with tennis balls and oranges and never and never breaking.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:06:37 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about R. Lee Ermey: Ermey says they used animal shears on the recruits' heads for bigger chunks of hair on camera.
    “Ermy Ermy in the commentary says they use animal shears because they needed it to get like the bigger cinematically get bigger chunks of hair”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 2:23:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)