What is Full Metal Jacket?
{{Infobox movie | name = Full Metal Jacket | director = [[Stanley Kubrick]] | producer = Stanley Kubrick | screenplay = Stanley Kubrick<br />[[Michael Herr]]<br />[[Gustav Hasford]] | based_on = ''[[The Short-Timers]]'' by Gustav Hasford | starring = [[Matthew Modine]]<br />[[Adam Baldwin]]<br />[[Vincent D'Onofrio]]<br />[[R. Lee Ermey]]<br />[[Dorlan Harewood]]<br />[[Arliss Howard]]<br />[[Kevyn Major Howard]]<br />[[Ed O'Ross]] | music = [[Abigail Mead]] | cinematography = [[Douglas Milsome]] | editing = Martin Hunter | studio = Natant <br /> [[Harrier Films]] | distributor = [[Warner Bros.]] | released = June 26, 1987 (USA) <br /> September 11, 1987 (UK) | runtime = 116 [[minute]]s | country = [[United States]]<br />[[United Kingdom]] | language = [[English language|English]] | budget = [[United States dollar|$]]16.5-30 million | gross = $120 million }} '''''Full Metal Jacket''''' is a 1987 [[United Kingdom|British]]-[[United States|American]] [[war]] [[drama movie]] [[movie director|directed]] by [[Stanley Kubrick]]. It is based on the [[Gustav Hasford]] [[book]] ''The Short-Timers''. The name of the movie comes from the full-metal jacketed [[bullet]]s used in the [[military]]. The movie follows soldiers who are drafted to fight in the [[Vietnam War]]. The story is set in the late 1960s and follows the characters from their time in [[recruit training]] and them fighting in the [[war]]. == Other websites == {{wikiquote}} * [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/ ''Full Metal Jacket''] at the [[Internet Movie Database]] (IMDb) * [http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/0065.html ''Full Metal Jacket'' screenplay] [[Category:1987 drama movies]] [[Category:1987 war movies]] [[Category:American drama movies]] [[Category:American war movies]] [[Category:British drama movies]] [[Category:British war movies]] [[Category:English-language movies]] [[Category:Movies based on books]] [[Category:Movies directed by Stanley Kubrick