A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
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- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 14 nominations.
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Matthew Modine | ... |
Pvt. Joker
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Adam Baldwin | ... |
Animal Mother
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Vincent D'Onofrio | ... |
Pvt. Pyle
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R. Lee Ermey | ... |
Gny. Sgt. Hartman
(as Lee Ermey)
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Dorian Harewood | ... |
Eightball
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Kevyn Major Howard | ... |
Rafterman
(as Kevyn Major-Howard)
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Arliss Howard | ... |
Pvt. Cowboy
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Ed O'Ross | ... |
Lt. Touchdown
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John Terry | ... |
Lt. Lockhart
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Kieron Jecchinis | ... |
Crazy Earl
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Kirk Taylor | ... |
Payback
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Tim Colceri | ... |
Doorgunner
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Jon Stafford | ... |
Doc Jay
(as John Stafford)
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Bruce Boa | ... |
Poge Colonel
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Ian Tyler | ... |
Lt. Cleves
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Sal Lopez | ... |
T.H.E. Rock
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Gary Landon Mills | ... |
Donlon
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Papillon Soo | ... |
Da Nang Hooker
(as Papillon Soo Soo)
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Peter Edmund | ... |
Snowball
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Ngoc Le | ... |
VC Sniper
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Leanne Hong | ... |
Motorbike Hooker
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Tan Hung Francione | ... |
ARVN Pimp
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Marcus D'Amico | ... |
Hand Job
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Costas Dino Chimona | ... |
Chili
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Gil Kopel | ... |
Stork
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Keith Hodiak | ... |
Daddy D.A.
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Peter Merrill | ... |
TV Journalist
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Herbert Norville | ... |
Daytona Dave
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Nguyen Hue Phong | ... |
Camera Thief
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Duc Hu Ta | ... |
Dead N.V.A.
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Martin Adams | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Kevin Albridge | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Del Anderson | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Louis Barlotti | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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John Beddows | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Patrick Benn | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Steve Boucher | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Adrian Bush | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Tony Carey | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Gary Cheeseman | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Wayne Clark | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Chris Cornibert | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Danny Cornibert | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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John Curtis | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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John Davis | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Harry Davies | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Kevin Day | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Gordon Duncan | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Phil Elmer | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Colin Elvis | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Hadrian Follett | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Sean Frank | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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David George | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Laurie Gomes | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Brian Goodwin | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Nigel Goulding | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Tony Hague | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Steve Hands | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Chris Harris | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Robert E. Hartenberger | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
(as Bob Hart)
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Derek Hart | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Barry Hayes | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Tony Hayes | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Robin Hedgeland | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Duncan Henry | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Kenneth Head | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Liam Hogan | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Trevor Hogan | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Luke Hogdal | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Steve Hudson | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Tony Howard | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Sean Lamming | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Dan Landin | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Tony Leete | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Nigel Lough | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Terry Lowe | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Frank McCardle | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Gary Meyer | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Brett Middleton | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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David Milner | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Sean Minmagh | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Tony Minmagh | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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John Morrison | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Russell Mott | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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John Ness | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Robert Booth Nichols | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
(as Robert Nichols)
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David Parry | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Peter Rommely | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Pat Sands | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Jim Sarup | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Chris Maybach | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
(as Chris Schmidt-Maybach)
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Al Simpson | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Russell Slater | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Gary Smith | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Roger Smith | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Tony Smith | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Anthony Styliano | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Bill Thompson | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Mike Turjansky | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Dan Weldon | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Dennis Wells | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Michael Anthony Williams | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
(as Michael Williams)
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John Wilson | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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John Wonderling | ... |
Parris Island Recruit and Vietnam Platoon
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Robin Blair-Crawford | ... |
Parris Island Sergeant (uncredited)
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Stanley Kubrick | ... |
Murphy (uncredited) (voice)
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Vivian Kubrick | ... |
News Camera Operator at Mass Grave (uncredited)
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David Palffy | ... |
Mass Grave Soldier (uncredited)
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Ken Shane | ... |
Clipboard Soldier (uncredited)
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John Ward | ... |
TV Camera Operator (uncredited)
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Mark White | ... |
Truck driver (jimmy1) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Stanley Kubrick |
Written by
Stanley Kubrick | ... | (screenplay by) & |
Michael Herr | ... | (screenplay by) & |
Gustav Hasford | ... | (screenplay by) |
Gustav Hasford | ... | (novel "The Short Timers") |
Produced by
Jan Harlan | ... | executive producer |
Michael Herr | ... | associate producer |
Philip Hobbs | ... | co-producer |
Stanley Kubrick | ... | producer |
Music by
Vivian Kubrick | ... | (as Abigail Mead) |
Cinematography by
Douglas Milsome | ... | (lighting cameraman) |
Editing by
Martin Hunter |
Editorial Department
Rona Buchanan | ... | editor trainee |
Adam Watkins | ... | montage editing engineer |
Casting By
Leon Vitali |
Production Design by
Anton Furst |
Art Direction by
Keith Pain | ||
Rod Stratfold | ||
Leslie Tomkins | ... | (as Les Tomkins) |
Set Decoration by
Barbara Drake | ... | (uncredited) |
Costume Design by
Keith Denny |
Makeup Department
Christine Allsopp | ... | co-makeup artist (as Christine Allsop) |
Jennifer Boost | ... | co-makeup artist |
Leonard | ... | hair stylist |
Production Management
Philip Kohler | ... | production manager (as Phil Kohler) |
Bill Shepherd | ... | unit production manager |
Paul Hitchcock | ... | executive in charge of production (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Terry Needham | ... | first assistant director |
Chris Thompson | ... | second assistant director (as Christopher Thompson) |
Ken Shane | ... | third assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Steve Allett | ... | stand-by prop |
Frank Billington-Marks | ... | propman |
Ronald Boyd | ... | stagehand |
A.R. Carter | ... | carpenter |
T.R. Carter | ... | carpenter |
John Chapple | ... | supervising painter |
Leonard Chubb | ... | painter |
R. Dave Favell Clarke | ... | propman |
Jane Cooke | ... | prop buyer |
Jim Cowan | ... | stand-by construction |
George Crawford | ... | construction manager |
Winston Depper | ... | dressing prop |
Marc Dillon | ... | dressing prop |
Dominic Farrugia | ... | plasterer |
Anthony Frewin | ... | art department researcher |
David Gruar | ... | stagehand (as David Gruer) |
Danny Hunter | ... | stand-by prop |
Dougie Lankston | ... | prop runaround |
John Marsella | ... | stand-by construction |
Joe Martin | ... | assistant construction manager |
Michael Martin | ... | stagehand |
Stephen Martin | ... | stagehand |
Colin McDonagh | ... | stand-by construction |
Brian Morris | ... | stand-by construction |
Leslie Evans Pearce | ... | painter |
Nigel Phelps | ... | assistant art director |
Mike Quinn | ... | plasterer (as Michael Quinn) |
George Reynolds | ... | stand-by construction |
Tom Roberts | ... | painter |
Andrew Rothschild | ... | assistant art director |
Steve Simmonds | ... | set dresser (as Stephen Simmonds) |
Paul Turner | ... | chargehand prop |
Brian Wells | ... | prop master |
Terry Wells | ... | stand-by prop |
Micky Wheeler | ... | dressing prop (as Michael Wheeler) |
Jamie White | ... | apprentice carpenter |
Mark Wilkinson | ... | carpenter |
Mal Zawadzki | ... | standby painter |
Gerry Bourke | ... | props (uncredited) |
Alan Cheevers | ... | plasterer (uncredited) |
Philip Elton | ... | draughtsman (uncredited) |
Richard Mccarthy | ... | hod plasterer (uncredited) |
Nigel Phelps | ... | concept artist (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Roger Cherrill | ... | sound transfer |
Paul Conway | ... | assistant sound editor |
Peter Culverwell | ... | assistant sound editor |
Mike Dowson | ... | dubbing mixer |
Nigel Galt | ... | sound editor |
Joe Illing | ... | dialogue editor |
Andy Nelson | ... | dubbing mixer |
Edward Tise | ... | sound editor / sound recordist |
Martin Trevis | ... | boom operator |
Steve Bartlett | ... | sound (uncredited) |
Thomas C. Brewer | ... | re-recording mixer (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Alan Barnard | ... | special effects senior technician |
Jeff Clifford | ... | special effects senior technician |
Peter Dawson | ... | special effects senior technician |
John Evans | ... | special effects supervisor |
Melvyn Pearson | ... | special effects technician (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Eddie Butler | ... | modeller |
Stunts
Terry Cade | ... | stunts |
Camera and Electrical Department
James Ainslie | ... | follow focus |
Ken Arlidge | ... | aerial photographer |
Maurice Arnold | ... | follow focus |
Jean-Marc Bringuier | ... | steadicam operator |
Mark Ellis | ... | grip |
Manuel Harlan | ... | video operator |
Mark Joiner | ... | generator op: Samuelson Lighting |
Michaela Mason | ... | camera trainee |
Vaughan Matthews | ... | camera trainee |
Seamus O'Kane | ... | chief electrician |
Les Phipps | ... | rigger |
Brian Rose | ... | follow focus |
Jonathan Taylor | ... | follow focus |
John Ward | ... | steadicam operator |
Peter Wilkinson | ... | rigger |
Jason Wrenn | ... | assistant camera |
Adam Dale | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Brian Ellis | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Stewart Hadley | ... | generator operator (uncredited) |
Ronald Lenoir | ... | chargehand rigger (uncredited) |
Gerard Maguire | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Joe Martin | ... | grip (uncredited) |
Simon Mills | ... | clapper loader: second unit (uncredited) |
Daniel Nyiri | ... | trainee assistant film cameraman (uncredited) |
Franz Pagot | ... | steadicam utility (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Nguyen Thi My Chau | ... | additional casting: Vietnam |
Marion Dougherty | ... | additional casting |
Jane Feinberg | ... | additional casting |
Mike Fenton | ... | additional casting |
Dan Tran | ... | additional casting: Vietnam |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
John Birkinshaw | ... | wardrobe master (as John Birkenshaw) |
Helen Gill | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Script and Continuity Department
Julie Robinson | ... | continuity |
Transportation Department
James Black | ... | unit driver |
Steve Coulridge | ... | unit driver |
Dave Croucher | ... | transportation |
Ron Digweed | ... | transportation |
Nick Johns | ... | action vehicle engineer |
Paul Karamadza | ... | unit driver |
Ron Lowe | ... | transport facilities |
Mark White | ... | transportation (as Chalky White) |
Bill Wright | ... | unit driver |
Daniel Nyiri | ... | assistant to camera car driver (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Margaret Adams | ... | production coordinator |
Paul Cadiou | ... | production accountant |
Matthew Coles | ... | production runner |
Emilio D'Alessandro | ... | assistant to producer |
Rita Dean | ... | assistant accountant |
R. Lee Ermey | ... | technical advisor (as Lee Ermey) |
Chester Eyre | ... | laboratory contact |
Carmen Fitzgerald | ... | nurse |
Anthony Frewin | ... | assistant to producer |
Linda Glatzel | ... | nurse |
Julian Harcourt | ... | special computer editing programs |
Robert Hills | ... | armorer |
Steve Millson | ... | production assistant |
John Oxlade | ... | armorer |
Eros Pagni | ... | Italian dubbing: R. Lee Ermey |
Adam Samuelson | ... | louma crane technician |
Michael Shevloff | ... | production runner |
Wendy Shorter | ... | secretary to producer |
Alan Steele | ... | accounts computer operator |
Leon Vitali | ... | assistant to director |
Bob Warren | ... | helicopter pilot |
Robin Blair-Crawford | ... | assistant (uncredited) |
Joseph Cline | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Nick Frewin | ... | key model maker (uncredited) |
Lillian Michelson | ... | researcher (uncredited) |
Marc Wolff | ... | aerial coordinator (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Warner Bros. (presents)
- Natant
- Stanley Kubrick Productions
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1987) (United States) (theatrical)
- Columbia-Cannon-Warner (1987) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (through)
- Roadshow Films (1987) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1987) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1987) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1987) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1987) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1987) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (through Columbia-Cannon-Warner)
- Warner Bros. (1987) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Warner-Columbia Film (1987) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Warner-Columbia Films (1987) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
- Fazer Musiikki Oy/Fazer Video (Finland) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1988) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1988) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1988) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1988) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Audio Visual Enterprises (1991) (Greece) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1991) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Warner Home Video (1995) (United States) (VHS)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1997) (Finland) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (1998) (Sweden) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1999) (United States) (DVD)
- Nelonen (2000) (Finland) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (2000) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Argentina Video Home (2001) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Argentina Video Home (2001) (Argentina) (VHS) (re-release)
- Creative Design (2001) (United States) (DVD)
- SGS Home Video (2001) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2001) (Finland) (DVD)
- Warner Bros. (2001) (Argentina) (re-release)
- Warner Home Video (2001) (Canada) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2001) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2001) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (Finland) (DVD) (6-disc Kubrick Prestige Collection)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD) (HD DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (two-disc special edition)
- Warner Home Video (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2007) (Sweden) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2007) (Finland) (Blu-ray)
- Warner Home Video (2007) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2007) (United States) (DVD) (HD DVD)
- Sub (2012) (Finland) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (2012) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) (25th anniversary editon)
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2020) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2020) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2020) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
- Warner Home Video (2020) (Germany) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
- Paris Première (2021) (France) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- ARRI München (camera equipment provided by)
- Audiolink Radio Communications (walkie talkies)
- British Gas PLC North Thames (thanks)
- Chapman Beauvais (titles)
- D & D International Locations (transports)
- Delta Sound Services (sound post-production)
- Depot Queens Division Bassingbourn (special thanks)
- Dolby Laboratories (sound post-production)
- Flying Pictures (aerial filming services provided by)
- Focus Cars Ltd. (unit transport)
- Hills Small Arms (armourers)
- Kay-Metrocolor Sound Studios (optical sound)
- Motion Picture Association (MPA) (Motion Picture Association of America, 28633)
- PSA Bassingbourn Barracks (thanks)
- Palmbrokers (greenery)
- Pinewood Studios (movie studio)
- Post Logic Studios (digital film mastering)
- Samuelson Film Service (louma crane and montage video editing system)
- Samuelson's Camera Equipment (aerial photography)
- Sykes Group (helicopters provided by)
- The Location Caterers (catering)
- The National Trust Norfolk (thanks)
- The Vietnamese Community (thanks)
- U.S. Marine Corps Entertainment & Media (archive)
- Warner Bros. Records (soundtrack released by)
- Warner Bros. Sound (sound post-production)
- Willie's Wheels (transport facilities)
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Budget | $17,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | In the first part of the movie, in the sequences inside the barracks during the drill, a special lens was designed to keep every single Recruit in focus. Director Stanley Kubrick intended that no one was special and they all had the same treatment. See more » |
Goofs | On several occasions, the word "repeat" is used while speaking on the radio. In the Marine Corps, the use of the word "repeat" on the radio is reserved solely for talking to artillery units to request a repeat of the last fire mission. The term used would be: "say again your last" or "I say again." See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into EBN: Commercial Entertainment Product (1992). See more » |
Soundtracks | Hello Vietnam See more » |
Crazy Credits | End credits list a song performed by Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs, misspelling the last word as "Pharoahs." This has not been corrected on any home video version of the movie. See more » |
Quotes |
[first lines]
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be "Sir". Do you maggots understand that? Recruits: [In unison in a normal speaking tone] Sir, yes Sir. Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Bullshit, I can't hear you. Sound off like you got a pair! Recruits: [In unison, much louder] SIR, YES SIR! Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: If you ladies leave my island, if you survive recruit training, you will be a weapon. You will be a minister of death praying for war. But until that day, you are pukes. You are the lowest form of life on Earth. You are not even human fucking beings. You are nothing but unorganized grab-asstic pieces of amphibian shit! Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair. There is no racial bigotry here. I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops or greasers. Here you are all equally worthless. And my orders are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to serve in my beloved Corps. Do you maggots understand that? See more » |