DramaWar
Theatrical July 10, 1987
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Full Metal Jacket is a book-based movie adapted from "The short-timers" by Gustav Hasford. This Drama/War film is a loose adaptation, and its release date is July 10, 1987.
The Source Material
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Overview
Vietnam, 1968. A nightmarish landscape blackened by napalm and littered with once-human debris. Where victories are measured in mountains of corpses and ordinary men are transformed into obsessive executioners. This is the brutally honest story of Cpl. Joker a…
About The Movie
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.
Details
- Title
- Full Metal Jacket
- Original Title
- Full Metal Jacket
- Original Language
- EN
- Genres
- Drama, War
- US Theatrical
- July 10, 1987 · Rated R
- US Limited Theatrical
- June 26, 1987 · Rated R