Until recently, I had no idea the film “Full Metal Jacket,” which debuted in June 1987, was based on a novel written by Alabama native Gustav Hasford. Corporal Jerry Gustav Hasford of Russellville ...

Private Joker, the grimly iconoclastic Marine who wisecracks his way through boot camp and Vietnam in the memorable Stanley Kubrick film “Full Metal Jacket,” is based on a real person: his creator ...

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A 1987 war film — considered to be one of the greatest of all time — is now streaming on Netflix for fans to watch. Directed and produced by the legendary Stanley Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket is based ...

As we mark the 30th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s Vietnam War movie “Full Metal Jacket,” which was released June 17, 1987, it’s hard to think of a less Jewish topic than the training of a bunch of ...

Based on: Gustav Hasford's The Short-Timers (1979) Another war film, this time set around the time of the Vietnam War, details the life of James T. "Joker" Davis and his experiences in the marine ...