Full Metal Jacket
In Vietnam, the wind doesn't blow. It sucks.
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Country
Production
Budget
$30 000 000
Box office
$50 864 536
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Douglas Milsome
Composer
Vivian Kubrick
Artist
Anton Furst, Nigel Phelps, Andrew Rothschild
Audition
Jane Feinberg, Mike Fenton, Marion Dougherty
Editing
Martin Hunter
Whole Team (38)
Whole Team (38)
Short description
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
What's left behind the scenes
- In fact, R. Lee Ermey was a former combat training instructor and served as a consultant on set, but Stanley Kubrick was so impressed with his carefully selected profanity that he immediately offered him the role of Sergeant Hartman.
- The title refers to a type of ammunition used in firearms (a full metal jacket bullet).
- The screenplay was primarily written by Michael Herr, a close friend of Kubrick who had himself been a war correspondent in Vietnam.
- Gustav Hasford himself served in Vietnam and largely based the characters in his novel on former colleagues.
- The film included a scene in which soldiers played football with a human head. The scene was cut during editing. Footage of the Joker's sexual encounter with a Vietnamese prostitute was also removed.
- The entire film was shot in England, as Stanley Kubrick was afraid of flying.
- In all scenes of the film, the sergeant appears with a hat on his head – even in the episode when everyone wakes up at night.
- Stanley Kubrick's parents, who lived a secluded life in California, died during the making of this film: Gertrude on April 23, 1985, and Jacob on October 18.
- During the scene where a Vietnamese sniper shoots at the machine gunner, a fountain of dust and sand is first seen from the impact of the bullet on the corner of the building, and only then does the flash from the shot appear.
- Preparing to repel a nighttime attack, the Joker runs holding an M-16 rifle. However, behind the barricade, he loads an M-60 machine gun.
- The film is based on Gustav Hasford's novel “The Short-Timers” (1979).
- Stanley Kubrick specifically did not want to cast major stars in the film – firstly, to avoid inflating the budget, and secondly, he wanted to portray “ordinary” guys.
- Vincent D’Onofrio gained 70 pounds (~31.8 kg) for the role of Homer Cuchis.
- The name "Homer Cucha" appeared in the film's script not by chance – at the height of the Vietnam War, the CBS network aired a comedic television series "Homer Cucha, Marine" (1964-1969) about the amusing adventures of a new recruit in the US Marine Corps.
- Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger could have starred in this film, but they declined in favor of the series "Moonlighting" and the film "The Running Man," respectively. The difference is that Schwarzenegger refused voluntarily, while Willis was forced to do so due to the terms of his contract with the series creators. Matthew Modine and Adam Baldwin played the roles offered to them, respectively.
- The film is based on the novel "The Short-Timers" (1979) by Gustav Hasford.
- In reality, R. Lee Ermey is a former drill instructor and served as a consultant on set, but Stanley Kubrick liked his choice profanity so much that he immediately offered him the role of Sergeant Hartman.
- Stanley Kubrick intentionally avoided casting A-list stars—firstly, to keep the budget from ballooning, and secondly, because he wanted to portray "ordinary" guys.
- Vincent D'Onofrio gained 70 pounds (~31.8 kg) for the role of Homer K. Cooler.
- The name "Homer K. Cooler" did not appear in the script by chance—at the height of the Vietnam War, CBS aired the comedy series "Homer K. Cooler, Marine" (1964-1969) about the humorous adventures of a recruit in the U.S. Marine Corps.
- The screenplay was primarily written by Michael Herr, a close friend of Kubrick, who had been a war correspondent in Vietnam himself.
- Gustav Hasford served in Vietnam himself and based many of the characters in his novel on his former comrades-in-arms.
- The entire film was shot in England because Stanley Kubrick was afraid of flying.
- Stanley Kubrick's parents, who lived in seclusion in California, died while he was working on this film: Gertrude on April 23, 1985, and Jacob on October 18.
- Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger were considered for roles in the film but declined in favor of the series "Moonlighting" and the movie "The Running Man," respectively. The difference is that Schwarzenegger declined voluntarily, while Willis was forced to do so due to the terms of his contract with the show's creators. The roles offered to them were played by Matthew Modine and Adam Baldwin, respectively.
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