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Is It Just Me, Or Is Bruce Dern's Hair TOO LONG To Play A Marine?

posted 19 years ago by bheyer
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I served in the U.S. Air Force (somewhat lax compared to the Marines), but SOMEBODY would've marched me down to the barber shop, IF my hair was as long as Bruce Dern's was in "Coming Home." Man, you CAN'T have hair obscuring your ears, and curling up behind your head, and stuff!
Also, Dern had a broomstick stuck SO FAR up his ass - throughout the movie - that I wanted to kill him in the end!!! Hell, he returns from 'Nam, and ALL he wants to do is hang out and get drunk with his buddies? What is Jane Fonda, chopped liver? If it were me, I would've told Jane's friend, "Vi," to split, then I'd "do" Jane, silly. I mean, woman on top, missionary, spoons, the WHOLE nine yards! Yeah, I know, THEN there WOULDN'T be a movie.

I'm the bad guy? How'd that happen?
Michael Douglas ("D-FENS"), in "Falling Down"

[–] stormrider57 18 years ago

I noticed that right from the start, his hair was unbelievable. But then again, they had a lot of military details wrong. He is shown wearing fatigues with nothing but his rank on them-- no name tag, no branch insignia-- and I think they are Army fatigues as well.

[–] mkotler 11 years ago

I agree - Hollywood seems to ignore this important detail all the time. To be authentic, the hair should be shorter!

[–] perryb56 10 years ago

THANK YOU!! all the "Marines" in this movie had hair way too long, especially for that era. one of my pet peeves in Hollywood's depiction of Marines.

[–] jellyree 10 years ago

It's not just you.
I was in the Corps, '64-'67...blah blah blah.

It would be boorish of me to nit pic about all the errors but Dern's haircut was absurd.

[–] DingelBerry 10 years ago

Well Bruce Dern with short hair? he is to vain to have it cut.