Little known fact. Although impressive display of precision, these guys are not real Marines. They were actually cadets at Texas A&M which has the best collegiate drill team in the nation. The Marine drill team uses M1 Garand. These cadets use 1903 Springfield. If you look closely at the bayonet, there is the Texas AM logo.
Hoof you're right...The Texas A&M Fish Drill Team did play the Marines in this clip. I've had arguments over the years about this lol...good call man 👍🏻💯👊🏻🇺🇲
@@ProfessorKenneth I read these were all graduated ex-Aggies they brought back for the show. If true then they might not be quite as sharp as the current Fish Team
@@donarthiazi2443 The Fish Drill team is freshman only. The ones in the movie hadn't graduated; they were sophomores through seniors, some of whom were training that year's team while also getting ready for the filming of the movie.
One of the most (if not THE most) brilliant opening scenes of a movie, that I have ever seen. I have so much respect for the American Marines. It's great to know that they always have our backs.
And still one of, if not the, best films that Cruise, Nicholson, Bacon, Moore and director Reiner ever made. That in itself is a phenomenal achievement.
The silent drill platoon is played be the Fighting Texas Aggie Fish Drill Team who were hired by the film makers when the real Silent Drill Platoon was unavailable
@@howardbaxter2514 Can tell you all don't $hit about military drilling. My pops who was a United States Army drill sergeant spotted for me plenty of flaws with their drilling with his "eye precision." But then again, he would know that and you and I as civilians would not.
Man, you got to have a heart of steel to do what colonel tells you regardless if it's wrong or not. Poor guy just didn't have the physique nor the stamina to keep up with his fellow soldiers and you're gonna kill him for it? I hope guys like him don't actually get bullied/killed in real life marine/army/navy/etc. If you're in the service, that's proper respect enough There are all kinds of military jobs they can do if not for field combat.
Lol my guy I got to my unit in 2012 it was an infantry unit and I’ll tell you what... being taped up is nothing compared to what actually goes down in the barracks sometimes
I said no to military for number of reasons. One was, my neighbor's friend is always away doing his military thing. He got divorced. Most tragically family court devorced his life. Details asaid, house and money and child custody problems. Family court didn't care much about his dedication to serve country. He is dead now. I know the pain when child visitations are sabotaged.
That is not the military's fault. His wife could not understand the higher calling he answered to protect and serve his country and valued her own happiness over delayed gratification. The sheer ungratefulness baffles me. Semper Fi.
I literally only came across this video after typing in Cinemasins Pirates Of The Caribbean because Jermey made one sin where he schooled the British for not being as good as the soldiers in the opening of a few good men
Interesting the cut that was played in Australia followed the original script. The line "you're lucky it's us Willy" was cut from this scene in this version.
Helen: more than you’ll ever know….be dammed glad we have a marine corps! (If we don’t fight ‘em over there; we will fight ‘em over here”!)…….yes, I’m certain that I’ve read that somewhere once!
Actually, this is one of the very few parts that I like in the whole movie. The mere fact of precision drilling is beyond my comprehension that must take hundreds of hours to perfect.
@@mojojoji5493 I think it's because of a transition to the next sequence of the set. The transition is still smooth but it would've been better if it hit is shoulder
Don’t want to burst any bubbles here, but it was actually The Texas A & M Fish Drill Team that performed the Marines’ silent opening. Not sure why - could be a military cooperation thing? Regardless, it was impressive as hell!
My only complaint in this scene is the clearly fake instruments, you can see a French Horn player clearly not even touching the keys, others are not even trying to act like their playing. I know it's a minor thing but still.
@Trøüt About that scene, yes, the rest of the movie isn't really a military movie to me, it's a legal movie, and not being a lawyer, I just ignored all the crap other lawyers are complaining about.
In my group of buddies, 6 signed up as marines and went on their way as soldiers. Next thing after the afghan iraq war, they died. Not one came back. One of them didn't even have his body brought back due to it being mangled and beheaded by a mob.
4:17, just noticed thaf one of the men seemed to be lower ranked (looking at his patch on his shoulder) I though in these "presentations" (sorry, don't know the name of these) everyone had the same rank? Why the random lower-ranked man?
Santiago was one of those who would be seen in a study group, does little to no work effort and still gets credit for what his classmates did. And then gets jumped after school. But this is the Marine equivalent to that scenario.
I never understood why the whole movie was about disciplining a marine and following orders to do so since closing all his airways is a clear murder attempt. He was left to die from asphyxiation so what kind of disciplinary procedure was that? Even if they followed orders to kill this person these soldiers should still face imprisonment for manslaughter cause their clear intention was to kill the marine!
On the record Col.Jessup discourages code reds but off record condones it if it means turning boys to men and men into strong willed Marines. That's why he ordered the code red but had no intent on Santiago to die in the process.
I know right. Pretty sure twirling a rifle is not a move that will come in handy in any battle situation. It’s just a parade gimmick. Are they soldiers or circus actors?
"Clones can think creatively, you'll find that they are superior to droids"
The old quote...
Clones copy Wright?
Droid that's a 🍎 gateway topic in itself isn't it...
"immensely superior to droids."
Little known fact. Although impressive display of precision, these guys are not real Marines. They were actually cadets at Texas A&M which has the best collegiate drill team in the nation. The Marine drill team uses M1 Garand. These cadets use 1903 Springfield. If you look closely at the bayonet, there is the Texas AM logo.
Hoof you're right...The Texas A&M Fish Drill Team did play the Marines in this clip. I've had arguments over the years about this lol...good call man 👍🏻💯👊🏻🇺🇲
@@ProfessorKenneth
I read these were all graduated ex-Aggies they brought back for the show. If true then they might not be quite as sharp as the current Fish Team
just brilliant to watch
@@donarthiazi2443 The Fish Drill team is freshman only. The ones in the movie hadn't graduated; they were sophomores through seniors, some of whom were training that year's team while also getting ready for the filming of the movie.
So.
One of the most (if not THE most) brilliant opening scenes of a movie, that I have ever seen. I have so much respect for the American Marines. It's great to know that they always have our backs.
I do too but those are college kids 😂
I met a couple of those very Marines, at Armed Forces Day in CFB Calgary 1996. That rifle drill is more impressive in person!
haven't seen it in person but i bet it is!
Actually, that was the Texas A&M Aggie Fish Drill Team. You can actually tell by the routine.
I saw them and the Drum & Bugle corps at the Texas State Fair many years ago.
@@GabrielUngacta *Or you can Google it.* 🙄🙄
I luuuuuuuv rifle drills. Beautiful visuals
30 years ago today (9 December 1992) it came out. Fantastic movie.
And still one of, if not the, best films that Cruise, Nicholson, Bacon, Moore and director Reiner ever made. That in itself is a phenomenal achievement.
The silent drill platoon is always interesting to me in this opening scene
The silent drill platoon is played be the Fighting Texas Aggie Fish Drill Team who were hired by the film makers when the real Silent Drill Platoon was unavailable
@@ajjohnson1681 gig em aggies
@@ajjohnson1681 these guys were even better than the real Silent Drill Platoon!
If only by a hair. Hahaha
@@ajjohnson1681 , yes, they are the Texas Aggies, not the silent drill platoon.
@@ajjohnson1681 You can also tell not actual USMC silent drill team due to rifles not being M1 garands, A&M team is using 1903 springfields in this
I can still watch this and have goosebumps immensely
02:48 Goosebumps time, EVERY time! 👍🏻
its just the best & they were ALL CADETS talk about the right stuff
One of the greatest movies of all time
Thank you Rob Reiner, Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Arron Sorkin Rise and Shine
The opening credits scene is so mesmerizing to watch!
The way they handle those rifles was perfect
Funny enough, those are college freshmen. The Marines declined to do the opening, so they hired the Fish Drill Team from Texas A&M.
@@howardbaxter2514 Can tell you all don't $hit about military drilling. My pops who was a United States Army drill sergeant spotted for me plenty of flaws with their drilling with his "eye precision." But then again, he would know that and you and I as civilians would not.
Snap and Pop, that's what we called it a ways back.
MCRD 1984. Semper Fi.
True as the accuracy of the bullet a marine fires
Most badass shot a French Horn has ever gotten.
Man, you got to have a heart of steel to do what colonel tells you regardless if it's wrong or not. Poor guy just didn't have the physique nor the stamina to keep up with his fellow soldiers and you're gonna kill him for it? I hope guys like him don't actually get bullied/killed in real life marine/army/navy/etc. If you're in the service, that's proper respect enough There are all kinds of military jobs they can do if not for field combat.
I'm marine infantry I can tell you if your weak you get your ass chewedbut never messed up shit like murder. All brothers at end of the day.
I was bullied for being substandard. Ironically I ended up becoming one of the best Marines.
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And I play shortstop for the Mets.
@@donarthiazi2443 You dont have to believe me 👌
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I know. And I don't
Now that I see it again, they damn taped his mouth and nose with duct tape!? That ain't no regular "keep you quiet" action
Lol my guy I got to my unit in 2012 it was an infantry unit and I’ll tell you what... being taped up is nothing compared to what actually goes down in the barracks sometimes
@@mikejuliet2619 you infantry guys have always been weird to me. 😂😂😂 I mean, I came up in the FA world but still... lol
That’s a re-enactment. It may not be what really happened!
one of the top ten greatest movies ever made
The Title: A FEW Good Men (and add to that A FEW Good Women). One of the greatest titles of a Film ever. Plus the Court scene A1+
All without a shred of CGI. People have forgotten how to make a good movie.
Thanks for this. I'm watching the film on TV, and I missed the first 5 mins. Now catching up during the ad break. Lol
Sharp Sharp Sharp, uncles and cousins, Marines, the best.
Sharp as a knife. Awesome.
Fire eater 9107 4:23 a slight mess up with shouldering the rifle
I said no to military for number of reasons. One was, my neighbor's friend is always away doing his military thing. He got divorced. Most tragically family court devorced his life. Details asaid, house and money and child custody problems. Family court didn't care much about his dedication to serve country. He is dead now.
I know the pain when child visitations are sabotaged.
Military or not, all that you mentioned is pretty much what usually happens.
I'm a former Marine in Recon operator I know what it's like and for that I'm very sorry
That is not the military's fault. His wife could not understand the higher calling he answered to protect and serve his country and valued her own happiness over delayed gratification. The sheer ungratefulness baffles me. Semper Fi.
@@YouvebeenRicRolled divorce has nothing to do with military service. And most people live happy lives after their service.
@@ronakroshan7878 Semper fi brother ❤🇺🇲
The opening credits scene is awesome 😎
Holy shit that was incredibly satsifying to watch
I can only imagine the amount of practice that goes on to perfect these synchronized movements.
It’s not practice! It’s discipline and a way of life. Practice doesn’t keep a country safe.
The UK has got military heritage but the Yanks have sure got a lot of spit ‘n polish! Always liked this film, great characterizations.
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I’m just glad we’re close allies
@@sterlingarcher7101 Danger zone!
@@sterlingarcher7101 Not just close allies but a Brother and sister like relationship always having each other's back ❤🇺🇲🇬🇧
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Excelente! Una de las mejores peliculas y reparto. Que sincronismo!!!!
That rifle drill in the opening scene wow so cool
When ASMR gets bad ass
Are we gonna all agree that this scene is so very badass
lol it makes me laugh. And I do know it takes a lot of training to do it
I literally only came across this video after typing in Cinemasins Pirates Of The Caribbean because Jermey made one sin where he schooled the British for not being as good as the soldiers in the opening of a few good men
@Harold Paulle I agree
Perfect formation.
Amazing precision!
Great opening! Great movie! Great characters! "Meathead" really outdid himself with this one!
Yep. I really don't care much for Rob Reiner's politics. But he's directed some great movies.
@@jameskielland5018 Agreed! 😃
@@curtpiazza1688 and he'll always be a Meathead.
@@jameskielland5018 Agreed! Hasn't change his politics since AiTF. premiered in 1971!
Interesting the cut that was played in Australia followed the original script. The line "you're lucky it's us Willy" was cut from this scene in this version.
Sorry this reply is late but that’s sctuslly interesting. Wonder why.
Helen: more than you’ll ever know….be dammed glad we have a marine corps!
(If we don’t fight ‘em over there; we will fight ‘em over here”!)…….yes, I’m certain that I’ve read that somewhere once!
I don’t see the A &. M logo anywhere.
2:02 Poor Santiago
He waa the villian dont let his innocent face fool you
One of Rob Reiner's best. I even liked Tom Cruise in this movie, and normally I can't stand him.
Reiner is a complete ass clown, but he is responsible for A Few Good Movies.
@@cjs7553 found the sore loser trump supporter!! 😂
@@MM-eo2oz no it’s because he’s a terrible actor.
@@lamb9770 Bro, he's one of the best. He was great in Rain Man, Born on the 4th of July, Collateral and this movie.
@@shamusteakiawa he’s mediocre in mostly everything
And you too thank you for your service
I respect them all
Awesome
For those wondering, the silent drill sequence is done by real Marines and not actors.
hate to be that guy…. but it’s actually the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Fish Drill Team
Actually, this is one of the very few parts that I like in the whole movie. The mere fact of precision drilling is beyond my comprehension that must take hundreds of hours to perfect.
Also futile, just for show.
Jack Nicholson as Col.J❤️essop is Awesome
the alignment at 3:22
Diamond Beatz thanks
That’s for the sake of the camera shot so that you can see the row of soldiers behind him
There’s a greater mess up at 4:23 pay attention the the soldiers at the ends not putting the rifles on their shoulders
@@mojojoji5493 I think it's because of a transition to the next sequence of the set. The transition is still smooth but it would've been better if it hit is shoulder
Antares I agree still love the effort they put into that scene
Shining shoes
What I'm wondering is how long does it take a group of people to learn those gun twirling movements with that amount of coordination and precision.
Best
Don’t want to burst any bubbles here, but it was actually The Texas A & M Fish Drill Team that performed the Marines’ silent opening. Not sure why - could be a military cooperation thing? Regardless, it was impressive as hell!
Always Faithful. God Bless our Marines!
Faithful to who?
@@chrisgardiner2215 to each other
@@terranceaddison4599 I can buy that.
1988......
The first part is the fish drill team from Texas a&m and the ripple line is the actual silent drill platoon 👌
It's all the Fish Drill Team from A&M. They were chosen because of their ability to also do a ripple line.
It's as beautiful as a ballet
Taken from A Few Good Men: Special Edition 2001 DVD.
What Is The Name Of The Song In The Beginning?
My only complaint in this scene is the clearly fake instruments, you can see a French Horn player clearly not even touching the keys, others are not even trying to act like their playing. I know it's a minor thing but still.
@Sylvia isgod I was sleep deprived, still am, but still.
@Trøüt About that scene, yes, the rest of the movie isn't really a military movie to me, it's a legal movie, and not being a lawyer, I just ignored all the crap other lawyers are complaining about.
how long do they train to wield their gun so perfectly as a unit
God Damn i love this shit
i meant the second part of course lol
detailed attention
johnathon kyle mentioned
marine corps tension
Poor Santiago
For the Corps!
All I can think of his how mind blowing this scene would be if you were high
JLLËËËJLLËËËËËË
In my group of buddies, 6 signed up as marines and went on their way as soldiers. Next thing after the afghan iraq war, they died. Not one came back. One of them didn't even have his body brought back due to it being mangled and beheaded by a mob.
Holy Shit I'm sorry man.......
BS
I lost 79 friends in war, see how easy it is to lie?
Adrius Richter it’s easy to lie if you’re a liar. He might not be.
I’m sorry for your friends. Please continue to honor them by always referring to them as Marines, not soldiers.
Super music from timing 2:06 to 2:48
I love you Tom cruise
4:17, just noticed thaf one of the men seemed to be lower ranked (looking at his patch on his shoulder) I though in these "presentations" (sorry, don't know the name of these) everyone had the same rank? Why the random lower-ranked man?
What was code red in that movie?
does shit like that still happen in the corps ? I mean seriously I'd reform some shit if that were the case...
Santiago never had a chance
"Cover and alignment", you ever heard of it..?
I feel bad for Santiago...DAMN THOSE SOLDIERS
They are Marines
And why would you blame them?
Colonel Jessup was the one that ordered the code red.
Its hard to keep your honor intact while serving to an asshole
Tell it to the Marines.
They are Marines, not soldiers.
Santiago was one of those who would be seen in a study group, does little to no work effort and still gets credit for what his classmates did. And then gets jumped after school. But this is the Marine equivalent to that scenario.
The movie starts with good rifle drill. The best rifle drill, that I've seen, was by the Taiwanese Navy.
Bayonets disappear when they start the routine
Looks like Tom Cruise at 1:03.
Marines brass bamd no.1
Good soldiers follow orders.
Good soldiers follow orders.
Good soldiers follow orders.
Good soldiers follow orders.
Imagine them in firefight!! before they fire their weapon they do their whole silent drill team display! Lol
Shit. My BIL is a Marine and he looks a lot like Santiago. That was not an easy scene to watch.
I never understood why the whole movie was about disciplining a marine and following orders to do so since closing all his airways is a clear murder attempt. He was left to die from asphyxiation so what kind of disciplinary procedure was that? Even if they followed orders to kill this person these soldiers should still face imprisonment for manslaughter cause their clear intention was to kill the marine!
Argyle!
Johnnnn Cenaaaa!!!
Were most military-themed movies during the 90's recruitment bait for post-9/11 wars? 🤔
All of this flashiness and still couldn't detect 9/11. ..smdh
Rob "Bobo" Michael
In the wrong from the get go
4:23 soldiers at the end made a mistake not shouldering the rifle
Marines
@@Eric.1I37 Cadet. Actually freshman cadet from Texas A&M.
Demi Moore was cute!
Was? She's still is beyond cute
I was in the military a coam at division but I’ll never understand the marine silent drill platoon
It serves no purpose
for recruitment
You really don't understand the purpose of the Silent Drill Team?
@@kwantoon not a clue
It will be a bad day for all if or when armed forces will be replaced by Artificial Intelligience.
bravo, one heart for me plz
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2:53 I've never seen this movie. But it must be good if Kevin Bacon is in it. Yaaaaaaaaayyyyy Baaaaaacon!!!!!
Is all that really necessary?
That's why Red Code is hushed and supposed scrapped altogether.
On the record Col.Jessup discourages code reds but off record condones it if it means turning boys to men and men into strong willed Marines. That's why he ordered the code red but had no intent on Santiago to die in the process.
@Woody Last Name most people tend to miss the point and still ask questions about the movie. This way people can understand it in laymans terms
@Woody Last Name its the little things that make the movie makes sense and not just those famous quotes that makes a movie memorable
Of couse.... All that rifles Need to be shaked.
Hpiat
Can we at least cut the arts and crafts part of the military budget?
Huh?
ronalds marine flap
william rogers full of crap
scott andrews dirt nap
That crap is useless. 🙄
I know right. Pretty sure twirling a rifle is not a move that will come in handy in any battle situation. It’s just a parade gimmick.
Are they soldiers or circus actors?
Besides enforcing discipline and coordination, it serves to boost morale for the armed forces as well as the public.
so many bootlickers in the comments lolol
The disciplen and synchronicity....like falling dominos
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Taken from A Few Good Men: Special Edition 2001 DVD.