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A full metal jacket is a copper coating on the outside of a bullet that prevents the round from depositing lead in the barrel over time and reduces the possibility that a round will become deformed in automatic feeding mechanisms. This is referred to at the end of the first half of the story.
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Feb 21, 2014 · Full Metal Jacket 1987 Movie. Official video content provided by Warner Home Video or one of it's authorized agents. More clips, photos, and news: http://bit.ly/1mjz2xC...more.
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The scene in full metal jacket with the crazy door gunner."
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Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war drama film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford. The film is based on Hasford's...
Actually 'Full Metal Jacket' works the way it does because of its rare Two Act narrative structure. First half being Boot Camp and second half in Vietnam. The two act structure, to me, mimics the open-endness and unresolved nature of the Vietnam War.
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