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Full Metal Jacket

1987·1h 56m·R
DramaWar
IMDb Rating
★ 8.2/10
851,350 votes
Metascore
78
Metacritic

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 drama war movie directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.2/10 from 851,350 votes and runs 1h 56m.

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Director
Stanley Kubrick
Stars
Adam Baldwin
Vincent D'Onofrio
R. Lee Ermey
Matthew Modine
Details
1987-07-10
116 min
Movie
R
★ United Kingdom, United States
★ English, Vietnamese
Keywords
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