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Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick from a screenplay he co-wrote with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford. The film is based on Hasford's 1979 autobiographical novel The Short-Timers. It stars Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin, Dorian Harewood, and Arliss Howard.
Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was an American actor and U.S. Marine drill instructor.He achieved fame for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
16 August 16, 1947 (Saturday) 17 August 17, 1947 (Sunday) 18 August 18, 1947 (Monday) ... Argentina and Ireland established full diplomatic relations. [2]
Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun, also sometimes Moseley-Braun [1] (born August 16, 1947), is an American diplomat, politician, and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999.
Jerry Gustave Hasford (November 28, 1947 – January 29, 1993), also known under his pen name Gustav Hasford, was an American novelist, journalist and poet.His semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers (1979) was the basis for the film Full Metal Jacket (1987). [1]
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
Full Metal Jacket: Private/Sergeant J.T. "Joker" Davis Orphans: Treat 1988 Married to the Mob: FBI Agent Mike Downey The Gamble: Francesco Sacredo 1989 Gross Anatomy: Joe Slovak 1990 Memphis Belle: Captain Dennis Dearborn Pacific Heights: Drake Goodman 1992 Equinox: Henry Petosa / Freddy 'Ace' Wind: Will Parker 1993 When I Was a Boy: None
A full metal jacket (FMJ) bullet is a small-arms projectile consisting of a soft core (often lead) encased in an outer shell ("jacket") of harder metal, such as gilding metal, cupronickel, or, less commonly, a steel alloy. A bullet jacket usually allows higher muzzle velocities than bare lead without depositing significant amounts of metal in ...