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I spent the last two years of high school (1981-1983) living in the Philippines (my father was in the Navy). We lived near Manila and I went to the International School in Manila. During my senior year, the filming of the movie "Purple Hearts" took place in the Philippines. The filming required numerous American military "grunts" (young soldiers) and students from my high school were perfect. Two or three dozen students got crew cuts, makeup and M-16's and spent one to two weeks running around airfields and rice patties looking tough. The movie is not what I would call a masterpiece :-) In fact, I'm not sure it ever really made it into theaters, but I have seen it on TV several times. You can rent it on VHS. Unfortunately, it does not rank enough to make it to DVD yet and because the VHS has an aspect ratio of 4x3, one of my best scenes was pan and scanned out! Bastards! Oh well, perhaps it will make it to letterboxed DVD and I'll get a chance to see my big scene! I also got to spend some time talking to R. Lee Ermey early in his career. Ermey has become one of the most recognized character actors of his time.
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