Full Metal Jacket (1987) | A two-segment look at the effect of the military mindset and war itself on Vietnam era Marines. The first half follows a group of recruits in boot camp under the command of the punishing Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. The second half shows one of those recruits, Joker, covering the war as a correspondent for Stars and Stripes, focusing on the Tet offensive.
09/11/2015
War
1987 Adam Baldwin Dorian Harewood journalism marine Matthew Modine military photographers R. Lee Ermey Stanley Kubrick Vietnam violence