Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war drama film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford. The film is based on Hasford's 1979 novel The Short-Timers. The film stars Matthew Modine, Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio and Adam Baldwin. The storyline follows a platoon of U.S. Marines through their boot camp training in Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, primarily focusing on two privates, Joker and Pyle, who struggle under their abusive drill instructor, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman; the second half of the film portrays the experiences of two of the platoon's Marines in Vietnamese cities of Da Nang and Huế during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War. The film's title refers to the full metal jacket bullet used by military servicemen. Full Metal Jacket was released by Warner Bros. in the United States on June 26, 1987.
| Director | Stanley Kubrick |
| Produced by | Stanley Kubrick |
| Screenplay by | Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford |
| Starring | Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard, Kevyn Major Howard, Ed O'Ross |
| Music | Abigail Mead |
| Cinematography | Douglas Milsome |
| Edited by | Martin Hunter |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. (United States), Columbia-Cannon-Warner Distributors (United Kingdom) |
| Released | June 17, 1987 (Beverly Hills), June 26, 1987 (United States), September 11, 1987 (United Kingdom) |
| Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom, United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $16.5–30 million |
| Box office | $120 million, (46.4 million U.S.) |
| Netflix ID | 528677 |
About Full Metal Jacket
Stanley Kubrick directed film about the dehumanizing nature of the Vietnam War. The film earned Kubrick the Director of the Year award from the London Critics Circle Film Awards in 1988.
Achievement of Full Metal Jacket
Kubrick co-wrote the script for the film with Vietnam War veterans Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford. Herr's memoir book Dispatches, released in 1977, was used as an inspiration for the film.
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