Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war film produced, directed and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. It is an adaptation of the 1979 novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford and stars Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Arliss Howard and Adam Baldwin. The film follows a platoon of U.S. Marines through their training and the experiences of two marines of the platoon in the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. The film title refers to the full ... More

Initial release date:

  • Jun 17, 1987

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 56 min

Produced by:

Also known as:

  • Full Metal Jacket,
  • Olovni kovceg,
  • Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket,
  • Pelny magazynek,
  • Cara de guerra,
  • Цельнометаллическая оболочка,
  • Metal jacket,
  • La chaqueta metálica,
  • Full Metal Jacket - Nascido Para Matar,
  • Bojevi metak,
  • Nascido Para Matar,
  • Acéllövedék,
  • Nacido para matar

Film

Directed by

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick (/ˈkuːbrɪk/; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer and cinematographer. He is generally regarded as one of America's greatest filmmakers. His films, typically adaptations of novels or short stories, were noted for their "dazzling" and...

Tagline:

  • In Vietnam The Wind Doesn't Blow It Sucks
  • Vietnam can kill me, but it can't make me care
  • Acclaimed by critics as the best war movie ever made

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Release date(s):

Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1987
  • May 15, 2007
  • Jun 29, 1999
  • Jun 26, 1987
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Runtime:

  • 1 h 56 min
  • 1 h 57 min
  • 1 h 52 min
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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 17,000,000

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Media

Adapted From

The Short-Timers

The Short-Timers is a 1979 semi-autobiographical novel by American former Marine Gustav Hasford, about his experience in the Vietnam War. It was later adapted into the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket by Hasford, Michael Herr, and Stanley Kubrick. Hasford's 1990 novel The Phantom Blooper was a sequel to...

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Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Film Nominees

Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner
  • 1987

London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director Winners

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 95
  • 2001
  • 404
  • 7.0
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills of 2001

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