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Full Metal Jacket

  • 1987
  • 16
  • 1h 56m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
807K
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POPULARITY
358
192
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
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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 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 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.

  • Director
    • Stanley Kubrick
  • Writers
    • Stanley Kubrick
    • Michael Herr
    • Gustav Hasford
  • Stars
    • Matthew Modine
    • R. Lee Ermey
    • Vincent D'Onofrio
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    807K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    358
    192
    • Director
      • Stanley Kubrick
    • Writers
      • Stanley Kubrick
      • Michael Herr
      • Gustav Hasford
    • Stars
      • Matthew Modine
      • R. Lee Ermey
      • Vincent D'Onofrio
    • 1KUser reviews
    • 176Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #109
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 8 wins & 15 nominations total

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    Photos249

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    Top cast99+

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    Matthew Modine
    Matthew Modine
    • Pvt. Joker
    R. Lee Ermey
    R. Lee Ermey
    • Gny. Sgt. Hartman
    • (as Lee Ermey)
    Vincent D'Onofrio
    Vincent D'Onofrio
    • Pvt. Pyle
    Adam Baldwin
    Adam Baldwin
    • Animal Mother
    Dorian Harewood
    Dorian Harewood
    • Eightball
    Kevyn Major Howard
    Kevyn Major Howard
    • Rafterman
    Arliss Howard
    Arliss Howard
    • Pvt. Cowboy
    Ed O'Ross
    Ed O'Ross
    • Lt. Touchdown
    John Terry
    John Terry
    • Lt. Lockhart
    Kieron Jecchinis
    Kieron Jecchinis
    • Crazy Earl
    Kirk Taylor
    Kirk Taylor
    • Payback
    Tim Colceri
    Tim Colceri
    • Doorgunner
    Jon Stafford
    Jon Stafford
    • Doc Jay
    • (as John Stafford)
    Bruce Boa
    Bruce Boa
    • Poge Colonel
    Ian Tyler
    • Lt. Cleves
    Sal Lopez
    Sal Lopez
    • T.H.E. Rock
    Gary Landon Mills
    Gary Landon Mills
    • Donlon
    Papillon Soo
    • Da Nang Hooker
    • (as Papillon Soo Soo)
    • Director
      • Stanley Kubrick
    • Writers
      • Stanley Kubrick
      • Michael Herr
      • Gustav Hasford
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In the first part of the movie, in the sequences inside the barracks during the drill, a special lens was designed to keep every single Recruit in focus. Director Stanley Kubrick intended that no one was special and they all had the same treatment.
    • Goofs
      On several occasions, the word "repeat" is used while speaking on the radio. In the Marine Corps, the use of the word "repeat" on the radio is reserved solely for talking to artillery units to request a repeat of the last fire mission. The term used would be: "say again your last" or "I say again."
    • 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 grab-asstic 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?

    • Crazy credits
      End credits list a song performed by Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs, misspelling the last word as "Pharoahs." This has not been corrected on any home video version of the movie.
    • Alternate versions
      Originally the song Paint it Black played at a higher speed and higher pitch during the end credits but starting with the 2001 DVD re-release, whenever the movie was remixed to 5.1 (from mono) it was "corrected" to where it plays at the regular speed and pitch instead.
    • Connections
      Edited into Commercial Entertainment Product (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      Hello Vietnam
      Written by Tom T. Hall

      Performed by Johnny Wright

      Courtesy of MCA Records

    User reviews1K

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    Featured review
    8/10

    Very good movie- A film of 2 halves: the first perfect, the second lagging behind but good enough

    I finally got around to watching this for the first time.

    The first half is a 10/10, the second half is a 7/10 and falls apart into what seems like every war movie's clichés, even though it's good enough.

    The first half is a masterpiece of filmmaking- there's almost no flaws, the pacing is perfect, the acting great, it has an instant classic type experience to it you'll never forget.

    The second half is good, decent but it doesn't rival the first half and its perfection. That makes its let down even more pronounced.

    So overall, I give it an 8/10 because you can't overlook the drop in quality of the second half.

    8/10
    • heisenberg12
    • Jun 6, 2017
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 29, 1987 (Netherlands)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Vietnamese
    • Also known as
      • Cara de guerra
    • Filming locations
      • Isle of Dogs, London, Greater London, England, UK(Da Nang scenes)
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Natant
      • Stanley Kubrick Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $46,357,676
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,217,307
      • Jun 28, 1987
    • Gross worldwide
      • $50,193,748
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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