26 Jun 1987
Full Metal Jacket
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
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A young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland finds himself used as a political pawn, following a tragic incident during a violent clash with some of the local agitators. The Guardian proposed that "if Spielberg's ET, in the immortal words of Pauline Kael, was a bliss out, Karl Francis' 'Boy Soldier' is a bleed out for sheer fist shaking emotionalism, it would be hard to find another British film of recent years to beat it."
Top Billed Cast
Richard Lynch Wil Thomas
Emer Gillespie Deirdre
Bernard Hill Officer
Dafydd Hywel Sergeant Crane
Simon Coady Quinnell
Dylan Davies Joe
James Donnelly Truscott-Jones
Russell Gomer Wright
Bernard Latham Roberts
Timothy Lyn Gary
Stephen Lyons Hotel Manager
Roger Nott Captain
Robert Pugh RSM
Ian Saynor Captain
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