Full Metal Jacket

Stanley Kubrick returned to one of his most potent themes—the senseless, dehumanizing devastation of warfare—with this unflinchingly intense plunge into the inferno of the Vietnam War. Based on the writings of Gustav Hasford and Michael Herr, Full Metal Jacket follows a band of U.S. Marine recruits as they are systemically broken down in the crucible of boot camp—an experience that destroys some and hardens others into callous killing machines to be unleashed on the battlefields of Da Nang and Huế. Capturing the chaos and carnage with his exactingly controlled camera, Kubrick delivers one of cinema’s most blistering statements on the nature of war, a caustic, feverishly disturbing portrayal of combat as a relentless ritual of moral degradation.

United Kingdom, United States
1987
116 minutes
Color
1.85:1
English

Special Features

4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
Audio commentary featuring actors Adam Baldwin, R. Lee Ermey, and Vincent D’Onofrio and screenwriter Jay Cocks
“Full Metal Jacket”: Between Good and Evil (2007), a documentary featuring interviews with Stanley Kubrick collaborators and cast members
Behind the Scenes of “Full Metal Jacket” (2005), a short film by Vivian Kubrick, Stanley Kubrick’s daughter, and edited by Katia deVidas
The Marines (1957), a documentary by François Reichenbach about the Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Mickey Mouse in Vietnam (1968), an animated short by Whitney Lee Savage and Milton Glaser
Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes (2008), a short documentary by Jon Ronson about the trove of archival materials left behind by Kubrick
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Available In

Collector's Set

The Complete Kubrick

4K UHD+Blu-ray Combo Box Set

30 Discs

$479.96

Special Features

4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
Audio commentary featuring actors Adam Baldwin, R. Lee Ermey, and Vincent D’Onofrio and screenwriter Jay Cocks
“Full Metal Jacket”: Between Good and Evil (2007), a documentary featuring interviews with Stanley Kubrick collaborators and cast members
Behind the Scenes of “Full Metal Jacket” (2005), a short film by Vivian Kubrick, Stanley Kubrick’s daughter, and edited by Katia deVidas
The Marines (1957), a documentary by François Reichenbach about the Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Mickey Mouse in Vietnam (1968), an animated short by Whitney Lee Savage and Milton Glaser
Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes (2008), a short documentary by Jon Ronson about the trove of archival materials left behind by Kubrick
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing