Full Metal Jacket (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital)

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The scene in the helicopter with the machine gunner sounds full and robust while the sniper allows for the bullets to smoothly transition across speakers. 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.

The only instance Ermey had to film more than two to three takes was in the "Jelly Doughnut Scene," which he claimed was filmed in 37 takes, to the point his voice kept disappearing from time to time. The disc presents a native 3840 x 2160p resolution image in the film's original theatrical aspect ratio of widescreen 1. dba Freestar (“Freestar”) for the purposes of placing certain advertising on the site, and Freestar will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes.Shifting from the raw brutality of basic training to the dehumanising effects of combat, Full Metal Jacket deftly combines nonstop action with scathing dark humour. New theatrical 70mm film prints were shown in select theaters for its 50th anniversary – which I witnessed – sourced from a new 8K master from the original 65mm negative. Stanley Kubrick‘s Full Metal Jacket is very much a film of two halves: the first focusing on an ensemble of recruits as they’re trained (and remorselessly bullied) by Gunnery Sergeant Hartman ( R. There’s little to connect the two halves, but together they both serve as an interesting look at the Vietnam War from a soldiers’ perspective, from harsh military drills to the horrors of combat. Once you really start to look beyond the setting, it's easy to see the parallels here between some of the scenes in many of his other features ( The Shining, most obviously) and, after the first few scene-setting training camp sequences, we start to get more of Kubrick's trademark nightmarish tones and adept colour usage informing us during the night scenes at the camp (from the punishment sequence to the climactic bathroom scene).

Legendary auteur Stanley Kubrick remained vocal about his anti-war sentiments across his career, from the WWI court martial drama, Paths of Glory to the hilarious Cold War satire, Dr. S. Marines—Matthew Modine’s “Joker” in particular—from their first day of boot camp to combat in Vietnam. They [MPI] have been responsible for such impressive restorations and 4K UHD Blu-ray releases as “2001: A Space Odyssey”, “The Shining”, “The Wizard of Oz”, and “Blade Runner” to just name a few. Some of our content may contain marketing links, which means we will receive a commission for purchases made via those links. Kubrick's 1987 war classic, Full Metal Jacket, earns itself a stellar native 4K release, affording fans the perfect excuse for a likely long-overdue rewatch.

Ermey disappears fairly early in the film, while Baldwin doesn’t appear until around the 65-minute mark. Overall, this new 4K Blu-ray release of Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket feels slightly lacking due to the aforementioned issues, which aren’t subtle in being missed, especially if you’re hoping for a ‘definitive release of the film – as everything appears to have been imported over from earlier DVD and Blu-ray releases.

This new remaster shows off a great level of detail, with clear textures on sets and costumes, but the HDR (High Dynamic Range) grade is a bit of a mixed bag. A lot of people say that the first half of the film that takes place at boot camp is the better part of the film if not the only part of the movie that is watchable.As far as its realism, I have spoken with at least 1 Vietnam veteran who said that this is the best movie about that war. It's frequently reference excellence here, rounding out a presentation that, alone, makes this release most worthy of an upgrade. released the film on Blu-ray three times, with the two most recent editions offering the same A/V presentation and bonus features. Joker also encounters other soldiers in varying degrees of pleasure or pain as he goes in and out of battle as a war reporter for Stars and Stripes, the military magazine.

He gave it two and a half stars and a “Thumbs Down,” while his TV broadcast partner Gene Siskel gave it a major "Thumbs UP! It's quite the opposite in fact, as Kubrick showcased the mundane and dull colors of military life in the first half of the film at the Marine recruit training facility. It’s worth noting that the 2012 BD arrived in Blu-ray Book packaging that included a bonus DVD of the Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes documentary—that documentary is not included here.Lee Ermey) yell at everyone for the better part of an hour, the actual war shows just how some marines take to the atrocities of war and might be even better than the first half as time goes on. Private Joker is a great character and his story is as engrossing now as it ever was… maybe better still by this gorgeous new 4K release. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. We will introduce you exclusively to Newpay finance products provided by NewDay Limited under this Introducer Appointed Representative arrangement. continues to give the works of the legendary Stanley Kubrick new 4K releases, up next on our plate is Kubrick’s 1987 picture Full Metal Jacket.