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 enlarge | Actors: Adam Baldwin, Bruce Boa, Tim Colceri, Vincent D'onofrio, Peter Edmund
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  462 reviews
Sales Rank: 23378
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 116
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 079074273X
UPC: 085391737124
EAN: 9780790742731
ASIN: B00000J2KT
Theatrical Release Date: June 26, 1987
Release Date: June 29, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: used. I do not ship to APO or military address's
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Closest Marine film yet May 28, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Having gone through at least SOME of what the movie portrays, I can tell you, that this is the closest I've seen to date on what Marine Corps boot camp was like in the 60s. The DI as played by Ermey is so dead-on it's scary. The only major gaffe was Joker and others calling the DI "you". That would not be allowed. He would have been "the Drill Instructor, Sir" and Joker would have referred to himself as "the Private". Boot camp was so traumatic for just about everyone that everything after that WAS like throwing a switch. There was a disconnect. The sudden jump to VietNam in the movie was perfect, I thought. Joker's desire to get out in the bush and leave the relative comfort of the "rear" was true to the experience too. Being "in country" was surreal on it's own. Teenagers with loaded weapons... far from home and scared... and you would suddenly, in the middle of nowhere, run into guys you had known in boot or another duty station. The only two films I've ever seen that had truly great USMC advisors were this one and "Coming Home". So many subtle nuances and Corps tidbits. I love this movie. It isn't perfect, but it occupies a place in a time that I share... it reminds me of young men who became my best friends and bizarre situations that I can never really explain to anyone who didn't go through them.
"This is my bro, This is his Party, he's the guest of Honor" May 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
" Today ... is his birthday...I will never forget this day. The day I came
to Hue City and fought one million N.V.A. gooks. I love the little Commie bastards, man, I really do. These enemy grunts are as hard as slant-eyed drill instructors. These are great days we're living, bros!'We are jolly
green giants, walking the earth with guns. These people we wasted here today ... are the finest human beings we will ever know. After we rotate back to the world, we're gonna miss not having anyone around that's worth
shooting."
One of the coldest movie dialogs, i've heard in this movie. It pretty much gave an example of what exactly the whole "Killer grunt" mode was all about in Vietnam. Instead of cheesy, corny dialog... this was as real as it could get.
This film's a masterpiece and the memorable characters being the 'lovable' Drill Instructor Hartman ... "You pukes will sleep with your rifles! You will give your rifle a girl's name! Because this is the only pu#@y you people are going to get! "
Kubrick's Nam April 29, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Along with "Platoon", "Full Metal Jacket" is one of the best anti-war films concerning Vietnam. This Special edition which is the 2nd one to be released in HD & blu-ray is a big improvement over the first edition. Also there are interviews with the cast members such R. Lee Ermey, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio & Dorian Harewood. The image is sharp and there is very little grain at all. This belongs up there with Kubrick's own "Paths of Glory" as one of the great anti-war films of all time. Perhaps George W. Bush should have seen this before making his fateful decision to send our troops in harms way!!
Me Love you long time April 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this movie. I really like the drill instructor (R. Lee Ermey) and his ability to bring realism to the roll.
The HD version of this was what I would expect from Kubrick, raw and uncut (mostly).
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