Full Metal Jacket Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
12 of the most interesting Full Metal Jacket easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Full Metal Jacket movie message.
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Genre
Drama, War
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Stars
Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey
IMDB score
8.3
Full Metal Jacket Movie Easter Eggs
Private Pyle does not cock the weapon after reloading, suggesting some bullets were left in the magazine. That might be how he snuck live rounds into the camp.
Accuracy details in Full Metal Jacket
The actor, Lee Ermey, served as a U.S. Marine drill instructor during the Vietnam War and used this experience to ad lib much of his dialogue in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987).
Full Metal Jacket movie hidden details
You can see that PVT Pyle has been collecting ammo since the beginning of the rifle range after he dumps his "spent" magazine. (Reupload)
One of the soldiers tells Rafterman that it's obvious Joker hasn't truly experienced the war because he lacks the "thousand yard stare". Later in the film, immediately after Joker kills the sniper, he responds to Rafterman's comment by giving him a thousand yard stare.
When Cowboy offers to trade the pimp "some ARVN rifles... never been fired and only dropped once!" he's referring to the reputation of the South Vietnamese army among their American allies for fleeing in disorganized panic without putting up a fight.
the movie Full Metal Jacket (1987) the ones holding the rifle on the right shoulder end up dying.
Sgt. Hartman ironically only ever compliments Private Pyle on his ability to shoot a rifle.
After Private Pyle shoots Gny. Sgt. Hartman, the camera cuts to Pyle holding his rifle and with his "gun" also at attention. Yeah, killing makes him hard.
Gun. Sgt. Hartman makes Joker the squad leader after being steadfast on his disbelief in the Virgin Mary. As Hartman is dissmising recruits, all recruits take a step back facing him, while Joker waits and never takes a step back, showing his dislike/distrust of Hartman.
The palm trees in Full Metal Jacket (1987) were imported from Spain and the film's Vietnam battle scenes were shot in London, UK. The abandoned Beckton Gas Works in London became the ruined city of Hue.
Private Pyle doesn't cock his weapon after firing. This shows his weapon isn't empty, hence how he might have snuck bullets into camp.
Private Pyle says "I am in a world of shit" in the boot camp's bathrooms
