Full Metal Jacket

During the Vietnam War, a group of recruits undergo Marine training and face intense challenges, but one recruit, Gomer Pyle, struggles and tragically takes his own life, while a recruit named Joker becomes a sergeant, works as a journalist, reunites with his friend and battles in Huế, ultimately encountering a teenage girl sniper whom he decides to mercy kill, leading him to appreciate his survival and overcome his fear. Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 English-language Drama War film featuring Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D onofrio, Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard and David Parry. The movie is inspired from The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford. Full Metal Jacket was Produced by Stanley Kubrick. Full Metal Jacket is written by Gustav Hasford, Stanley Kubrick and Michael Herr and it is directed by Stanley Kubrick. Warner Bros. acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Full Metal Jacket was released on 26th June 1987 and takes a screen time of 116 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Full Metal Jacket was made on a budget of $30 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $46 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford. Cinematography was done by Douglas Milsome and editing by Martin Hunter. The music was composed by Vivian Kubrick along with Abigail Mead.