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Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick, who also cowrote the screenplay with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford. The film is based on Hasford's 1979 autobiographical novel The Short-Timers and stars Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey (credited as Lee Ermey), Vincent D'Onofrio and Adam Baldwin .
Jul 10, 1987 · Full Metal Jacket: Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey. A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
A classic and acclaimed movie by Stanley Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket depicts the brutal and absurd reality of the Vietnam War through the eyes of two young Marines. Read critics reviews, watch the trailer, and find out where to stream or rent the film online.
From boot camp to the battlefield, Stanley Kubrick's classic follows a US Marine and his fellow soldiers as they're trained and sent to fight in Vietnam. Watch trailers & learn more.
A film about the Vietnam War and its impact on U.S. Marines, from boot camp to combat. Follow the story of Joker, a journalist who witnesses the Tet Offensive and the horrors of war.
Director Stanley Kubrick rips the skin from the face of war to expose the dehumanizing effect of the military on the people fed to its emotional meat grinder in Full Metal Jacket.
Roger Ebert criticizes Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" for its shapeless and inconsistent storytelling, its cliched war scenes and its lack of character development. He praises the opening scenes on Paris Island and the performance of Lee Ermey as the drill instructor, but finds the rest of the film disappointing.
