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Full metal jacket / [videofile] / Warner Bros. ; directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford. , Great Britain. - Great Britain : United States : United States : Warner Bros., Warner Bros., Warner Home Video, 1987 ; 1987 ; 1988. - (1 electronic resource) sound, color ; - 116 minutes.

Copyright: Warner Brothers, Inc. DCR 1987; PUB 26Jun87; REG 30Jul87; PA333-647. Reissue date is copyright date for videodisc package design. Based on the novel The short-timers by Gustav Hasford. Trailer entitled Superman IV, the quest for peace appears at beginning of reel one.

Executive producer, Jan Harlan ; co-producer, Philip Hobbs ; production designer, Anton Furst ; editor, Martin Hunter. Executive producer, Jan Harlan ; co-producer, Philip Hobbs ; production designer, Anton Furst ; editor, Martin Hunter.

Matthew Modine (Pvt. Joker), Adam Baldwin (Animal Mother), Vincent D'Onofrio (Pvt. Pyle), Lee Ermey (Gny. Sgt. Hartman), Dorian Harewood (Eightball).

Vietnam war drama which begins with a depiction of the brutality of Marine Corps training and then shifts to Vietnam, focusing mainly on a group of Marines responding to the Tet Offensive of 1968.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Marine Corps --History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Drama.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Drama.
Tet Offensive, 1968--Drama.
Military training camps--United States--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
War films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Videodiscs.