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{{quote|''"What is your major malfunction, numbnuts? [[Freudian Excuse|Didn't mommy and daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?]]"''|'''
'''''Full Metal Jacket''''' is the story of the [[Vietnam War]] seen through the eyes of a US Marine known to the audience as "Joker". The movie, directed by [[Stanley Kubrick]], is split into two parts. The first part follows Joker alongside his fellow Marine recruits through Boot Camp as they suffer under the colorful [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Gunnery Sergeant Hartman]] (played by [[R. Lee Ermey]] in his most famous role), and the second part follows Joker's struggle to keep his humanity while he covers the Vietnam War as a combat correspondent.
The film is [[The Film of the Book|based on the semi-autobiographical novel]] "The Short-Timers" by former Marine Gustav Hasford published in 1979. The novel is split into three sections (the film merges the second and third into a single part) and features more complex writing as the story progresses. The book was the first in a planned trilogy. A sequel came in 1990 called "The Phantom Blooper". The reason for the gap between publishing being that Hasford began writing for other publications as well as serving three months of a six month sentence for theft in 1988. Hasford died in 1993 of heart failure before the third book could be completed. The first two books are currently out of print but text copies are available on the author's site.
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** That's because Gunny Hartman was him just playing himself. Most of his dialogue was ad libbed.
* [[All Part of the Show]]: When their base comes under attack by NVA, the Marines at first think it's part of the fireworks that are being shot off.
* [[Armchair Military]] / [[Soldiers
{{quote|'''Joker''': Maybe you should go out on some ops yourself, sir. I'm sure you could find a lot more blood trails and drag marks.
'''Lockhart''': Joker, I've had my ass in the grass. Can't say I liked it much. Lots of bugs and too dangerous. As it happens, my present duties keep me where I belong; in the rear with the gear.}}
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* [[Little Miss Badass]]: {{spoiler|The sniper.}}
* [[California Doubling|London Doubling]]
* [[Mama Bear]]: Rafterman's mom, as mentioned by Joker, when Rafterman is lamenting being [[Soldiers
{{quote|'''Rafterman''': A high school girl could do my job. I want to get out into the shit. I want to get some trigger time.
'''Joker''': If you get killed, your mom will find me after I rotate back to the world and she'll beat the shit out of me. That's a negative, Rafterman.}}
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Full Metal Index]]▼
[[Category:Films of the 1980s]]▼
[[Category:Full Metal]]▼
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[[Category:Films Based on Novels]]
[[Category:Works by Stanley Kubrick]]
[[Category:Military and Warfare Films]]
[[Category:Notable Quotables]]
▲[[Category:Films of the 1980s]]
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