As Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, R. Lee Ermey's unscripted, ad-libbed performance became one of the most iconic in movie history, with the movie still highly rated d ...

When Stanley Kubrick was casting a key role in 'Full Metal Jacket', he considered Robert De Niro, but figured that he was too ...

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Filmed mostly in black-and-white, the movie received seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best ...

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Ed Harris admitted it was a boneheaded move to turn down the drill instructor role in 'Full Metal Jacket' when legendary director Stanley Kubrick offered it.

Split between the harrowing boot-camp tyranny of R. Lee Ermey’s drill instructor and the urban violence of the 1968 Tet Offensive, “Full Metal Jacket” fuses both ends of the war machine.