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Full metal jacket Cover Image DVD DVD

Full metal jacket

Summary: (3z (BFull Metal Jacket (3y (B is a violent, brutal, terrifying account of a young marine's training and experiences in Vietnam. The first part of the film takes place in South Carolina where a platoon of marine recruits undergo basic training and machismo initiation rites under the command of the punishing Sgt. Hartman. Then the action shifts to the 1968 Tet offensive at Da Nang and Hue, where one of the main characters is caught with some of his buddies under fire. The film takes viewers into the minds of men whose only objective is to kill or be killed.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1419855107
  • ISBN: 0790760037 :
  • Physical Description: videorecording (DVD)
    videodisc
    1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Digitally restored and remastered ed.
  • Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2007, c1987.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Full screen format.
Special features include: new 2000 digital master from restored elements; soundtrack newly remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1; interactive menus; theatrical trailer; scene access.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.
Based on the novel The short-timers by Gustav Hasford.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Credits: Music, Abigail Mead ; editing, Martin Hunter.
Participant or Performer Note: Cast: Matthew Modine ; Adam Baldwin ; Vincent D'Onofrio ; Lee Ermey ; Dorian Harewood ; Arliss Howard ; Kevyn Major Howard ; Ed O'Ross.
System Details Note:
DVD, Dolby surround 5.1.
Language Note:
In English or French, with optional English, French, Spanish or Portuguese subtitles. Closed-captioned.
Subject: United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Drama
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Motion pictures and the war
Marines -- Vietnam -- Drama
Tet Offensive, 1968 -- Drama
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Drama
Military training camps -- United States -- Drama
Feature films
Hasford, Gustav -- Film and video adaptations
HISTORY

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Creston Public Library DVD FIC FUL (Text)
Acquisition Type: Donated
35140001137077 Fiction Videos Volume hold Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    A group of Marines go through boot camp to prepare for battle in the Vietnam War.
  • Warner Home Video
    A Marine is followed from basic training to the 1968 Tet offensive. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
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