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Full Metal Jacket
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R,1hr 56min
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January 1, 1987
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Warner Home Video
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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Metascore
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78
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Featured Cast
Private Joker/Private J.T. Davis
Animal Mother
Leonard Lawrence, Pvt. Gomer Pyle
Gunnery Sgt. Hartman
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