On June 17, 1987, Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket premiered in Beverly Hills. The anti-war film comprised two acts — the first at the U.S. Marine Corps trailing facility in Parris Island ...

Exclusive ‘Full Metal Jacket’ star Matthew Modine explains why he turned down ‘Top Gun,’ ‘Back to the Future' The actor has said no plenty of times — with good reason ...

While we love Platoon, Full Metal Jacket is clearly in a league of its own. The film, loosely inspired by Gustav Hasford’s autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, depicts a team of U.S. Marines ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis turned down roles in Full Metal Jacket.. Schwarzenegger claimed he was too busy to play Animal Mother (the part that eventually went to Adam Baldwin). Bruce ...

Stanley Kubrick`s ”Full Metal Jacket” is a view of war and devastation –specifically, of Vietnam`s Tet Offensive–from the perspective of deep space. The film has undeniable power, but it`s ...

While filming Stanley Kubrick's legendary war movie Full Metal Jacket, actor Matthew Modine documented the whole process with a borrowed medium-format camera and a richly detailed diary. To mark ...