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Full Metal Jacket Trivia

Interesting trivia about Full Metal Jacket

Director Stanley Kubrick had nothing but praise for R. Lee Ermey's skills as a performer. Kubrick originally was going to write dialogue for Ermey's character himself, but he became so impressed with what Ermey improvised, he decided it was not necessary and allowed him to ad-lib, something practically unheard of for a Stanley Kubrick film. Ermey's performances were so faultless that Kubrick only needed two to three takes to get his scenes filmed, which was also extremely rare for a Kubrick film.
A scene showing a group of Marines playing football (soccer) was cut from the movie because it is revealed they were kicking a human head, not a football, which would have prevented it from receiving a cinematic and general release.
According to an interview with Vincent D'Onofrio, the production schedule for the film was so drawn-out that lead actor Matthew Modine got married, conceived a child with his wife, the child was born, and then turned 1 year old...all during the course of filming.
R. Lee Ermey said that he felt Vincent D'Onofrio's performance was the best in the film.
Private Joker's shirt on Parris Island reveals that his real name is J.T. Davis. It is a deliberate reference to James T. Davis, the first officially recognised U.S. casualty in Vietnam, who was killed in 1961.
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