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Where was Full Metal Jacket filmed?

1987 film, directed by Stanley Kubrick.

  • Pinewood Studios

The story is set in South Carolina, about 4,038 miles (6,499 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
South Carolina
Filmed in
Pinewood Studios
Distance
About 4,038 miles (6,499 km) between South Carolina and the nearest filming location.
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About Full Metal Jacket

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Released
1987
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Cast
Adam BaldwinMatthew ModineVincent D'OnofrioR. Lee ErmeyArliss HowardDorian HarewoodEd O'RossJohn TerryStanley KubrickVivian Kubrick
Genre
WarDrama
Based on
The Short-Timers
Awards
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director; Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor; David di Donatello for Best Producer; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Davis, who is nicknamed "Joker" after mocking Hartman, and the overweight and dimwitted Leonard Lawrence, whom Hartman nicknames "Gomer Pyle".

Believing the platoon has failed to improve Pyle, Hartman begins a policy of collective punishment in which he will punish everyone except for Pyle for each mistake he makes.

This impresses Hartman but worries Joker, who believes Pyle may be suffering a mental breakdown after seeing Pyle talk to his rifle.

Famous lines from Full Metal Jacket

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Sir, no, sir!Cowboy
  • Sir, yes, sir!Recruits
  • Sir, to kill, sir!Joker
  • So you're a killer.Hartman
  • Sir, I said it, sir!Joker

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