| Counter |
Scene |
Main characters |
| 0-1:13 |
Barber shop
- Recruits are getting hair shaved
|
Marine recruits |
| 1:14-7:10 |
Barracks
- Sergeant Hartman welcomes recruits in his own way
- He gets on Joker for a comment and Pyle for smiling
|
Hartman recruits |
| 7:11-9:36 |
Outside on base
- recruits are jogging and singing military chant
- Hartman gets upset with Pyle and embarrasses him
|
Hartman recruits |
| 9:37-11:42 |
Barracks
- recruits are ready for bed and have rifles in hand
- Hartman has them pray for themselves and their rifles
|
Hartman recruits |
| 11:43 - 12:16 |
Outside on base
- recruits are working with rifles and Hartman gets on Pyle
|
Hartman recruits |
| 12:17 - 12:43 |
Barracks
- Hartman has recruits march around with rifles and crotches in hand
and sing the difference between the two
|
Hartman recruits |
| 12:44 - 17:11 |
Outside on base
- recruits are going through obstacles in training
- Hartman gets on Pyle for not being able to complete the obstacles
|
Hartman recruits |
| 17:17 - 19:18 |
Barracks
- Hartman reprimands Joker for not believing in Virgin Mary
- Joker does not repudiate his response and Hartman respects this
- Joker is promoted to squad leader
|
Hartman recruits |
| 19:19 - 23:25 |
On Base
- Joker is working with Pyle and helping him to complete his tasks
- Hartman lectures on marine skills
|
Joker Pyle |
| 23:26 - 27:44 |
Barracks
- Hartman is inspecting the health of the recruits and their lockers
- Pyle’s locker is unlocked and Hartman gets on him
- Hartman starts making the recruits pay for all of Pyle’s mishaps
|
Hartman Pyle |
| 27:45 - 29:50 |
Barracks (middle of the night)
- recruits get out of bed and hold Pyle down and beat him with soap
wrapped in towels
|
recruits |
| 29:54 - 32:02 |
Rifle range
- Hartman asks recruits questions
|
Hartman recruits |
| 32:03 - 34:27 |
Barracks
- It’s Christmas and Hartman is talking to recruits about the
relationship between God and the Marines
- Joker notices that Pyle is talking to his rifle
|
Hartman recruits |
| 34:28 - 35:29 |
Head
- Joker and Cowboy are cleaning up
- Joker says that he thinks Pyle is a Section 8
|
Joker Cowboy |
| 35:30 - 37:56 |
Outside on base
- Hartman is starting to see improvement in Pyle
- Pyle’s attitude is dismal and he seems to have a crazed look in
his eye
|
Hartman Pyle |
| 37:57 - 39:38 |
Barracks
- Hartman gives out assignments
|
Hartman recruits |
| 39:39 - 45:01 |
Barracks (middle of the night)
- it is the final night and Joker draws fire watch
- he finds Pyle in the head with a loaded rifle
- tragedy
|
Joker Pyle
Hartman |
| 45:07 - 47:23 |
Vietnam (in the Rear)
- prostitute comes up
- Vietnamese comes by and steals camera
|
Joker Rafterman |
| 47:24 - 48:43 |
DaNang -- 'hooch'
- Rafterman and Joker talk about not being able to go into the
"shit"
|
Joker Rafterman |
| 48:44 - 51:56 |
DaNang -- Press Room
- staff talks about events in war
|
Newspaper staff |
| 51:57 - 56:32 |
Barracks and Outside on Base
- It’s Tet and fireworks are going off
- talk about war and "the stare"
- rifle fire and mortars start going off
- the NVA try to get into base but Marines hold them off
|
Joker Rafterman
Marines |
| 56:33 - 58:10 |
Press Room
- Joker is sent to Phu Bai with Rafterman
|
Newspaper staff |
| 58:11 - 1:01:05 |
Helicopter
- Rafterman is feeling sick
- Door gunner talks about killing gooks
|
Joker Rafterman
door gunner |
| 01:06 - 02:41 |
On Road to Hue
- Joker and Rafterman meet with Lieutenant
|
Joker Rafterman
Lt. 'Touchdown' |
| 02:42 - 05:16 |
Hue
- Joker, Rafterman, and other Marines look over dead, executed by the
NVA
- Joker gets chewed out
|
Joker Rafterman
Marines |
| 05:17 - 09:59 |
Hue City - Hotel, 2/5
- Joker and Rafterman meet with Cowboy and the rest of the platoon
|
Joker Rafterman
Cowboy |
| 10:00 - 15:28 |
Hue City - the front
- the Marines are walking when explosions go off in front of them
- the lieutenant is down
|
Joker Rafterman
Marines |
| 15:29 - 25:04 |
Inside Hue City - a lull in the fighting
- Marines are being interviewed about the war
- prostitute is brought in and they have their fun
|
Joker Rafterman
Marines |
| 25:08 - 50:00 |
Inside Hue City - the patrol
- First Platoon moves in closer
- Craze, a Marine, gets hit and killed by a booby trap
- Eightball is sent across an open field, gets shot
- Doc. J goes in and also gets killed
- Cowboy is hit while he is on the radio
- Marines move into a building
- Joker spots the sniper -- it’s a girl
- she opens fire and Rafterman shoots and wounds her
- they finally shoot her to put her out of her misery
|
Joker Rafterman
Cowboy
Marines |
| 50:00 - 52:25 |
Hue City
- Marines move out to the Perfume River
|
Marines |
