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Full Metal Jacket (1987) -- A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow Marine recruits from their brutal basic training to the bloody street fighting set in 1968 Hue, Vietnam.
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Director:
Writers:
Gustav Hasford (novel)
Stanley Kubrick (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
26 June 1987 (USA) more
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An Epic Story of the Vietnam War [Australia Theatrical] more
Plot:
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow Marine recruits from their brutal basic training to the bloody street fighting set in 1968 Hue, Vietnam. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 5 nominations more
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(47 articles)
Clip joint: doughnuts
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 4 February 2010, 4:02 AM, PST)

Doc Talk: Why Remake a Documentary as a Dramatic Film?
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Kubrick's version of Vietnam more (534 total)

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Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (USA) (poster title)
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116 min
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Much, if not all, of R. Lee Ermey's dialogue during the Parris Island sequence was improvised. While filming the opening scene, where he disciplines Pvt. Cowboy, he says Cowboy is the type of guy who would have sex with another guy "and not even have the goddamned common courtesy to give him a reach-around". Stanley Kubrick immediately yelled cut and went over to Ermey' and asked, "What the hell is a reach-around?" Ermey politely explained what it meant. Kubrick laughed and re-shot the scene, telling Ermey to keep the line. more
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Continuity: When Pyle is on the range he reloads while Hartman is behind him. The magazine which Pyle finishes can be seen fully loaded. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
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 you. Sound off like you got a pair.
Recruits: SIR, YES SIR!
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Referenced in Asian Pride Porn (2000) more
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Hello Vietnam more

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70 out of 103 people found the following review useful.
Kubrick's version of Vietnam, 28 April 2002
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Author: Agent10 from Tucson, AZ

Stanley Kubrick always managed to bring something new to his palate whenever he made a film. He brought dark comedy to the screen with Dr. Stranglove, an epic story with Spartacus, and a film more important for its efforts than box office potential in the film Paths of Glory. This is what makes Full Metal Jacket so entertaining.

Humor, horror and political commentary are the themes which shape Full Metal Jacket. From the overbearing drill sergeant to the war loving soldiers. It all seems to make sense within this film, never overstepping its bounds or being to subtle. Kubrick may have alienated some his hardcore fans with such a mainstream-type story, but then again, he helped mainstream movies take a bold step. What doesn't the current cinema owe Kubrick?

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