Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, and Dorian Harewood. Set during the Vietnam War, the film follows a group of U.S.
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Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick from a screenplay he co-wrote with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford. The film is based on Hasford's 1979 autobiographical novel The Short-Timers. It stars Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin, Dorian Harewood, and Arliss Howard.