Rating: R
Genre:
War
Theatrical Release: 06/26/1987(USA)
Release Date: 05/15/2007
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol/Por
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 116 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, War Violence
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
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.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
