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Godspeed monologue

I think there's a problem here - Godspeed You! Black Emperor's mentioned album was released in 1996. There's a copy-and-paste article (a copy of which is used as the reference) about the monologue that states the film was being worked on "for five years," which would place the inception of the film at 1991 - after Lee Marvin died. If you listen to the track, it actually only remotely sounds like Marvin.

I love Lee Marvin, and I love that song, so as much as I want it to be him, I just don't think it is. The reference provided is pretty weak, anyway. If no one objects, I'll remove the info. --Identityshift (talk) 04:29, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ancestry

Biography Magazine and some internet sources indicate Marvin was a descendant of both George Washington and Robert E. Lee. I found another source adding Thomas Jefferson as an ancestor.

Birth date

This article, the IMDb and Marvin's grave marker in Arlington National Cemetery (a military facility) all give February 19, 1924 as the date of his birth. This would have him turning eighteen about ten weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the US into World War II. However, he admitted in his later years that he was under age when he enlisted (I particularly remember an appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson), something that would have not happened if he was so close to his eighteenth birthday when the Japs bombed Pearl. Therefore, "1924" is the false year of birth he gave the Marines when he signed up (a lot of underage boys served in that war). Anybody have any citable documentation as to his real birth date? --Ted Watson (talk) 05:01, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can join the Marines, Army, or Navy at 16 with parental permission.70.176.118.196 (talk) 05:20, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

April 17 edits

I've reverted the entire edit of late April 17, 2009, due to newly-placed information that conflicts with citations that were left in place, for spelling, capitalization, and grammatical errors, and for uncited claims that verge on POV. Addressing each of these issues would go a long way toward making the actual information acceptable. Until then, it's not. Monkeyzpop (talk) 07:40, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Iwo Jima?

I read Marvin was a Marine Pvt. at Iwo Jima. It would explain the gritty realism in his military roles; "The Dirty Dozen", "Delta Force", "The Professionals". I also read Bob Keesham ("Captain Kangaroo") was at Iwo Jima.70.162.46.94 (talk) 02:43, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Drunk?

I read Marvin got drunk a lot. His then wife, Michele Triola (sp?) flew to Oregon during the filming of "Paint Your Wagon" to check up on him and see he wasn't having a drunken affair. (He didn't but Clint Eastwood did, with the leading lady, Jean Seaburg. Seaburg's husband flew over from Europe and challenged Eastwood to a duel--Eastwood backed-down.) This was in a book I believe was called "Movie Turkeys" or something, about films that went way over-budget and didn't break even.

I also read Marvin got drunk in his hotel room in Las Vegas while acting in "The Professionals". He took fellow actor Woody Strohe's bow and arrow and shot the hitch-hiking cowboy sign, "Cowboy Pete", breaking it! (The studio apologized and paid for repairs.)70.176.118.196 (talk) 05:18, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]