Full Metal Jacket

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Overview

Stanley Kubrick's return to filmmaking after a seven-year hiatus, this film crystallizes the experience of the Vietnam War by concentrating on a group of raw Marine volunteers. Based on Gustav Hasford's novel The Short Timers, the film's first half details the volunteers' harrowing boot-camp training under the profane, power-saw guidance of drill instructor Sgt. Hartman (R. Lee Ermey, a real-life drill instructor whose performance is one of the most terrifyingly realistic on record). Part two takes place in Nam, as seen through the eyes of the now thoroughly indoctrinated marines. Ironically, Full Metal Jacket was filmed almost entirely in England.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/15/2007
UPC:	0085391163114
Original Release:	1987
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Time:	1:56:00
Sales rank:	193

Special Features

2000 digital master from restored elements; Soundtrack newly remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1; Theatrical trailer; Languages: English & Français; Subtitles: English, Français, Español & Português (feature film only)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Matthew Modine	Private Joker/Private J.T. Davis
Adam Baldwin	Animal Mother
Vincent D'Onofrio	Leonard Lawrence, Pvt. Gomer Pyle
R. Lee Ermey	Gunnery Sgt. Hartman
Dorian Harewood	Eightball
Arliss Howard	Pvt. Cowboy
Kevin Howard	Rafterman
Ed O'Ross	Walter J. Schinoski, Lt. Touchdown
John Terry	Lt. Lockhart
Kirk Taylor	Sgt. Payback
Ian Tyler	Lt. Cleves
Papillon Soo Soo	Da Nang Hooker
Tan Hung Francione	ARVN Pimp
Costas Dino Chimona	Chili
Peter Merrill	TV Journalist
Keiron Jecchinis	Crazy Earl
John Stafford	Doc Jay
Gary Landon Mills	Donlon
Ngoc Le	V.C. Sniper
Leanne Hong	Motorbike Hooker
Gil Kopel	Stork
Herbert Norville	Daytona Dave
Bruce Boa	Colonel Poge
Tim Colceri	Doorgunner
Sal Lopez	T.H.E Rock
Peter "Snowball" Edmund	Snowball
Marcus D'Amico	Handjob
Keith Hodlak	Daddy Da
Nguyen Hue Phong	Camera Thief
Du Hu Ta	Dead NVA
Tony Carey	Marine
Harry Davies	Marine
David George	Marine
Derek Hart	Marine
Steve Hudson	Marine
Robert Nichols	Marine
David Perry	Marine
Tony Smith	Marine
Bill Thompson	Marine
Michael Williams	Marine
John Wilson	Marine
Chad Dowdell	Dying Soldier (uncredited)

Technical Credits

Stanley Kubrick	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Christine Allsopp	Makeup
Jeff Barry	Songwriter
Jennifer Boost	Makeup
Keith Denny	Costumes/Costume Designer
R. Lee Ermey	Consultant/advisor
John Evans	Special Effects,Special Effects Supervisor
A. Frazier	Songwriter
Anton Furst	Production Designer
Ellie Greenwich	Songwriter
Tom T. Hall	Songwriter
Jan Harlan	Executive Producer
James B. Harris	Songwriter
Gustav Hasford	Screenwriter
Lee Hazlewood	Songwriter
Michael Herr	Associate Producer,Screenwriter
Philip Hobbs	Co-producer
Martin Hunter	Editor
Abigail Mead	Score Composer
Douglas Milsome	Cinematographer
Terry Needham	Asst. Director
Keith Pain	Art Director
Domingo "Sam" Samudio	Songwriter
Stephen Simmonds	Set Decoration/Design
Phil Spector	Songwriter
Rod Stratford	Art Director
Edward Tise	Sound/Sound Designer
Leslie Tomkins	Art Director
Leon Vitali	Casting
Caesar White	Songwriter
T. Wilson	Songwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Full Metal Jacket
1. Haircut Montage [1:35]
2. Sgt. Hartman Names His Maggots [5:57]
3. Drill [2:26]
4. "This Is My Rifle." [3:19]
5. Obstacle Course [4:17]
6. Joker's Got Guts [2:03]
7. Helping Pyle [4:07]
8. The Jelly Donut [4:20]
9. Night Attack [2:06]
10. Motivated Marines [2:08]
11. God and the Corps [1:27]
12. Pyle and His Rifle [4:27]
13. Graduation [1:41]
14. Full Metal Jacket [2:54]
15. Pyle's Major Malfunction [2:32]
16. Vietnam [2:21]
17. The Stories We Write [4:09]
18. Base Under Attack [4:33]
19. No Ann-Margret? [2:01]
20. Trigger Happy [2:55]
21. What the Dead Know [2:10]
22. The Word of God [2:10]
23. Reunion With Cowboy [3:08]
24. Guest of Honor [1:24]
25. Approaching Hue City [1:54]
26. First Strike [3:15]
27. Vietnam: The Movie [2:12]
28. Words Over the Dead [1:58]
29. Interview Subjects [3:10]
30. Negotiations [2:34]
31. New Squad Leader [2:53]
32. The Sniper [2:27]
33. Two Men Down [4:48]
34. Animal Mother's Charge [3:03]
35. Cowboy's End [2:58]
36. Getting the Sniper [3:26]
37. "Shoot Me." [5:54]
38. Alive and Not Afraid [1:49]
39. End Credits [3:35]

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Editorial Reviews

His first film since 1980's The Shining, legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick turned his attention to this adaptation of Gustav Hasford's The Short Timers, a harrowing Vietnam war picture that was one of the last of the slew of war films being made in this period in the late 1980's. Widely described as a two-act film, with the first being a gripping look at Marine basic training and madness, the second covering more conventional battleground territory. As with any Kubrick film, though, it has more on its mind than typical war sentiments, as it is a vital addition to his body of work illustrating the poisoning of the human spirit and the cruelty men are capable of. Shockingly, the film was shot in England (as virtually all of Kubrick's modern films have been), which doubles for both sections of the film quite convincingly. The film had the misfortune of debuting after Oliver Stone's Platoon had just swept the Oscars, and many felt it didn't resonate with the same emotional force as that more straightforward picture. In another bizarre footnote, the film contains a passage of dialogue that found its way into a smash hit for the notoriously lewd rap act 2 Live Crew titled "Me So Horny," an odd occurrence given Kubrick's infamously meticulous handling of his films and their content. Jason Clark

All Movie Guide

For his first film since 1980's The Shining, legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick turned his attention to this adaptation of Gustav Hasford's The Short Timers, creating a harrowing Vietnam War picture that was one of the last of the slew of war films being made in this period in the late 1980s. Full Metal Jacket is widely described as a two-act film, the first being a gripping look at Marine basic training and madness, and the second covering more conventional battleground territory. As with any Kubrick film, though, it has more on its mind than typical war sentiments, as it is a vital addition to his body of work illustrating the poisoning of the human spirit and the cruelty that men are capable of. Shockingly, the film was shot in England (as virtually all of Kubrick's modern films have been), which doubles for both sections of the film quite convincingly. The film had the misfortune of debuting after Oliver Stone's Platoon had just swept the Oscars, and many felt it didn't resonate with the same emotional force as that more straightforward picture. In another bizarre footnote, the film contains a passage of dialogue that found its way into a smash hit for the notoriously lewd rap act 2 Live Crew titled "Me So Horny," an odd occurrence given Kubrick's infamously meticulous handling of his films and their content.

All Movie Guide - Jason Clark

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