Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket
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Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket is the brutally intense and verbally abusive Marine drill instructor who embodies the dehumanizing rigor of boot camp training in Stanley Kubrick’s war film.
All labels observed (1)
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| Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket Context triple: [R. Lee Ermey, role, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket]
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Sergeant Kinnie in Battleground
Sergeant Kinnie in *Battleground* is the tough yet compassionate squad leader portrayed by James Whitmore in the 1949 World War II film about the Battle of the Bulge.
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Corporal Miller
Corporal Miller is a skilled explosives expert and member of the commando team in the World War II adventure film "The Guns of Navarone."
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Captain Benjamin L. Willard in Apocalypse Now
Captain Benjamin L. Willard is the troubled U.S. Army officer sent on a covert mission into Cambodia to assassinate Colonel Kurtz in the Vietnam War film Apocalypse Now.
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Colonel Reed in The Hurt Locker
Colonel Reed in The Hurt Locker is a high-ranking, battle-hardened U.S. Army officer who briefly appears in the film to underscore the intensity and psychological strain of the Iraq War bomb disposal setting.
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E.
Corporal Henderson in Saving Private Ryan
Corporal Henderson is a minor U.S. Army soldier character in the World War II film "Saving Private Ryan," portrayed by actor Max Martini.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket Target entity description: Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket is the brutally intense and verbally abusive Marine drill instructor who embodies the dehumanizing rigor of boot camp training in Stanley Kubrick’s war film.
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A.
Sergeant Kinnie in Battleground
Sergeant Kinnie in *Battleground* is the tough yet compassionate squad leader portrayed by James Whitmore in the 1949 World War II film about the Battle of the Bulge.
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B.
Corporal Miller
Corporal Miller is a skilled explosives expert and member of the commando team in the World War II adventure film "The Guns of Navarone."
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C.
Captain Benjamin L. Willard in Apocalypse Now
Captain Benjamin L. Willard is the troubled U.S. Army officer sent on a covert mission into Cambodia to assassinate Colonel Kurtz in the Vietnam War film Apocalypse Now.
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D.
Colonel Reed in The Hurt Locker
Colonel Reed in The Hurt Locker is a high-ranking, battle-hardened U.S. Army officer who briefly appears in the film to underscore the intensity and psychological strain of the Iraq War bomb disposal setting.
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E.
Corporal Henderson in Saving Private Ryan
Corporal Henderson is a minor U.S. Army soldier character in the World War II film "Saving Private Ryan," portrayed by actor Max Martini.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Marine Corps drill instructor
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fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ |
| affiliation | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
1987 film Full Metal Jacket
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linked to:
Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket ⓘ |
| appearsInSegment | boot camp portion of Full Metal Jacket ⓘ |
| basedOn | Gerheim (character from The Short-Timers) ⓘ |
| branchOfService |
USMC
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linked to:
United States Marine Corps
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| characterTrait |
authoritarian
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brutally strict ⓘ intense ⓘ verbally abusive ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Gustav Hasford
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Stanley Kubrick ⓘ |
| createdFor | film Full Metal Jacket ⓘ |
| deathScene | killed by Private Pyle in the barracks bathroom ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
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linked to:
Full Metal Jacket
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | war film character ⓘ |
| inUniverseRole | Senior Drill Instructor ⓘ |
| languageOfDialogue | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dehumanizing training methods
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use of profanity-laden tirades ⓘ |
| occupation | drill instructor ⓘ |
| partOf | Full Metal Jacket cast of characters ⓘ |
| portrayalNotableFor | R. Lee Ermey’s largely improvised dialogue ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | R. Lee Ermey ⓘ |
| rank |
Gunnery Sergeant
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linked to:
Gunnery Sergeant (USMC)
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| roleInStory |
drill instructor of Marine recruits
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primary antagonist of boot camp segment ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Gustav Hasford
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Michael Herr ⓘ Stanley Kubrick ⓘ |
| setting | Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
dehumanizing rigor of military boot camp
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institutional brutality of war training ⓘ |
| trainingPhase |
Marine Corps recruit training
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linked to:
Marine Corps boot camp
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| trains |
Marine recruits at Parris Island
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Private Cowboy ⓘ Private Joker ⓘ Private Pyle ⓘ |
| weaponUsedAgainst | M14 rifle ⓘ |
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