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Full Metal Jacket

Year:
Duration:
116 min
Genres:
Drama | War
IMDB rate:
8.3
Director:
Stanley Kubrick
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 9 wins & 7 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1987-07-10
Filming Locations: Norfolk Broads, Norfolk, England, UK
Earnings
Budget: $17,000,000
Opening Weekend: $2,217,307 (USA) (28 June 1987)
Gross: $46,357,676 (USA)£2,983,460 (UK)
Cast
Actor
Character
John Terry
John Terry
Full Metal Jacket
Matthew Modine
Pvt. J.T. 'Joker' Davis
Adam Baldwin
Animal Mother
Vincent D'Onofrio
Pvt. Leonard 'Gomer Pyle' Lawrence
R. Lee Ermey
Gny. Sgt. Hartman
Dorian Harewood
Eightball
Kevyn Major Howard
Rafterman
Arliss Howard
Pvt. Cowboy
Ed O'Ross
Lt. Touchdown
Kieron Jecchinis
Crazy Earl
Kirk Taylor
Payback
Tim Colceri
Doorgunner
Jon Stafford
Doc Jay
Bruce Boa
Poge Colonel
Ian Tyler
Lt. Cleves
Sal Lopez
T.H.E. Rock
Gary Landon Mills
Donlon
Papillon Soo
Da Nang Hooker
Peter Edmund
Pvt. 'Snowball' Brown
Ngoc Le
VC Sniper
Leanne Hong
Motorbike Hooker
Tan Hung Francione
ARVN Pimp
Marcus D'Amico
Hand Job
Costas Dino Chimona
Chili
Gil Kopel
Stork
Keith Hodiak
Daddy D.A.
Peter Merrill
TV Journalist
Herbert Norville
Daytona Dave
Nguyen Hue Phong
Camera Thief
Duc Hu Ta
Dead N.V.A.
Martin Adams
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Kevin Albridge
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Del Anderson
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Philip Bailey
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Louis Barlotti
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
John Beddows
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Patrick Benn
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Steve Boucher
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Adrian Bush
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Tony Carey
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Gary Cheeseman
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Wayne Clark
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Chris Cornibert
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Danny Cornibert
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
John Curtis
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
John Davis
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Harry Davies
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Kevin Day
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Gordon Duncan
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Phil Elmer
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Colin Elvis
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Hadrian Follett
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Sean Frank
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
David George
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Laurie Gomes
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Brian Goodwin
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Nigel Goulding
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Tony Hague
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Steve Hands
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Bob Eric Hart
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon (as Bob Hart)
Derek Hart
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Barry Hayes
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Tony Hayes
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Robin Hedgeland
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Duncan Henry
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Kenneth Head
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Liam Hogan
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Trevor Hogan
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Luke Hogdal
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Steve Hudson
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Tony Howard
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Sean Lamming
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Dan Landin
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Tony Leete
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Nigel Lough
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Terry Lowe
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Frank McCardle
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Gary Meyer
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Brett Middleton
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
David Milner
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Sean Minmagh
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Tony Minmagh
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
John Morrison
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Russell Mott
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
John Ness
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Robert Nichols
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
David Perry
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Peter Rommely
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Pat Sands
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Jim Sarup
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Chris Maybach
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon (as Chris Schmidt-Maybach)
Al Simpson
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Russell Slater
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Gary Smith
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Roger Smith
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Tony Smith
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Anthony Styliano
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Bill Thompson
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Mike Turjansky
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Dan Weldon
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Dennis Wells
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Michael Anthony Williams
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon (as Michael Williams)
John Wilson
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
John Wonderling
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
Stanley Kubrick
Murphy (voice) (uncredited)
Vivian Kubrick
News Camera Operator at Mass Grave (uncredited)
John Ward
TV Camera Operator (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
To make Gunnery Sgt. Hartmann's performance and the recruits' reactions as convincing as possible, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, and the other actors playing recruits never met R. Lee Ermey prior to filming. Stanley Kubrick also saw to it that Ermey didn't fraternize with the actors between takes.
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The Vietnam sequences of the film were shot first, the Parris Island scenes second. The graduation of the recruits was the last scene shot.
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It is a common misconception that much, if not all, of R. Lee Ermey's dialogue during the Parris Island sequence was improvised. In several interviews Ermey himself has stated that he worked closely with Kubrick to help mold the script so that it was more believable, all while retaining certain dialogue crucial to Kubrick's vision. While filming the opening scene, where he disciplines Pvt. Cowboy, he says Cowboy is the type of guy who would have sex with another guy "and not even have the goddamned common courtesy to give him a reach-around". Stanley Kubrick immediately yelled cut and went over to Ermey and asked, "What the hell is a reach-around?" Ermey politely explained what it meant. Kubrick laughed and re-shot the scene, telling Ermey to keep the line.
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Goofs
Cowboy, as a Texan, would have been trained at MCRD San Diego, not MCRD Parris Island.
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When the sniper has been alerted to Joker's presence and is firing her Czechoslovakian VZ.58 rifle at him, no shell casings are being ejected as would normally be the case.
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At the distance Hartman is shot by Pvt Pyle, a 7.62 would have easily passed through him, leaving a tell-tale impact in the head's wall. None can be seen at the moment he's shot.
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Quotes
Private Joker: A day without blood is like a day without sunshine.
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Private Payback: Joker ain't never been in the shit. He thinks "The Bad Bush" is between old mama-san's legs.
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Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: How tall are you, private?
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Faq
Q
A Note Regarding Spoilers
A
The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.
Q
Is 'Full Metal Jacket' based on a book?
A
Full Metal Jacket is based on the semi-autobiographical books The Short-Timers (1983) by Gustav Hasford and Dispatches (1977) by Michael Herr.
Q
How can the door gunner get away with shooting civilians?
A
First, the man is obviously crazy and there were many mentally imbalanced soldiers in every war ever fought. Second, In South Vietnam there were many areas that had been occupied by the the enemy for a long time. The Americans declared those regions "free fire zones" and anything that moved there could be fired upon, including civilians.
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Photos from cast
David Palffy John Terry
portable gold digital washi tape Drawing of a notebook cartoon computer with transparent background