Tag: Full Metal Jacket
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This War Movie Had a Toxic Set, Literally
Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 war drama Full Metal Jacket is probably most remembered for exploring the toxic nature of hyper-masculinity in the military, but who knew that the environment in which they shot the iconic film was just as toxic, literally? Years after the movie’s release, it was revealed that Full Metal Jacket was filmed at…
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Here’s Why People Say Vincent D’Onofrio Is the Og Thor
Kudos to Chris Hemsworth! He deserves all the credit for making the great Norse superhero Thor come to life on the big screen in the MCU. We’re not about to take anything away from the Aussie with the great jawline and headful of lustrous golden locks. He has made the son of Odin and brother…
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Cutting The Trailers For Full Metal Jacket Became A Bitter Battle Against Stanley Kubrick
After Stanley Kubrick died, his widow Christiane reflected on a lesson her late husband never quite seemed to learn. As she told the BFI, “He would start the longest and most difficult jobs with this optimism and say, ‘Oh, it won’t take long.’ He never learned the lesson that it does.” Kubrick’s movies were, themselves,…
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Matthew Modine Thinks Lou Gossett Jr. Cost R. Lee Ermey His Oscar For Full Metal Jacket
Galling Oscar snubs are often as well remembered as the actual winners. R. Lee Ermey’s performance as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket” is a legendary one, but it was totally unrecognized by the Academy. Ermey, a former Marine and drill instructor himself, drew on his past life to play the psychopathic…
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Stanley Kubrick: 7 Fascinating Books on the Legendary Director
All products and services featured by IndieWire are independently selected by IndieWire editors. However, IndieWire may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.Anyone who knows film likely knows about the genius of Stanley Kubrick. But watching movies isn’t the only way…
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Fran Drescher Elected President of SAG-AFTRA, Rival Joely Fisher Wins Secretary-Treasurer
Fran Drescher has been elected president of SAG-AFTRA, in a victory for the faction that has led the union for a dozen years.But Joely Fisher — who campaigned on the rival Membership First slate — has been elected secretary-treasurer.Drescher will succeed Gabrielle Carteris, who has led the organization since 2016. Best known for her lead…
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Matthew Modine Compares Christopher Nolan to Stanley Kubrick: Big Movies, Small Sets
Actors who worked with Christopher Nolan have plenty of stories about the methods to his madness. Earlier this year, comments from “The Dark Knight Rises” and “Interstellar” star Anne Hathaway got blown out of proportion when she said the filmmaker doesn’t allow chairs on his sets. (What she meant was Nolan doesn’t keep directors’ chairs…
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All ‘Harry Potter’ Films to Leave HBO Max in August
HBO Max giveth, HBO Max taketh away: The streaming service surprised early adopters when it announced that all eight “Harry Potter” films would be available at launch, but the films will be leaving the platform as quickly as they came.WarnerMedia announced a slew of upcoming HBO Max additions and departures on Monday, which include the…
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Stanley Kubrick’s Career Was Propelled by Box Office Success More Than by Critics
It’s mid-summer. Normally we’d be covering the openings of “The Forever Purge” and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” with “Minions: Rise of Gru” in its second weekend competing for #1. As usual, all franchise titles, likely all hits.Thirty-three years ago on the same weekend, another “franchise” was #2. His name was Stanley Kubrick, and “Full Metal Jacket,” his…
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Vincent D’Onofrio To Play Jerry Falwell In Fox Searchlight’s ‘The Eyes Of Tammy Faye’ As Production Begins
The Full Metal Jacket and Law & Order: Criminal Intent actor will play American Southern Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative activist Jerry Falwell in Fox Searchlight’s The Eyes of Tammy Faye about the rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Bakker.As production starts today in Charlotte, North Carolina, Searchlight also announced Vincent D’Onofrio joining the…