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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT, with the occasional weekend off.

This time, Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket.

Director Stanley Kubrick crafts a bold and disorienting look at the chaos of the Vietnam War, with a film of two halves. The first half of the feature film unfolds against the backdrop of United States Marine Corps training on Parris Island, before the second half focuses on the disorganisation of the Nam itself.

At time of recording, it was ranked the 94th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show Notes:

• Recorded 22nd April 2018.
• This special episode was recorded to commemorate the passing of actor R. Lee Ermey, who plays the iconic role of Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann.
• Darren and Andrew repeatedly misidentify the character “Animal Mother” as “Animal Lover.”
• Full Metal Jacket at The Internet Movie Database.
• The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
• R. Lee Ermey discusses his childhood and background with The First Shot, September 2010.
• Director John Boorman at The Independent reveals how the role of Hartmann almost went to Bill McKinney, September 2009.
• Extract from Matthew Modine’s Full Metal Jacket Diaries on how Ermey earned the role of Hartmann, December 2010.
• R. Lee Ermey talks to The New York Times about transitioning to becoming an actor on Full Metal Jacket, June 1987.
• Interview with R. Lee Ermey for Space: Above & Beyond.
• Stanley Kubrick talks to Rolling Stone about Full Metal Jacket, August 1987.
• Michael Herr talks to The Guardian about his work with Stanley Kubrick on Full Metal Jacket, July 2000.
• Matthew Modine talks about how he came to be cast in Full Metal Jacket with The A.V. Club, October 2008.
• Matthew Modine discusses the making of Full Metal Jacket with The Guardian, August 2017.
• Matthew Modine talks to Readjack about Full Metal Jacket Diaries, March 2011.
• Matthew Modine discusses the Full Metal Jacket Diaries app with Entertainment Weekly, August 2012.
• Matthew Modine discusses Full Metal Jacket with Military Times, December 2013.
• Vincent D’Onofrio discusses making Full Metal Jacket with The New York Times, July 1987.
• Adam Baldwin discusses the making of Full Metal Jacket with The A.V. Club, February 2009.
• Nathan Ditum on the making of Full Metal Jacket in Total Film, October 2007.
• Tony Sokol at Den of Geek! discusses the troubled production history of Full Metal Jacket, June 2015.
• Jack Boozer discusses the Vietnam cinema cycle of the eighties in American Cinema of the 1980s, April 2007.
• John Hodgman talks about watching Full Metal Jacket at The Dissolve, July 2013.
• Noah Berlatsky at The Atlantic on whether it is possible to make an anti-war film, July 2014.
• Jonathan Rosenbaum discusses the challenges of depicting warfare on screen in The Chicago Reader, July 1998.
• Brad Stevens discusses the themes of identities and duality in Full Metal Jacket at Senses of Cinema, July 2002.
• Bill Krohn discusses the internal structures of Full Metal Jacket in Incorporations, October 1992.
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