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Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket

Film · 1987

Original languageEnglish

Runtime1 hour 57 minutes

GenreDramaWar

Set in1967,1968
Letterboxd average
4.2 / 5
Saltiness

Fewer grains = more historically accurate.

Shelfmark MS 0014Last checked

Directed byStanley Kubrick
20 years
between the events and the release
1967 → 1987

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Event

A massive surprise attack from North Vietnamese forces (both army and Viet Cong) on the day of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year in 1968. Though the campaign did not have the desired effect of sparking mass insurrection within South Vietnam, it did instigate massive dissent on the American homefront by very clearly demonstrating that the United States was not winning the war as decisively as it otherwise claimed.

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Production Information

Written by
Michael HerrStanley KubrickGustav Hasford
Cinematography
Douglas Milsome
Production design
Anton Furst
Costume design
Keith Denny
Music by
Vivian Kubrick
Production countries
United KingdomUnited States
Budget
$30 million
Box office
$46.4 million

Credits, budget, box office and production countries from TMDB.

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