Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket ()

Kubrick’s War tells the extraordinary, untold story behind Stanley Kubrick’s iconic 1987 film Full Metal Jacket—a production defined by obsession, conflict, innovation and artistic brilliance. Built around over 30 new interviews with cast and crew members, including Matthew Modine, Vincent D’Onofrio and Arliss Howard, this feature documentary takes audiences inside Kubrick’s fiercely demanding creative process. At its heart are newly uncovered, previously unheard audio interviews with Kubrick himself, alongside never-before-released recordings of the director rehearsing with the film’s actors at Pinewood Studios in 1986. Intimate and revealing, these recordings allow the famously private filmmaker to guide viewers through the triumphs, tensions and audacious decisions behind his masterpiece.

Cast (34)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Stanley Kubrick

Self - Director/Self - Producer/Self - Co-Screenwriter, Full Metal Jacket(archive footage) (archive sound)

Matthew Modine

Self - Pvt. Joker, Full Metal Jacket

Vincent D'Onofrio

Self - Pvt. Pyle, Full Metal Jacket

R. Lee Ermey

Self - Gny. Sgt. Hartman, Full Metal Jacket(archive footage) (archive sound)

Dorian Harewood

Self - Eightball, Full Metal Jacket

Kevyn Major Howard

Self - Rafterman, Full Metal Jacket

Arliss Howard

Self - Pvt. Cowboy, Full Metal Jacket

Kieron Jecchinis

Self - Crazy Earl, Full Metal Jacket

Jon Stafford

Self - Doc Jay, Full Metal Jacket

Ian Tyler

Self - Lt. Cleves, Full Metal Jacket

Sal Lopez

Self - T.H.E. Rock, Full Metal Jacket

Papillon Soo

Self - Da Nang Hooker, Full Metal Jacket

Peter Edmund

Self - Pvt. Snowball, Full Metal Jacket

G

Gil Kopel

Self - Stork, Full Metal Jacket

Herbert Norville

Self - Daytona Dave, Full Metal Jacket

Gustav Hasford

Self - Co-Screenwriter, Full Metal Jacket(archive sound)

Michael Herr

Self - Co-Screenwriter/Self - Associate Producer, Full Metal Jacket(archive sound)

D

Douglas Milsome

Self - Lighting Cameraman, Full Metal Jacket

Leon Vitali

Self - Casting Director/Self - Assistant to Director, Full Metal Jacket(archive sound)

A

Anton Furst

Self - Production Designer, Full Metal Jacket(archive sound)

C

Christine Allsopp

Self - Co-Makeup Artist, Full Metal Jacket

J

Julie Robinson Lyman

Self - Continuity, Full Metal Jacket

M

Michael Stevenson

Self - 2nd AD, Full Metal Jacket

C

Chris Bashall

Self - Action Vehicles, Full Metal Jacket

B

Bob Bayer

Self - Gus Hasford's friend and fellow marine Correspondent in Vietnam

A

Adrian Bush

Self - Vietnam Platoon, Full Metal Jacket

J

James Fenwick

Self - Author, Stanley Kubrick Produces

R

Robert Hills

Self - Armourer, Full Metal Jacket

P

Philip Honey

Self - Palmbrokers, Full Metal Jacket

Vivian Kubrick

Self - Composer, Full Metal Jacket(archive footage)

M

Martin Trevis

Self - Boom Operator, Full Metal Jacket

A

Alexander Walker

Self - Interviewer(archive sound)

D

Dan Weldon

Self - Parris Island Recruit, Full Metal Jacket

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Jason Wrenn

Self - Assistant Camera, Full Metal Jacket

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