You have NO idea how many times, on a daily basis here in NY, I hear that "Only steers and queers come from Texas" quote from FMJ...
Wasn't that line or quite similar first used in <i>An Officer and a Gentleman</i>? That movie had Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith and Louis Gossett Jr as the principals. Mango
Sergeant HARTMAN walks down the line to another recruit, a tall, overtweight boy. HARTMAN: Did your parents have any children that lived? PYLE: Sir, yes, sir! HARTMAN: I'll bet they regret that! You're so ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece! What's your name, fatboy? PYLE: Sir, Leonard Lawrence, sir! HARTMAN: Lawrence? Lawrence, what, of Arabia? PYLE: Sir, no, sir! HARTMAN: That name sounds like royalty! Are you royalty boy? PYLE: Sir, no, sir! HARTMAN: Do you suck d#@ks? PYLE: Sir, no, sir! HARTMAN:Bullsh#t! I'll bet you could suck a golf ball through a garden hose! PYLE: Sir, no, sir! HARTMAN: I don't like the name Lawrence! Only f#*ggots and sailors are called Lawrence! From now on you're Gomer Pyle! PYLE: Sir, yes, sir! I'll email you the shooting script if anyone is interested.
All time favorite is Dr Strangelove but the first 20 minutes of FMJ is probably some of the finest stuff put to film. Absolutely riveting. paraphrasing: What do they all have in common? They learned to shoot in the marines.
