Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 British-American war drama movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on the Gustav Hasford book The Short-Timers. The name of the movie comes from the full-metal jacketed bullets used in the military. The movie follows soldiers who are drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. The story is set in the late 1960s and follows the characters from their time in recruit training and them fighting in the war.

Full Metal Jacket
Directed byStanley Kubrick
Produced byStanley Kubrick
Screenplay byStanley Kubrick
Michael Herr
Gustav Hasford
Based onThe Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford
StarringMatthew Modine
Adam Baldwin
Vincent D'Onofrio
R. Lee Ermey
Dorlan Harewood
Arliss Howard
Kevyn Major Howard
Ed O'Ross
Music byAbigail Mead
CinematographyDouglas Milsome
Edited byMartin Hunter
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
June 26, 1987 (USA)
September 11, 1987 (UK)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$16.5-30 million
Box office$120 million

Release dates

Country Premiere
  Canada 26 June 1987
  United States 10 July 1987
  United Kingdom 11 September 1987
  Ireland 11 September 1987
  Sweden 2 October 1987
  Argentina 8 October 1987
  West Germany 8 October 1987
  Finland 9 October 1987
  Italy 9 October 1987
  Portugal 9 October 1987
  Australia 15 October 1987
  Brazil 16 October 1987
  Denmark 16 October 1987
  France 21 October 1987
  Greece 21 October 1987
  Netherlands 29 October 1987
  Uruguay 25 December 1987
  Colombia 28 January 1988
  Peru 25 February 1988
  Japan 19 March 1988
  Taiwan 26 March 1988
  31 March 1988
  Mexico 28 April 1988
  Spain 2 January 1989
  Turkey 6 October 1995
  South Korea 17 February 1996

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