
Full Metal Jacket(1987)
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.


“The real glory of war is surviving”
A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.

Lee Marvin
The Sergeant

Mark Hamill
Griff

Robert Carradine
Zab

Bobby Di Cicco
Vinci

Kelly Ward
Johnson

Stéphane Audran
Walloon

Siegfried Rauch
Schroeder

Serge Marquand
Rensonnet

Charles Macaulay
General / Captain

Alain Doutey
Broban
The Big Red One is a drama, war film released in 1980 exploring themes of sicily, italy, africa, concentration camp, world war ii, omaha beach, infantry. Directed by Samuel Fuller, it stars Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine. A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.
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