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ull Metal Jacket, Directed by Stanley Kubrick ("The Shining") is one of the best war films ever made.
The movie That show us two parts of the war, tells the story of a group of soldiers in the vietnam war and the situations they got into.
The first part is the "boot camp" in Parris Island in South Carolina.
As the recruits arrive the Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey) "welcomes" them and put them in place...
There are three Marines that become friends and are central to the story. "Joker" (Matthew Modine) is a witty and sarcastic recruit who stands for what he believes in and can talk his way out of almost anything. "Gomer Pyle" (Vincent D'Onofrio) is a recruit who’s fat and foolish qualities come to hurt him very badly. The third is "Cowboy" (Arliss Howard). He is a true Marine who goes by the book and knows what to do and when to do it.
The movie shows us the shocking truth about the Marines and their ways "to make a soldier out of a boy", especially in the case of "Gomer Pyle" that gets humiliated by the Sergeant and by the other recruits.
The second part of the movie concentrates on the war itself. "Joker" is working as military reporter in DaNang (the HQ for the Marines in Vietnam). It is the eve of the great Tet Offensive in February 1968. He and his friend, "Rafterman", are sent to Hue City, (The old Imperial Capital of Vietnam where the heaviest fighting of the war took place.) to get a story. When he gets there he meets with the first platoon, "Hotel" Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines. His old friend Cowboy is part of the platoon. They get reacquainted and meet with the other Marines and then they have to move out. They are on the outskirts of the city when incoming fire suddenly come down around them. Heavy fire is exchanged between both sides. The tanks then move in and, after securing a portion of the city, they set in for the night.
The next morning the fighting stars all over again and the group of brothers in arms fight for their country and most of all for their lives...
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Outstanding movie!! No wonder it's #99 in the IMDB's top 250 films of all time!!!
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Matthew Modine has released excerpts from the diary he kept while filming FMJ entitled "Full Metal Jacket Diary". Among other gems you will learn that: 1) R. Lee Ermey actually slapped Vincent D'Onofrio in the scene where DI Hartman slaps Pyle and knocks Pyle's hat off. D'Onofrio suggested Hartman do so. 2) The cast ate actual Vietnam War era military rations in the scene where the patrol can be seen eating. 3) Vincent D'Onofrio injured his knee due to all the weight he gained to play Pvt. Pyle, but he kept on with shooting.  -Thanks to S.e. Olson
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Advertisements for this film were censored in some parts of Canada due to he tagline "In Vietnam the wind doesn't blow, it sucks." At that time, Canadian censors had not yet decided whether the phrase "it sucks" (or "this sucks") was obscene.
During the scene when Sgt. Hartman is asking Private Pyle if he knows the difference between his left and his right, keep an eye on the soldier behind Pyle. When Hartman slaps Pyles hat off you can see the recruit behind him trying not to laugh.
Vincent D'Onofrio starred in the visually stunning , "The Cell" also starring J-Lo. -Thanks to Bbaby
R. Lee Ermey now hosts "Mail Call" on The History Channel. -Thanks to Scott Hume
Samples of the vietnemese prostitutes "Me so horny, I love you long time" proposition line to Matt Modine were used in The Two Live Crew's song "Me So horny" back in '90 and Sir Mix A Lot's "Baby got back".
Mickey Mouse is referred to at the end of both segments; when Hartmann enters the head to confront Joker and Pyle, he cries "What is this Mickey Mouse shit?"; and Joker and co. sing the theme from the Mickey Mouse Club as they march through the burning city. A third Mickey Mouse reference is in the press room: a Mickey Mouse figure can be seen near the window behind Private Joker.
R. Lee Ermey hardly blinks at all in any scene.
As Joker prepares to kill the sniper, his chest turns as he raises the gun, hiding his peace symbol button from view.
The inscription "I Am Become Death" is written on Animal Mother's helmet. This is a quotation from the Bhagavad-Gita, spoken by J. Robert Oppenheimer after the explosion of the first atomic bomb at Alamogordo.
Stanley Kubrick's daughter Vivian makes a cameo appearance during a scene in Vietnam where Joker and Rafterman encounter a mass open grave. Vivian can be seen wielding a motion picture camera, shooting into the open grave for a few moments.
When telling the recruits about Christmas services, Sgt Hartmann calls the clergyman "Chaplain Charlie". In Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" Alex refers to the prison chaplain as the "prison Charlie".
In several of the Vietnam scenes a Red Ryder B.B. gun can be seen in the squad leaders pack, and in the scene where "Vietnam: The Movie" is being filmed he is holding it in his hand as the camera crew goes by.
Except for the title cards "A Stanley Kubrick Film" and "Full Metal Jacket", there are no opening credits.
The siren heard at the Da Nang base during the Tet Offensive is the same as heard at Burpelson AFB in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).
Director's trademark (Stanley Kubrick): [Zoom] The opening shot of the scene by the mass grave.
In the "this is my rifle, this is my gun" scene, Private Pyle is half a second ahead and going in the wrong direction. -Thanks to Tyson Hunter
Vincent D'Onofrio plays in 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent' -Thanks to Jennifer
Gunnery Sargent Hartman also appears as a ghost in a grave-yard scene in 'The Frighteners', where he screams abuse at Micheal J Fox -Thanks to Mark Goodwin
Ermey also played an uncredited role in Apocalypse Now. He can be seen in the infamous air cavalry attack on the village, he's flying one of the small helicopters that gets shot down. -Thanks to Will Clark
Toward the middle and end, Cowboy can be seen wearing a leather pouch with brown and white lanyards around his neck. This pouch is covered by a single claw which represents a Boy Scout Honor Society-known as "The Great Tribe of Mic-O-Say". -Thanks to Cory
In the scene with recruits performing push-ups in the 52 man open-bay (the jelly doughnut scene), the one in the far right barely goes down at all. As the scene fades out, the one on the immediate left stops twice. -Thanks to John Bayse
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In some scenes, you can see that R. Lee Ermey does not move one of his arms. That's because he got in a car accident that broke several of his ribs. Being the strong person that he was, he forced himself to not pass out and wait for help to arrive.
Former US Marines Drill Instructor, R. Lee Ermey, was hired as a consultant on how to drill USMC style. He performed a demonstration on videotape in which he yelled obscene insults and abuse for fifteen minutes without stopping, repeating himself, or even flinching - despite being continuously pelted with tennis balls and oranges. Director Stanley Kubrick was so impressed that he cast Ermey as Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann.
Vincent D'Onofrio gained 70 pounds for his role as Pvt. Lawrence, breaking Robert De Niro's movie weight-gain record (60 pounds) for "Raging Bull" (1980).
Michael Herr, a very close and life-long friend of Kubrick, helped write much of the screenplay, particularly the part set in Vietnam. His contributions to the script are based largely on his own experiences as a reporter covering the war. Like Joker & Rafterman, he was essentially freelance and allowed to travel anywhere in the country. Additionally, the scene where Joker & Rafterman watch the crazed gunner in the chopper shoot civilians is taken directly from "Dispatches," Herr's memoir of his experiences.
Toward the end of the movie, when "Cowboy" uses the radio to request tank support, the voice of Murphy, to whom he is speaking, is none other than Stanley Kubrick.
Gustav Hasford began working on "The Shortimers" (the book which Full Metal Jacket is based upon) while serving in Vietnam, and based many of the characters (and names) on those he served with.
Gustav Hasford, who wrote the novel on which the film is based, wrote a sequel called "The Phantom Blooper" and in it Joker switches sides and fights for the VC! He also had a third one planned where Joker becomes a reporter for the LA Times, but he died before he could start it. -Thanks to Walt B
According to director John Boorman, Stanley Kubrick wanted to cast Bill McKinney in the role of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. However Kubrick was so unsettled after viewing McKinney's performance in Deliverance (1972) that he declined to meet with him, saying he was simply to frightened at the idea of being in his presence.
Michael Allred tried out for the lead role in this film, but was turned down.
To make Gunnery Sergeant Hartman's performance and the recruits' reactions as convincing as possible, Modine, D'Onofrio and the other actors playing recruits never met Ermey prior to filming. Kubrick also saw to it that Ermey didn't fraternize with the actors between takes.
Stanley Kubrick's first choice to play Gunnery Sargeant Hartman was actor Tim Colceri. Kubrick finally settled on R. Lee Ermey, but gave Colceri a minor part in the movie as the machine gunner on the Marine Helicoper flying Joker (Matthew Modine) to his assignment post in Vietnam. Colceri served in Vietman from l969 - l972 as a Marine and that impressed Kubrick. Colceri has gone on to land several other bit roles in movies, most notable the movie 'Eraser' as a security guard. He thought of bringing a civil suit against Kubrick for breach of contract when he thought he had the lead role of Sargeant Hartman, but decided against it. -Thanks to Greg Hoelk
Anthony Michael Hall ("The Breakfast Club") was Kubrick's original choice for Joker (which is sheer brilliance because it would show how young most of the soldiers were since we all grew up with Anthony) but Hall lost the part due to scheduling conflicts... Kubrick was all set to go when some delay came up and Hall was frustrated and decided to become the youngest member ever to be a part of the Saturday Night Live cast. He was off the show after one season... but he was never actually on the set of Full Metal Jacket, I'm not even sure if he met with Kubrick face to face.
All of Stanley Kubrik's films are filmed in the United Kingdom. Vietnam, in Full Metal Jacket, is in England, its an old oil refinery with some chinese folk and palm trees added. -Thanks to Damien Green
During early scenes when the recruits are being marched around the base take a look at the road markings - they are clearly UK and not US markings. -Thanks to M Morel
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The entire film was shot in England. Shooting took just over 6 months but production was shut down for over 20 weeks due to injuries and accidents.
Parris Island scenes were shot at a real military training camp in Bassingbourne. The barracks set was built at Pinewood studios in Enfield.
The British Army training camp was near Cambridge. After filming the assault course was left up for a while and used by the real soldiers for their training. It was eventually taken down for safety reasons. [Thanks to Philip White]
They actually used some of the recruits as extras in the movie and some of the actual buildings on the barracks were used for filming. [Thanks to Mick Fraser]
Becton, an abandoned 1930s gasworks town by the Thames in Greater London was used to depict the Vietnam city of Hue.
The barracks scene was a disused industrial storage unit in London that was finished with false walls and decorated. [Thanks to dan salter]
The scenes of the ruined city of Hue were shot at a dockyard on the Isle of Dogs, London that was scheduled for demolition. In some shots there is a rock in the background that looks very much like the monolith from Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Kubrick says it wasn't intentional, but was noticed while watching the rushes.
Cliffe Marshes in North Kent was used for the scene where they are walking down a dusty road with tanks passing and refugees walking in the opposite direction, with a canal on the right hand side. If you look closely on the left on the horizon you can see Canvey Island. I lived in Cliffe Village at the time and had to find out why there were palm trees sprouting up all over the place. [Thanks to Mark Godden]
Can you help? Do you know any of the London, UK filming locations used for Full Metal Jacket? [Please send them in]
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Track listing:
1. Full Metal Jacket - Nigel Goulding
2. Hello Vietnam - Johnny Wright
3. Chapel of Love - The Dixie Cups
4. Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
5. I Like It Like That - Chris Kenner
6. These Boots Are Made for Walking - Nancy Sinatra
7. Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen
8. Marines' Hymn - Goldman Band
9. Transition - Abigail Mead
10. Parris Island - Abigail Mead
11. Ruins - Abigail Mead
12. Leonard - Abigail Mead
13. Attack - Abigail Mead
14. Time Suspended - Abigail Mead
15. Sniper - Abigail Mead
Listed on the soundtrack are several tracks written by One Abigail Mead. Abigail Mead does not exist, she is actually Stanley Kubrick's Daughter. -Thanks to Ray Daley
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