Full Metal Jacket
- Release Date
- June 26, 1987
- Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Cast
- Matthew Modine , Adam Baldwin , Vincent D'Onofrio , R. Lee Ermey , Dorian Harewood , Kevyn Major Howard
- Runtime
- 116
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Writers
- Gustav Hasford , Stanley Kubrick , Michael Herr
- Tagline
- In Vietnam The Wind Doesn't Blow It Sucks
Summary
A two-segment look at the effect of the military mindset and war itself on Vietnam era Marines. The first half follows a group of recruits in basic training under the command of the punishing Sgt. Hartman. The second half shows one of those recruits, Joker, covering the war as a correspondent for Stars and Stripes, focusing on the Tet offensive.
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