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Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 26, 1987

Runtime

1h 57m

Genres

Drama, War

User Score

81%

Original Title

Full Metal Jacket

Production Companies

Natant, Stanley Kubrick Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Budget

$30,000,000

Revenue

$46,357,676

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.