Full Metal Jacket (1987): 15 Weird Facts You Didn't Know!

Full Metal Jacket (1987): 15 Weird Facts You Didn’t Know! #rememberwhen a war movie stopped feeling like entertainment and started feeling like psychological warfare? Released in 1987, Full Metal Jacket took Stanley Kubrick’s cold, methodical filmmaking style straight into Vietnam with unforgettable performances from Matthew Modine, Vincent D’Onofrio, and R. Lee Ermey. From the brutal Parris Island boot camp scenes to the haunting streets of Hue, the film became one of the most disturbing and quoted war movies ever made. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - #15: The Technical Advisor Who Took Over the Movie — R. Lee Ermey 02:34 - #14: Vincent D’Onofrio’s Extreme Transformation — Vincent D’Onofrio 03:49 - #13: How London Became Vietnam — Stanley Kubrick 05:02 - #12: The Fake Jungle That Nearly Fell Apart — Anton Furst 06:17 - #11: The Toxic Set Nobody Warned the Cast About — Matthew Modine 07:35 - #10: The Wild Casting Version We Almost Got — Val Kilmer 08:56 - #9: The Last-Minute Title That Saved the Film — Stanley Kubrick 10:04 - #8: Kubrick Shot Three Completely Different Endings 11:37 - #7: The Reverse Filming Schedule That Exhausted the Cast 13:20 - #6: Matthew Modine Secretly Documented Kubrick’s Set 14:34 - #5: The Composer Who Didn’t Really Exist — Abigail Mead 16:02 - #4: The Cartoon Theme Kubrick Almost Used Instead 17:37 - #3: The Full Metal Jacket Scene That Took Over Hip-Hop 19:02 - #2: The Day Matthew Modine Finally Snapped at Kubrick 20:32 - #1: The Movie That Forced the Marines to Reevaluate Boot Camp — U.S. Marine Corps Watch more Weird Facts videos:    • Movie Deep Dives   #FullMetalJacket #StanleyKubrick #RLeeErmey #MatthewModine #VincentDOnofrio #WarMovies #80sMovies #MovieFacts #BehindTheScenes #VietnamWarMovies #ClassicFilms #FilmTrivia #Kubrick #RememberWhen #HollywoodHistory