Full Metal Jacket
1987
A group of young American recruits are brutalised into soldiers during boot camp under a sadistic drill sergeant, then thrust into the chaos and moral horror of the Vietnam War's Battle of Hue. Stanley Kubrick's unflinching war film examines how institutions dehumanise individuals and the psychological cost of combat.
Director
- Stanley Kubrick
Cast
- Matthew Modine
- Ed O'Ross
- Vincent D'Onofrio
- Adam Baldwin
- R. Lee Ermey
- Dorian Harewood
- Arliss Howard
- Bruce Boa
- John Terry
Filming Locations
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Bassingbourne
The Parris Island scene was shot at a real military training camp here.
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Beckton Gas Works
The final sniper scene was filmed here.
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Galleons Reach
Part of the east London docklands area used by Kubrick to represent war-torn Vietnam; the derelict industrial landscape near the Thames was dressed alongside the Beckton gasworks to depict the city of Hue.
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Isle of Dogs
The Da Nang scenes, set at the beginning of the Vietnam section of the film, were filmed at the Isle of Dogs in the former docklands area of east London.
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Pinewood Studios
Interior sets including the Parris Island barracks, the Stars & Stripes newspaper headquarters, and other enclosed scenes were built and filmed at Pinewood Studios.