Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket on HD DVD

Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket

Release Date

10/23/07

Genre:

Action, Drama, Thriller, War

Starring:

Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard, John Terry

Directed By:

Stanley Kubrick

Studio:

Warner Home Video

Rated:

Why Own it on HD DVD

The distinct, indelible images of combat and barrage of sound in director Stanley Kubrick’s landmark Vietnam film are doubly powerful in high-definition video and Dolby® TrueHD audio. Still relevant 20 years after its original theatrical release, this harrowing story of an 18-year-old recruit continues to affect and engage with its psychological insights and brutal honesty. Special features include actor and screenwriter commentary and a behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of this epic work.

Commentary
By actors Adam Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio, Lee Ermey and screenwriter/author Jay Cocks
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
A vivid journey into the making of Kubrick’s Vietnam War epic and an examination of human nature pushed to the edge of madness.
Theatrical Trailer

“The best war movie ever made.” —Toronto Globe and Mail

A superb ensemble cast falls in for Stanley Kubrick’s brilliant saga about the Vietnam War and the dehumanizing process that turns people into trained killers. Joker (Matthew Modine), Animal Mother (Adam Baldwin), Gomer (Vincent D’Onofrio), Eightball (Dorian Harewood), Cowboy (Arliss Howard) and more experience boot camp hell, pitbulled by a leatherlung D.I. (Lee Ermey) who views would-be devil dogs as grunts, maggots or something less. The action is savage, the story unsparing, the dialogue spiked with scathing humor. From basic training rigors to Hue City combat nightmare, Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket scores a cinematic direct hit.