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FULL METAL JACKET - BD

FULL METAL JACKET MOVIE IS BASED ON HASFORD'S 1979 NOVEL THE SHORT-TIMERS. THIS WAR FILM IS DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY STANLEY KUBRICK. FULL METAL JACKET 1987 STARS MATTHEW MODINE, ADAM BALDWIN, VINCENT D'ONOFRIO, LEE ERMEY, DORIAN HAREWOOD. THE TITLE OF THE MOVIE IS INSPIRED BY THE FULL METAL JACKET BULLET USED BY INFANTRY. THIS MOVIE RECEIVED AN ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION FOR BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY. THE MOVIE TAKES YOU BACK TO THE VIETNAM WAR. IT BEGINS WITH THE ARRIVAL OF U.S MARINE CORPS AT PARRIS ISLAND FOR BOOT CAMP. AFTER GETTING THEIR HEADS SHAVED, THEY MEET THEIR SENIOR DRILL INSTRUCTOR, GUNNERY SERGEANT HARTMAN (R.LEE ERMEY). HARTMAN NICKNAMES THE RECRUITS AS JOKER (MATTHEW MODINE), COWBOY (ARLISS HOWARD) AND FINALLY THE OVERWEIGHT LEONARD (VINCENT D'ONOFRIO) AS PYLE. FIRST SEGMENT SHOWS THE STRUGGLES AND HARDSHIPS THAT THEY FACE DURING TRAINING AT THE BOOT CAMP. TO IMPROVE PYLE, HARTMAN ASSOCIATES HIM WITH JOKER. PYLE FAILS TO SHOW ANY IMPROVEMENT, SO HARTMAN DECIDES ON TO PUNISH THE ENTIRE TROOP WHENEVER PYLE COMMITS A MISTAKE. PYLE IS UNABLE TO TAKE ALL THE PRESSURE AND SUFFERS A BREAKDOWN. ON THE LAST NIGHT OF THE BOOT CAMP, PYLE KILLS HARTMAN AND COMMITS SUICIDE. THE SECOND SEGMENT OF FULL METAL JACKET 1987 MOVIE STARTS HERE. IT SHOWS THAT JOKER HAS BECOME A WAR CORRESPONDENT IN VIETNAM WITH A COMBAT PHOTOGRAPHER. JOKER IS MOCKED FOR HIS LACK OF WAR EXPERIENCE. THE OTHER DAY, THEY ARE INFORMED OF THE SOUTH VIETNAM ATTACKS AND JOKER IS SENT TO PHU BAI ALONG WITH RAFTERMAN. THEY MEET THE LUSTHOG SQUAD WHERE COWBOY IS A SERGEANT. DURING THE PATROL, THE SQUAD LEADER GETS KILLED SO COWBOY IS MADE THE LEADER. BUY FULL METAL JACKET DVD TO KNOW IF COWBOY AND JOKER SURVIVE THE ORDEAL.