"In Vietnam, the wind doesn't blow. It sucks." Main tagline.
Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 British-American war film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick.
The screenplay by Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav Hasford was based on Hasford's 1979 novel, The Short-Timers.
Its storyline follows a platoon of U.S. Marines through their training, primarily focusing on two privates, Joker and Pyle, who struggle to get through camp under their foul-mouthed drill instructor, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, and the experiences of two of the platoon's Marines in the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. The film's title refers to the full metal jacket bullet used by soldiers.
Full Metal Jacket received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for Kubrick, Herr, and Hasford. In 2001, the American Film Institute placed it at No. 95 in their "AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills" poll.
