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Was that guy supposed to be Lee Harvey Oswald?

posted 11 years ago by aedt89
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Bill Murray mentions acknowledges the guy beside him as Lee Harvey in that one scene and he says "If the two of us got together, forget it." I took this as meaning this was supposed to actually be Lee Harvey Oswald and Murray was suggesting that they would be getting together and Murray was the second shooter. Or does this movie even take place pre-Kennedy's death? What was the cow thing about? Was the "two of us getting together" line in reference to the cows instead and I just totally missed something? I only just saw about 3 minutes of the movie to be fair, so I don't know whats going on.

-Are these the Nazis, Walter?
-No, Donny, these men are nihilists, theres nothing to be afraid of.

[–] bullpen_1 11 years ago

Stripes, which was made in 1981, takes place in the late 70's, early 80's. Long after Kennedy's assassination. I entered the military at this time and can remember the Army recruitment commercials that are shown in the movie. Murray's character was the smart aleck of the platoon and was just having a little fun with his fellow recruit. If you get a chance, catch the whole film. It's actually quite good.

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[–] aedt89 11 years ago

Actually to be fair, I have seen it once maybe 5-7 years ago and just flat out disliked it. But besides remembering not liking it I really didn't remember anything else about it or feel like explaining that in my original post. But I was teenager then and I think I did catch a few minutes at some point in the last couple years and enjoyed it very much but that coulda been something else, that sorta thing happens to me all the time so I'll definitely give it another chance at some point. Love Bill Murray...and a lot of great others in the cast...

-Are these the Nazis, Walter?
-No, Donny, these men are nihilists, theres nothing to be afraid of.

[–] Tim-Buktu 10 years ago

Plainly his parents admired Lee Harvey Oswald. It is like the parents of John Wayne Cassey.

[–] houndawg3 10 years ago

John Wayne Cassey?

[–] Tim-Buktu 10 years ago

Sorry

John Wayne Gacy

[–] Nizzemancer-1 7 years ago

That's funny considering John Wayne isn't even John Waynes real name, it's Marion M. Matthews or something similar I think, don't remember the middle and last names, except they all start with M.

Light travels faster than sound,
that's why people seem bright,
until you hear them.

[–] universaldennis 9 years ago

I'm pretty sure he was just making fun of the guy by suggesting he looked like a mass murderer.

[–] hskerfanlife 8 years ago

Agreed, Lee Harvey was probably a nickname given. we had a guy in Navy basic nicnamed Hammer because he looked like MC Hammer with his flashy glasses.

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[–] HowYaLikeDemApplesWill 8 years ago

"Sgt Hartman points out to his trainees with no little pride that Lee Harvey Oswald learned to shoot while in the marines"

No little pride? Hartman was very proud of the fact that Oswald was a sharp-shooter and learned his craft in the Marines.

Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?

[–] BoxOfficePoison 8 years ago

Right. "No little pride" means "not a little pride" means "not just a little pride" means "a lot of pride". Or did I misconstrue your misunderstanding? (I often confuse myself -- it's generally not pretty.)

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"You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die."

[–] Bubbathegut (17257) 6 years ago

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