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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.
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
The novel was adapted into the film Full Metal Jacket (1987), co-scripted by Hasford, Michael Herr, and Stanley Kubrick. In 1990, Hasford published the sequel The Phantom Blooper: A Novel of Vietnam. [2] [3] The two books were supposed to be part of a "Vietnam Trilogy", but Hasford died before writing the third installment. [4]
This is a list of Academy Award–winning films.. If a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title. ...
In 1986, D'Onofrio took on the role often considered the defining moment in his acting career, as Pvt. Leonard Lawrence, an overweight, clumsy Marine recruit in the movie Full Metal Jacket. On a tip from friend Matthew Modine, D'Onofrio was urged to send audition tapes to director Stanley Kubrick, in England. Four tapes later, D'Onofrio landed ...
Oscar is a 1991 American comedy film directed by John Landis. [1] Based on the Claude Magnier stage play, it is a remake of the 1967 French film of the same name, but set in Depression-era New York City.
Stanley Kubrick (/ ˈ k uː b r ɪ k /; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and photographer.Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films were nearly all adaptations of novels or short stories, spanning a number of genres and gaining recognition for their intense attention to detail, innovative cinematography ...
Of the 50 highest-grossing movies of the year, 39 nominations went to 17 films on the list. Only Fatal Attraction (2nd), The Untouchables (4th), Good Morning Vietnam (10th), Throw Momma from the Train (14th), Full Metal Jacket (21st), Broadcast News (26th), Wall Street (30th), and Moonstruck (39th) were nominated for Best Picture, acting ...