30 Things You Didn't Know About Full Metal Jacket February 18, 2018 | By Zachary Lockett
As Stanley Kubrick was flying high on the success of The Shining, he decided that for his next project he wanted to make a film that depicted what war was like. A little more than seven years later, he presented Full Metal Jacket to the world. Based on Gustav Hasford’s novel The Short-Timers, the 1987 movie co-written by Kubrick, Hasford, and Michael Herr left a lasting impact. Here are 16 things you might not know about the Oscar-nominated war movie.
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