Full Metal Jacket (1987)
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.
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Director:
Stanley KubrickWriters:
Stanley Kubrick (screenplay by), Michael Herr (screenplay by), Gustav Hasford (screenplay by), Gustav Hasford (based on the novel "The Short Timers" by)All Cast & Crew
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Trivia
William Hope was offered a role, but he turned it down in favour of Aliens (1986).
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Gunnery Sergeant Hartman:
I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be "Sir". Do you maggots understand that?
Recruits:
Sir, yes Sir.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman:
Bullshit, I can't hear ...
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When Joker is on fire watch (where he finds Pyle in the head) he's using a 1980s Mag-Lite brand flashlight.
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Genres
Drama | WarDetails
Release Date:
10 July 1987Language
English, Vietnamese
Country of Origin
UK, USAFilming Locations
Norfolk Broads, Norfolk, England, UKBox Office
Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$2,217,307 (USA) (28 June 1987)
Gross:
$46,357,676 (USA)
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