Full metal jacket Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Stanley Kubrick film ; directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford. Original music, Abigail Mead ; editing, Martin Hunter.
Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard, Kevyn Major Howard, Ed O'Ross./ Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987./ Based on the novel The short-timers by Gustav Hasford./ Special features include: new 2000 digital master from restored elements ; soundtrack newly remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 ; interactive menus ; theatrical trailer ; scene access./ Audience: MPAA rating: R.
Summary:
Vietnam war drama which begins with a depiction of the brutality of Marine Corps training and then shifts to Vietnam, focusing mainly on a group of Marines responding to the Tet Offensive of 1968.
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