Foxtel reviews the Sam Fuller 1980 war film, The Big Red One:
Follows the exploits of an American Inventory sergeant and the members of his unit as they try to survive the horrific conditions and circumstances of World War II.
To be fair to Foxtel, they sort of got it right given the methodical way rookies came an went in Marvin's platoon. "You are?" "John Q. Rookie from Poughkeepsie." Boom. "Next!"
I'm guessing the transcript was given by telephone and poor diction.
My favourite US Infantry movie is KELLY's HEROES - Don Rickles running the Black market, Don Sutherland and his Leopard Tank - "hey there's some beautiful people out there". Hippy trippy indeed.
Your link has had an effect though:
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Posted by: Ann oDyne | 23 March 2009 at 19:07
A sergeant in charge of stores and supplies and keeping inventory of said supplies is a Staff Sergeant. So I thought there might have been a case for a get-out-of-jail.
But I don't think the US Armed Forces has such a rank.
At school cadets the Staff Sergeant was always a propeller head. Used to irk me. Coolest looking rank by a mile. Triple chevron AND a crown. Yes baby, yes!
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 25 March 2009 at 12:48
Saw a documentary on Sam Fuller. Forgotten its name but it should have been called Quentin Tarantino has a Massive Woody for Sam Fuller.
90% of it was scenes of Quentin raving about Sam, dissecting his movies, telling us what a legend he is, what a travesty that he's not up there with the greats. And man, is QT a good salesman or what. He is one enthusiastic man, I was completely sold.
Also had bits of Sam reminiscing about his WWII days as a General Inventoryman. Great doco.
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 25 March 2009 at 13:09
Is that the documentary by Jim Jarmusch? Fuller and Jim sitting around South American swamps rambling about fillum.
Coincidentally, I just saw Jarmusch fave John Lurie popped up in Oz.
Posted by: Tony T. | 26 March 2009 at 17:04
??? Not sure. There was a lot of Quentin Tarantino in the one I remember.
Unless it was a film of QT watching the doco, splicing to bits about QT explaining the bits Jim Jarmusch and Sam Fuller were talking about.
Confused?
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 26 March 2009 at 17:15
No.
I mean, yes.
Posted by: Tony T. | 26 March 2009 at 17:29