A little more than seven years later, he presented Full Metal Jacket to the world. Based on Gustav Hasford’s novel The ...

An iconic 80s film, Full Metal Jacket received huge praise and several award nominations, with star R. Lee Ermey's stellar performance earning him a Golden Globe nomination and winning Best ...

The 1987 release, Full Metal Jacket, portrays the harrowing impact ... But the performance garnering significant acclaim is R. Lee Ermey’s portrayal as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman.

“Full Metal Jacket” carries those films’ themes of dehumanization into an even more brutal place. Split between the harrowing boot-camp tyranny of R. Lee Ermey’s drill instructor and the ...