HD DVD Movie : Full Metal Jacket
Genre: Action | Adventure
Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 action movie about Vietnam War starring Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey and Ngoc Le. The movie is directed by Stanley Kubrick based on Gustav Hasford's novel "The Short-Timers".
Movie Synopsis:
The movie describes the military life of the new members of U.S. Marine Corps assigned in the urban Vietnam War. It is a two- segment story about the harrowing experiences and personal and professional trials of the military men and the War itself. The first part is about the difficulties in the training camp of the Marine squads and their troubled relationship with the rude drill commanding sergeant. The second part is focused on the climactic battle of the of the 1968 Vietnam War. The story is told by J.T. Davis known as Private Joker (main protagonist), member of 3092 platoon.
Movie Trivia:- "Full Metal Jacket" refers to a type of bullet encased in a copper alloy or steel alloy shell used in warfare, as heard in Private Pyle's famous line spoken on the toilet, "7.62 millimeter, full... metal... jacket."
- Anthony Michael Hall was booted out to play Pvt. Joker because of his complaints and objections to Stanley Kubrick's perfectionist style of directing. Matthew Modine replaced him for the role.
- Vincent D'Onofrio took 7 months to gain 70 pounds for his role as Pvt. Pyle, breaking Robert De Niro's movie weight-gain record (60 pounds) for the movie Raging Bull (1980). He took 9 months of physical training to bring back his original weight.
- Dorian Harewood visited a doctor twice fearing that his ear-drum was blown out while shooting his battle scenes.
- Cinematographer Douglas Milsome experimented the use of camera with a shutter thrown off sync to create a realistic effect of the battle scenes. The effect was also used in Saving Private Ryan (1998).
- The quote "I Am Become Death" that was written on Animal Mother's helmet is from the Bhagavad-Gita, spoken by J. Robert Oppenheimer after the explosion of the first atomic bomb at Alamogordo.
- Mickey Mouse is mentioned at the end of both segments and is visible in one scene of the movie: 1st: When Hartmann enters the head to confront Joker and Pyle, he cries "What is this Mickey Mouse shit?" (Mickey Mouse is a GI slang to describe something or someone that was petty, stupid and senseless); 2nd: As Joker and company marched through the burning city, they were singing the the theme from the Mickey Mouse Club; 3rd: In the press room, a Mickey Mouse figure is seen near the window behind Pvt. Joker.
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