---
title: 'Full Metal Jacket (1987)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Stanley Kubrick'
released: '1987-06-17'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/full-metal-jacket-1987'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Full Metal Jacket (1987)

1987 · 116 min · Drama, War · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Stanley Kubrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-kubrick)
- **Screenplay:** [Stanley Kubrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-kubrick), [Michael Herr](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-herr), [Gustav Hasford](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-hasford)
- **Producer:** [Stanley Kubrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-kubrick)
- **Director of Photography:** [Stanley Kubrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-kubrick), [Douglas Milsome](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-milsome)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Vivian Kubrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/vivian-kubrick)
- **Editor:** [Martin Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-hunter)

## Cast

- [Kevyn Major Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevyn-major-howard) as Rafterman
- [Matthew Modine](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-modine) as Private/Sergeant J. T. "Joker" Davis
- [Vincent D'Onofrio](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-d-onofrio) as Private Leonard "Gomer Pyle” Lawrence
- [R. Lee Ermey](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-lee-ermey) as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
- [Ed O'Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-o-ross) as Lieutenant Walter J. "Touchdown" Schinoski
- [John Terry](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-terry) as Lieutenant Lockhart
- [Tim Colceri](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-colceri) as Doorgunner
- [Adam Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-baldwin) as Animal Mother
- [Stanley Kubrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-kubrick) as photographer
- [Dorian Harewood](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorian-harewood) as Eightball
- [Bruce Boa](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-boa) as a POG Colonel
- [Steve Hudson](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-hudson)
- [Arliss Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/arliss-howard) as Private/Sergeant "Cowboy" Evans
- [Vivian Kubrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/vivian-kubrick) as photographer

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/full-metal-jacket-1987
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