Full Metal Jacket (1987) HDR 1080p UHD BluRay x265 HEVC EAC3-SARTRE

Stanley Kubrick's return to filmmaking after a seven-year hiatus, this film crystallizes the experience of the Vietnam War by concentrating on a group of raw Marine volunteers. Based on Gustav Hasford's novel The Short Timers, the film's first half details the volunteers' harrowing boot-camp training under the profane, power-saw guidance of drill instructor Sgt. Hartman (R. LEE ERMEY, a real-life drill instructor whose performance is one of the most terrifyingly realistic on record). Part two takes place in Nam, as seen through the eyes of the now thoroughly indoctrinated marines. Ironically, Full Metal Jacket was filmed almost entirely in England.

Extras

• Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil - A look into Stanley Kubrick and his film. This feature delves into the inspiration for the film (namely the book Short Timers by Gustav Hasford) and the effect of other Vietnam movies (namely Apocalypse Now) coming out as Kubrick was deciding to make the film. The casting of Matthew Modine, Vincent D'onofrio, and Lee Ermey is discussed at leangth. Vincent D'onofrio is genuinely grateful to Kubrick and this role, crediting him with advancing his film career. Also discussed is filming in East London, and the challenge of making London look like Hue City in Vietnam, and an alternate ending that was discussed but never filmed. This is a solid documentary and is not to be missed by fans of this film.

• Theatrical trailer

• Commentary with Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'onofrio, Lee Ermey, and Screenwriter Jay Cocks - There is some good information here but each participant was recorded alone lending it an incongruous flow. Vincent D'Onofrio is the best participant of the bunch. He hangs around even after his character is no longer in the movie. He offers impressive insights into acting and the doors this film opened for him as an actor, the mind of Kubrick and his approach to the making of the film, and reaction to the film and his character from family, friends, critics, and the public at large.


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