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.
The Anderson Platoon
No editorials, no opinions . . . just the real story of the brutal Vietnam War.
A documentary feature by Pierre Schoendoerffer about the Vietnam War. Winner of the 1968 Academy Award for best Documentary Feature.
Top Billed Cast
Joseph B. Anderson self
Stuart Whitman narrator (English)
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