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Full Metal Jacket
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Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war drama film directed, produced, and photographed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford, and Kubrick, based on the work *The Short-Timers*. The cast includes Adam Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, and R. Lee Ermey. Jan Harlan served as executive producer, while Vivian Kubrick composed the music. Production was handled by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Hawk Films, with filming taking place at Pinewood Studios. The film originates from the United Kingdom and the United States and was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix.
The movie has a runtime of 116 minutes and was released in 1987. It received the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director and Best Supporting Actor, the David di Donatello for Best Producer, and a spot on the National Board of Review's Top Ten Films list. The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. Its original language is English.
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8.1A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Cast
- Matthew Modine as Pvt. Joker
- Adam Baldwin as Animal Mother
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Pvt. Pyle
- R. Lee Ermey as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
- Dorian Harewood as Eightball
- Kevyn Major Howard as Rafterman
Themes
- rescue
- sniper
- vietnam war
- suicide
- vietnam
- helicopter
- army
- prostitute
- based on novel or book
- propaganda
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Encyclopedic overview
Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick from a screenplay he co-wrote with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford. The film is based on Hasford's 1979 autobiographical novel The Short-Timers. It stars Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin, Dorian Harewood, and Arliss Howard.
The storyline follows a platoon of U.S. Marines through their boot camp training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina. The first half of the film focuses primarily on privates J. T. Davis and Leonard Lawrence, nicknamed "Joker" and "Pyle" respectively, who struggle under their abusive drill instructor, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. The second half portrays the experiences of Joker and other Marines in the Vietnamese cities of Da Nang and Huế during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War. The film's title refers to the full metal jacket bullet used by military servicemen.
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