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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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(36 articles)
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Kubrick is genius. 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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1.37 : 1 more
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Except for the title cards "A Stanley Kubrick Film" and "Full Metal Jacket", there are no opening credits. more
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Continuity: When Crazy Earl holds his rifle up after the initial attack on Hue City, the magazine disappears between shots. 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 "Veronica Mars: Pilot (#1.1)" (2004) more
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Chapel Of Love more

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160 out of 221 people found the following comment useful.
Kubrick is genius., 10 December 1998
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Author: Peach-2 from USA

Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket seems like an uncompleted film, but to me that's poetic justice to one of America's uncompleted wars. The film is harsh and doesn't turn a blind eye to the atrocities of Vietnam. Kubrick is the true master of atmosphere in film. He makes you feel like you are there. Friends of mine have commented that they only like the first half of the film and that the second half falls apart. I believe Kubrick sets up the first half to be an understandable reflection of the terror that would eventually enter the lives of these soldiers during war. It is easy to identify with being picked on because we all have in some way. Not all of us, on the other hand, have fought in war. Kubrick is the master.

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