Full Metal Jacket

Stanley Kubrick's take on the Vietnam War follows smart-aleck Private Davis, quickly christened ''Joker'' by his foul-mouthed drill sergeant, and pudgy Private Lawrence, nicknamed ''Gomer Pyle,'' as they endure the rigors of basic training. Though Pyle takes a frightening detour, Joker graduates to the Marine Corps and is sent to Vietnam as a journalist, covering -- and eventually participating in -- the bloody Battle of Hué.

Cast :

• Matthew Modine
• Private Joker (Private/Sergeant J.T. Davis)/Narrator

• Adam Baldwin
• Animal Mother

• Vincent D'Onofrio
• Private Gomer Pyle (Leonard Lawrence)

• R. Lee Ermey
• Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, Drill Instructor

• Dorian Harewood
• Private Eightball

• Arliss Howard
• Private Cowboy

• Kevyn Major Howard
• Private Rafterman

• Ed O'Ross
• Lieutenant Walter J. "Touchdown" Tinoshky