#MovieMonday - "Full Metal Jacket" (1987) is one of the most acclaimed films concerning the Vietnam War. Former Marine Drill Instructor R. Lee Ermey was hired as a technical advisor but made such an impression on director Stanley Kubrick that he was given the role of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. Kubrick allowed Ermey to write most of his own dialogue to make the Parris Island scenes more authentic. | U.S. Naval Institute

Full Metal Jacket, the last Stanley Kubrick film to be released while he was still alive, was released on this day in 1987! Is this anyone's favourite Kubrick film? | WatchMojo