As far as the in country segment it looks pretty much like the real photos I saw in USMC training films. For anyone viewing this film trust me it doesn't get any closer to being Parris Island and I would say that the "Gunny" saw to that. The first part of the movie is all about Marine basic training. The movie features the dehumanization recruits go through, the horrors of war, but also reduces the Vietnamese to caricatures. It begins with basic training and then follows a Marine unit in Vietnam. The inside of the barracks and the head are identical to the real thing. Full Metal Jacket was Stanley Kubrick’s adventure into the Vietnam War. For a person who was there it had me fooled, although the O-Course and the rifle range are completely different in layout and looks. The Cadence is true to life as well as Senior Drill Instructor Hartmans dialect, all of the comments I can say 100% that I have heard on The Island and had them used on me. The part where they are running on the road with Joker carrying Pyle looks like the road to Elliots Beach. The base that they used in England looks very much like Parris Island, right down to the Grinder and the barracks in the background. I was a Marine at Parris Island in 1977 and I can certainly tell this film is very accurate in every respect right down to the blanket party scene.
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