FULL METAL JACKET

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1987
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Cast

Private Joker - Matthew Modine
Animal Mother - Adam Baldwin
Private Cowboy - Arliss Howard
Gomer Pile - Vincent D'Onofrio
Eightball - Dorian Harewood
Gunnery Sargent Hartman - Lee Ermey

Director - Stanley Kubrick
Producer - Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick's harrowing Vietnam War film. This film shows the truth about the dehumanising training that the young men of America went through when they became US Marines to fight the VC.

The story follows one Private Joker (played by Matthew Modine) through his training at the "Island" and at his base in Vietnam. He makes friends in training, including Private Cowboy and Private Pile. Pile, because of his weight problem can't do anything right in the eyes of Gunnery Srgt Hartmen, who makes the entire platoon suffer everytime Pile messes up. Dispite Jokers help, Pile continues to make mistakes and is punished by the platoon. This drives Pile insane, and after graduation he shoots Srgt Hartmen and then commits suicide in the head (toilet)

Private Pile on the head before he shoots himself

Joker graduates as a Combat Corrisponant, and with his new friend and cameraman, Private Rapter-man, he heads north to get "in the shit." Here he meets up with his old friend Cowboy and his new platoon, which includes the semi-psycotic Animal Mother. Joker and Rapter-man stay with the platoon as they "liberate" the City of Whey. They run into trouble as a snipper begins to take out members of the platoon, eventually killing Cowboy. This leaves Mother in charge, who leads a select few, including Rapter-man and Joker into a building after the snipper.

Joker and Animal Mother discuss Peanut and where they should be inserted

Joker finds the snipper, a girl VC, but his magazine is empty and the snipper begins to shoot at Joker, who cowers behind a pillar. Rapter-man comes to Jokers resue and wounds the snipper. However she doesn't die straight away and Animal suggests leaving her for the "mother lovin' rats" to suffer but Joker disagress and puts her out of her misery.

The film ends with an Epilogue from Joker and an image of the Platoon walking throught the streets of Whey singing "Mickey Mouse" (lyrics below)

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.
Hey there. Hi there. Ho there. You're as welcome as can be.

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.
Mickey Mouse. (Mickey Mouse.)
Mickey Mouse. (Mickey Mouse.)
Forever let us hold our banner high.
High. High. High.
Come along and sing a song and join the jamboree.
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.

Here we go a-marching and a-shouting merrily.
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.

We play fair and we work hard and we're in harmony.
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.
Mickey Mouse. (Mickey Mouse.)
Mickey Mouse. (Mickey Mouse.)
Forever let us hold our banner high.
High. High. High.

Boys and girls from far and near you're as welcome as can be.

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.

Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me?
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.
Who is marching coast to coast and far across the sea?
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.

Mickey Mouse. (Mickey Mouse.)
Mickey Mouse. (Mickey Mouse.)

Forever let us hold his banner high.
High. High. High.
Come along and sing a song and join the family.
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. Come along and sing this song and join our family.
M-I-C-K-E-Y- M-O-U-S-E

Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me?
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
Hey there! Hi there! Ho there!
You're as welcome as can be.

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