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Full Metal Jacket (1987)
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Ratings: 8.4/10 from 225,026 users
Metascore:
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Reviews: 582 user | 117 critic | 18 from Metacritic.com A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow Marine recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting set in 1968 in Hue, Vietnam. Director:Stanley Kubrick |
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| Matthew Modine | ... | ||
| Adam Baldwin | ... | ||
| Vincent D'Onofrio | ... | ||
| R. Lee Ermey | ... |
Gny. Sgt. Hartman
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Dorian Harewood | ... | |
| Kevyn Major Howard | ... | ||
| Arliss Howard | ... | ||
| Ed O'Ross | ... | ||
| John Terry | ... | ||
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Kieron Jecchinis | ... | |
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Kirk Taylor | ... | |
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Tim Colceri | ... | |
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Jon Stafford | ... |
Doc Jay
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Bruce Boa | ... | |
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Ian Tyler | ... | |
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A two-segment look at the effect of the military mindset and war itself on Vietnam era Marines. The first half follows a group of recruits in boot camp under the command of the punishing Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. The second half shows one of those recruits, Joker, covering the war as a correspondent for Stars and Stripes, focusing on the Tet offensive. Written by Scott Renshaw <as.idc@forsythe.stanford.edu>
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An Epic Story of the Vietnam War [Australia Theatrical] See more »Parents Guide:
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Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket See more »Box Office
Budget:
$17,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$2,217,307 (USA) (28 June 1987) (215 Screens)Gross:
$46,357,676 (USA)Company Credits
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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: [In unison in a normal speaking tone] Sir, yes Sir.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Bullshit I can't hear you. Sound off like you got a pair!
Recruits: [In unison, much louder] SIR, YES SIR!
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: If you ladies leave my island, if you survive recruit training, you will be a weapon. You will be a minister of death praying for war. But until that day you are pukes. You are the lowest form of life on Earth. You are not even human fucking beings. You are nothing but unorganized grabastic pieces of amphibian shit! Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair. There is no racial bigotry here. I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops or greasers. Here you are all equally worthless. And my orders are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to serve in my beloved Corps. Do you maggots understand that?
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Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
Performed by The Dixie Cups
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Stanley Kubrick's frequent cinematographer John Alcott was approached to shoot the movie but turned it down, instead focusing on US-based projects, and Alcott's focus puller Douglas Milsome took over his duties. Filming took about six months and was shut down for 20 weeks from June 1985 to September 1986. Alcott died of a heart attack at end of July 1986. See more »Goofs
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Animal calls to Cowboy to bring the squad in and find the sniper, Rafterman turns to Cowboy and speaks a complete sentence, but the sound has been cut and replaced with a comment by Cowboy. See 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: [In unison in a normal speaking tone] Sir, yes Sir.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Bullshit I can't hear you. Sound off like you got a pair!
Recruits: [In unison, much louder] SIR, YES SIR!
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: If you ladies leave my island, if you survive recruit training, you will be a weapon. You will be a minister of death praying for war. But until that day you are pukes. You are the lowest form of life on Earth. You are not even human fucking beings. You are nothing but unorganized grabastic pieces of amphibian shit! Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair. There is no racial bigotry here. I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops or greasers. Here you are all equally worthless. And my orders are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to serve in my beloved Corps. Do you maggots understand that?
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Connections
Spoofed in "Saturday Night Live: Matthew Modine/Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (#14.4)" (1988) See more »Soundtracks
"Chapel Of Love"Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
Performed by The Dixie Cups
By Arrangement with Shelby Singleton Enterprises c/o Original Sound Entertainment See more »
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