Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket
Seen it?124 min | Documentary, War, Drama
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Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious and history buffs. If you loved They Shall Not Grow Old or For Sama, start here.
- The mood
- Intense, eye-opening.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 4 min.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
Kubrick’s War tells the extraordinary, untold story behind Stanley Kubrick’s iconic 1987 film Full Metal Jacket—a production defined by obsession, conflict, innovation and artistic brilliance. Built around over 30 new interviews with cast and crew members, including Matthew Modine, Vincent D’Onofrio and Arliss Howard, this feature documentary takes audiences inside Kubrick’s fiercely demanding creative process. At its heart are newly uncovered, previously unheard audio interviews with Kubrick himself, alongside never-before-released recordings of the director rehearsing with the film’s actors at Pinewood Studios in 1986. Intimate and revealing, these recordings allow the famously private filmmaker to guide viewers through the triumphs, tensions and audacious decisions behind his masterpiece.
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Cast & crew
Directed by Stephen Rigg
- Stanley KubrickSelf - Director/Self - Producer/Self - Co-Screenwriter, Full Metal Jacket(archive footage) (archive sound)
- Matthew ModineSelf - Pvt. Joker, Full Metal Jacket
- Vincent D'OnofrioSelf - Pvt. Pyle, Full Metal Jacket
- R. Lee ErmeySelf - Gny. Sgt. Hartman, Full Metal Jacket(archive footage) (archive sound)
- Dorian HarewoodSelf - Eightball, Full Metal Jacket
- Kevyn Major HowardSelf - Rafterman, Full Metal Jacket
- Arliss HowardSelf - Pvt. Cowboy, Full Metal Jacket
- Kieron JecchinisSelf - Crazy Earl, Full Metal Jacket
- Jon StaffordSelf - Doc Jay, Full Metal Jacket
- Ian TylerSelf - Lt. Cleves, Full Metal Jacket