Full Metal Jacket

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R,1hr 56min

Genres:

War,Drama

Released:

January 1, 1987

Director:

Stanley Kubrick

Distributor:

Warner Home Video

Starring:

Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio ... More

Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis

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	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

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