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Status
Post Production
Release
TBA
Runtime
2h 4m
Kubrick’s War tells the extraordinary, untold story behind Stanley Kubrick’s iconic 1987 film Full Metal Jacket—a production defined by obsession, conflict, innovation and artistic brilliance. Built around over 30 new interviews with cast and crew members, including Matthew Modine, Vincent D’Onofrio and Arliss Howard, this feature documentary takes audiences inside Kubrick’s fiercely demanding creative process. At its heart are newly uncovered, previously unheard audio interviews with Kubrick himself, alongside never-before-released recordings of the director rehearsing with the film’s actors at Pinewood Studios in 1986. Intimate and revealing, these recordings allow the famously private filmmaker to guide viewers through the triumphs, tensions and audacious decisions behind his masterpiece.
34 Cast Members
Stanley Kubrick
Self - Director/Self - Producer/Self - Co-Screenwriter, Full Metal Jacket(archive footage) (archive sound)
Matthew Modine
Self - Pvt. Joker, Full Metal Jacket
Vincent D'Onofrio
Self - Pvt. Pyle, Full Metal Jacket
R. Lee Ermey
Self - Gny. Sgt. Hartman, Full Metal Jacket(archive footage) (archive sound)
Dorian Harewood
Self - Eightball, Full Metal Jacket
Kevyn Major Howard
Self - Rafterman, Full Metal Jacket
Arliss Howard
Self - Pvt. Cowboy, Full Metal Jacket
Kieron Jecchinis
Self - Crazy Earl, Full Metal Jacket
Jon Stafford
Self - Doc Jay, Full Metal Jacket
Ian Tyler
Self - Lt. Cleves, Full Metal Jacket
Sal Lopez
Self - T.H.E. Rock, Full Metal Jacket
Papillon Soo
Self - Da Nang Hooker, Full Metal Jacket
Peter Edmund
Self - Pvt. Snowball, Full Metal Jacket
Gil Kopel
Self - Stork, Full Metal Jacket
Herbert Norville
Self - Daytona Dave, Full Metal Jacket
Gustav Hasford
Self - Co-Screenwriter, Full Metal Jacket(archive sound)
Michael Herr
Self - Co-Screenwriter/Self - Associate Producer, Full Metal Jacket(archive sound)
Douglas Milsome
Self - Lighting Cameraman, Full Metal Jacket
Leon Vitali
Self - Casting Director/Self - Assistant to Director, Full Metal Jacket(archive sound)
Anton Furst
Self - Production Designer, Full Metal Jacket(archive sound)
