R Lee Ermey Movies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Gunnery Sergeant Hartman

He played the role of Senior Drill Instructor Gunnery Sergeant Hartman to critical acclaim, earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He was originally hired as the technical advisor but director Stanley Kubrick soon realized that he was made to play the part of the drill instructor since he had served as a Marine drill instructor during the Vietnam era.

Answer: Joker

The night of graduation, Pyle appears to have had a mental breakdown. Joker is on watch and hears him in the bathroom. Soon after Joker finds him, Sgt Hartman enters and demands that Pyle hands over his weapon. Pyle then shoots Hartman then turns the gun on himself, all while Joker watches in horror.

Answer: Mississippi Burning

The movie is based on the actual murder of 3 civil rights activist in Philadelphia, Mississippi in June 1964. They were arrested and taken to jail. Once they were bailed out, they disappeared until they were found murdered 44 days later. Ermey plays Mayor Tilman, the Mayor of the town.

He is kidnapped and taken to a remote cabin where he is threatened with castration if he does not speak out against the murders.

Answer: Texas Rangers

Since the movie is set in Texas, it makes since that they should appear as members of the most famous of all of the Texas law enforcement agencies. They play Texas Rangers (as can be seen by the badges that they wear) who have to protect five members of the University of Texas's cheer leading squad.

They have witnessed a murder and need to be protected in order to testify in court. Tommy Lee Jones must move in with them and Ermey plays his boss, Captain Nichols.

Answer: The 7 Deadly Sins

The killer, played by Kevin Spacey, uses the seven deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth) as the inspiration for his method of his killings. For instance, he killed a man by forcing him to eat until his stomach ruptured, inspired by gluttony. All of the sins were eventually used but I don't want to spoil the ending of this great film.

Answer: Apocalypse Now

Ermey was acting as Francis Ford Coppola's technical advisor for the film while still attending the University of Manila under the GI Bill. He also had a small role as a helicopter pilot in the scene in which Robert Duvall's Character "Loves the smell of Napalm in the morning".

The movie centers on Martin Sheen's character tracking down a US Army Colonel who has gone insane and is revered as a god like character by the indigenous population. After some difficulty, Sheen's character, Captain Benjamin Willard, was able to complete his mission which was to "terminate Kurtz (Brando's character) with extreme prejudice".

Answer: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

This remake of the 1974 original was not very well received by the film critics. It was nominated for a "Razzie Award" for the worst remake or sequel but lost to "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle". An unknown actor named John Larroquette narrated the original in 1974 and reprised his role in this remake.

The movie is about a group of friends who are headed to see a concert, but are sidetracked when they pick up a hitchhiker who tells them that she has been kidnapped by a "bad man". They stop at the next town and try to report this to the police and are told to go to the sheriff's house.

They end up at the wrong house and find the "bad man" instead of the sheriff. That "bad man" was Leatherface and things didn't end well for 4 of the original 5 friends.

Answer: Toy Story

This should have been an easy casting decision. Who else but R Lee Ermey should play Sergeant, the leader of the plastic green army men? He voiced this character in "Toy Story 1,2 & 3". The "Toy Story" series has been critically acclaimed and has lead to many spin offs, toys and theme park attractions.

It was the first film produced by Pixar and the first feature length film done entirely with computer animation.

Answer: The Boys in Company C

"The Boys in Company C" sounds similar to "Full Metal Jacket" which was released 9 years later in 1987. It features Ermey playing a drill instructor at San Diego Marine Recruit Depot during the war in Vietnam. His recruits graduate and are sent to Vietnam.

After some bloody encounters, they are given a break and sent to recuperate. They then are asked to play a soccer match against a South Vietnamese unit and are ordered to intentionally lose in order to help Vietnamese morale. They were told that if they lose, they will see no more combat.

They decide to win anyway but the end of the game is interrupted by enemy attack.

Answer: Dead Man Walking

"Dead Man Walking" stars Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn and was adapted from a book by the same name. Sarandon plays a nun who has been corresponding with a condemned prisoner played by Sean Penn. He has been convicted of the murder of a teenage couple and she plays a nun who convinces an attorney to take on his case.

His appeal is denied and he is eventually executed. The nun does become his spiritual advisor and convinces him that if he admits his crime he will be redeemed. Just before his execution he does apologize to the family of the victims.