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Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Where Full Metal Jacket says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A Vietnam War film shot entirely in England: Parris Island in Cambridgeshire, Huế in a London gas works.
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Scenes and places
Parris Island boot camp
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman breaks a platoon of recruits down with harsh methods. Joker earns his nickname by mocking him, and the overweight Leonard becomes 'Gomer Pyle'.
Set in Parris Island recruit barracks — The recruit platoon's barracks and parade ground where Hartman trains them.
A Marine Corps recruit depot in South Carolina, here played by a barracks in England.
Filmed at Bassingbourn Barracks, Cambridgeshire, England — The barracks served as the film's Parris Island lot. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The rifle range
Pyle, who struggled through training, now shows particular skill with a rifle. Hartman is impressed; Joker is worried by what he sees.
Set in Parris Island rifle range — The training range where the recruits learn marksmanship.
A firing range on the same recruit depot.
Filmed at British army rifle range near Barton, Cambridgeshire — The rifle-range scenes were filmed on a British army range near Barton. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Stars and Stripes in Da Nang
By January 1968 Joker is a sergeant writing for Stars and Stripes alongside the combat photographer Rafter Man. The morning after their base is attacked in the Tet Offensive, they are sent north.
Set in Da Nang, Stars and Stripes base — Joker works as a sergeant for the military newspaper, in the days of the Tet Offensive. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A coastal city in central Vietnam; the film gives no recorded shooting location for this scene.
Reunion at Phu Bai
Joker and Rafter Man are sent to Phu Bai. There Joker searches for Sergeant Cowboy Evans and reunites with him.
Set in Phu Bai — Joker finds his old friend Cowboy, who now serves in a rifle squad. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A base area near Huế; no recorded shooting location for this scene.
The Battle of Huế
During the Battle of Huế the squad loses its leader and enters the city. Cowboy ends up in command as they patrol the streets.
Set in Huế city streets — The squad enters the city and fights its way through it. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The former imperial capital of Vietnam, on the Perfume River.
Filmed at Beckton Gas Works, London — Kubrick used the disused gas works to depict Huế. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The sniper in the ruins
Lost in the city, the squad is attacked by a Viet Cong sniper. They close in on her position and Joker is among those who go in.
Set in Ruined buildings of Huế — The lost squad is pinned down by a sniper in a wrecked block. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A bombed-out block of the city, built as a set.
Filmed at Beckton Gas Works, London (demolished buildings) — Set built by having buildings demolished; the source gives the set, not this scene by name. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Rice paddies outside Huế
Set in Open country outside Huế — Open ground outside the city, shown as paddy fields.
Rural land outside Huế; the in-story position is not given by the source.
Filmed at Cliffe Marshes, Kent, England — Open country scenes were filmed on marshland at Cliffe. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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March to the Perfume River
The Marines march to the Perfume River as night falls, singing the 'Mickey Mouse March'.
Set in Perfume River — As night falls the Marines march along the river singing the 'Mickey Mouse March'. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The river that runs through Huế.
Characters
- Joker — A wisecracking recruit who becomes a Marine combat correspondent.
- Gunnery Sergeant Hartman — The harsh senior drill instructor.
- Leonard 'Gomer Pyle' Lawrence — The overweight recruit Hartman cannot fix.
- Cowboy — Joker's friend from Parris Island, now in a rifle squad.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was Huế in Full Metal Jacket really filmed?