10 Things You Didnt know About FullMetalJacket

I went to a convention & had a long conversation with R. Lee Ermey that I’ll never forget. I asked him about how he and Donofrio’s collaboration was on set. Mr. Ermey, a former Drill Instructor himself, said that he got lost in the role & forgot it was a movie for a little bit. After one of the takes, Donofrio walked solemnly off set & headed to catering, and Ermey followed him. Donofrio was crying but was trying to hold it back. As he was approached by Ermey, Donofrio dropped his plate, stood at attention, and with tears coming down - Ermy said “At ease Marine.” Ermey lost his appetite & after apologizing for his toughness on Donofrio, went back to his trailer & had a small bit of a panic attack for the first time ever.

My grandpa went to Saigon as one of the mechanical engineers during the war. He never did told us what exactly happened during his work there but he was teary and smiling nearing the end of the movie.

Holy cow! It released at the same time as "Lost Boys, Robocop and Predator. I don't know how on theater could hold that much badassery!

One of the greatest days of my entire life, is when I got to meet R. Lee Ermey in person. Easily the coolest man I have ever met in my life. He not only autographed everything for free, he gave me one of his challenge coins, and thanked me for my 4 piddlin' little years of military service.

I remember that my local MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Station) unironically played Full Metal Jacket and Starship Troopers on the TV while we were waiting to get medically evaluated and handled all the administrative paperwork prior to being shipped off to boot camp. Fun times.

I actually found a copy of Matthew Modine‘s book at a thrift store and wildly enough it was autographed by Modine to some other person named Richard. Lucky find 😮

17:13 Can we just take a moment to appreciate the 4 movies playing at that theater in 1987

My Dad was a Marine in the Korean War and he said the Drill Sgt and the boot camp was the most realistic movie depiction of what he experienced.

Full Metal Jacket was the first R rated movie I'd seen as a kid with my uncle who was a marine drill sergeant during Vietnam. I remember him telling me that the boot camp scene was completely accurate (made sense knowing R Lee Remy was also a drill sergeant during the "police action").

A stellar performance by R Lee Ermey 👌👌

Full Metal Jacket is a movie that was good when it came out and keeps getting better as time goes on.

I had joined the military in late '88, and Christmas / New Years fell in the middle of basic training. During that period, it was pretty much a down time, so they did stuff like show movies to keep us entertained while away from home during the holidays. One of the movies was Full Metal Jacket. A couple of the TIs (Training Instructors) were in the room with us to keep an eye on things while we watched movies. Just before the bathroom scene, they all got up and left. I hadn't seen the movie before, so wondered why they all left at the same time. I figured out quickly why they didn't want to be around for that scene.

I read somewhere, that Kubrick wasn't sure what should happen with the Joker character -- whether he should die, and Modine suggested that Joker should survive the war, because living through that, and dealing with all the horrors of war would be worse than dying. Great video. One of my favorite films. Thank you very much!

Door gunners most memorable line was "Easy, you just don't lead em as much"

Minty, thank you so much for picking such a great film to examine further. "Full Metal Jacket" is absolutely one of my favorite films from the great director Stanley Kubrick. Thanks again for some more amazing content! All the best to you and your channel! 😎👍

As a veteran I didn't think the Barracks scene's were too bad, Not counting Pvt. Pyle suicide. As most were probably drafted at that time. I was elected to take care of one of our "slower" recruits, which made me late all the time and I was the one doing all the push-ups

Door Gunner also had the line "Anyone who runs is a VC. Anyone standing still is a well disciplined VC."

FYI, Hue is pronounced way. Gunnery Sgt. Hartman was also neither cruiel ,ruthless, or sadisctic, just hard on his recruits, But this was during the '60s and he was preparing his recuirts for war and what he was doing was no different than any other DI was doing at the time in both the Marine Corps and the Army. It was also probably generally believed back then that you had to be a bit more physical with the recuits in order to prepare them for the harsh realities of war. Also, in the US Marine Corps we have Drill Instructors, not Drill Sergeants which is what the Army called their boot camp training SGts. Another thing, standard Marine Corps short hand and accepted nickname for Gunnery Sergeants is Gunny. A moinker that R. Lee Ermey adopted later in his career.

My step-son decided to finally join the military but was hesitant for a while. I asked him what was holding him back from joining? He replied, “I watched Full Metal Jacket.” I just laughed at him.

This movie is brilliant and brutal, filled with iconic moments. Thanks for sharing insight into it!