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Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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Vietnam can kill me, but it can’t make me care.

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Stanley Kubrick
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    Pvt. Joker Matthew Modine
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    Animal Mother Adam Baldwin
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    Pvt. Pyle Vincent D'Onofrio
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    Gny. Sgt. Hartman R. Lee Ermey
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    Eightball Dorian Harewood
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    Rafterman Kevyn Major Howard
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    Pvt. Cowboy Arliss Howard
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    Lt. Touchdown Ed O'Ross

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