Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket1987

Stars: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey
Genre: Drama, War
Rating: R
Runtime: 116 minutes

Stanley Kubrick's 1987, penultimate film seemed to a lot of people to be contrived and out of touch with the '80s vogue for such intensely realistic portrayals of the Vietnam War as Platoon and The Deer Hunter. Certainly, Kubrick gave audi… more »



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How tall are you, private?

Private Cowboy:
Sir, five-foot-nine, sir.

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman:
Five-foot-nine, I didn't know they stacked sh*t that high.

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