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Full Metal Jacket

Moving Image Item Number: 1179VI2771
Pages
0
Media Type
Moving Image
Physical Location
D024.3F
Copyright Statement
2001 Warner Home Video
Number of Media
1
Language(s)
English
Item is Copyrighted – Check for access via the Vietnam Reading Room portal.
Format
DVD
Time - Hr:Min:Sec
01:56:00
Digitized in HD?
No
Dates
Existence: 1987
General Note
A superb ensemble cast falls in for action in Stanley Kubrick's brilliant saga about the Vietnam War and the dehumanizing process that turns people into trained killers. Joker (Matthew Modine), Animal Mother (Adam Baldwin), Gomer (Vincent D'Onofrio), Eightball (Dorian Harewood), Cowboy (Arliss Howard) and more - are all plunged into a boot-camp hell pitbulled by a leatherlung D.I. (Lee Ermey) who views the would-be devil dogs as grunts, maggots, or something less. The action is savage, the story unsparing, the dialogue spiked with scathing humor. Full Metal Jacket, from its rigors of basic training to its night mare of combat in Hue Cit, scores a cinematic direct hit.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1179VI2771

Citation
Full Metal Jacket, 1179VI2771. 1987, Michael Cook Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1179VI2771, Accessed 19 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
1179VI2771, Michael Cook Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 10 Jan 2010 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]