Full Metal Jacket

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Our Review Published May 26, 2023

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Stanley Kubrick took almost as long to film Full Metal Jacket as America spent fighting (and losing) the Vietnam War. Will his 1968 Marine Corp recruits find the battlefields of Huy and Da Nang to be a cake walk after surviving the verbal and physical torture of boot camp? Does joker Matthew Modine use his rifle or his “gun” on all the VC women he encounters? And would Vincent D’Onofrio and R Lee Ermey be decorated with Oscars if they hadn’t been beaten to the screen by Platoon? Your ass belongs to Now Playing Podcast when you enlist as a May Patron.

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Full Metal Jacket

1987 R 1h 57m

A 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.

Release Date

June 26, 1987

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Writer

Michael Herr, Stanley Kubrick, Gustav Hasford

Stars

Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Kevyn Major Howard, Arliss Howard, Ed O'Ross, John Terry, Kieron Jecchinis, Kirk Taylor, Tim Colceri, Jon Stafford, Bruce Boa, Ian Tyler, Sal Lopez, Gary Landon Mills, Papillon Soo, Peter Edmund, Ngoc Le, Leanne Hong, Tan Hung Francione, Marcus D'Amico, Costas Dino Chimona, Gil Kopel, Keith Hodiak, Peter Merrill, Herbert Norville, Nguyen Hue Phong, Duc Hu Ta, Martin Adams, Kevin Albridge, Del Anderson, Philip Bailey, Louis Barlotti, John Beddows, Patrick Benn, Steve Boucher, Adrian Bush, Tony Carey, Gary Cheeseman, Wayne Clark, Chris Cornibert, Danny Cornibert, John Curtis, John Davis, Harry Davies, Kevin Day, Gordon Duncan, Phil Elmer, Colin Elvis, Hadrian Follett, Sean Frank, David George, Laurie Gomes, Brian Goodwin, Nigel Goulding, Tony Hague, Steve Hands, Chris Harris, Robert E. Hartenberger, Derek Hart, Barry Hayes, Tony Hayes, Robin Hedgeland, Duncan Henry, Kenneth Head, Liam Hogan, Trevor Hogan, Luke Hogdal, Steve Hudson, Tony Howard, Sean Lamming, Dan Landin, Tony Leete, Nigel Lough, Terry Lowe, Frank McCardle, Gary Meyer, Brett Middleton, David Milner, Sean Minmagh, Tony Minmagh, John Morrison, Russell Mott, John Ness, Robert Booth Nichols, David Perry, Peter Rommely, Pat Sands, Jim Sarup, Chris Maybach, Al Simpson, Russell Slater, Gary Smith, Roger Smith, Tony Smith, Anthony Styliano, Bill Thompson, Mike Turjansky, Dan Weldon, Dennis Wells, Michael Anthony Williams, John Wilson, John Wonderling, Vivian Kubrick, Stanley Kubrick, John Ward, David Palffy

Producer

Stanley Kubrick

Cinematography

Douglas Milsome

Music

Vivian Kubrick

Genre

Country

United Kingdom, United States of America

Language

English, Vietnamese

Budget

$30,000,000

External Links

IMDb | TMDB

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