The Making of Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (best version)

This is a homemade edit from the only 4 sources known to date that have used footage from the unfinished Full Metal Jacket Behind the scenes footage taken during the filming.

[@brachema]

Even now as an avid movie goer, I'm in owe of kubrick his films are like mazes you don't know where there going. The more you see them the better they get.

[@Krayne95]

and the more human suffering you see along the way

[@shawnhayden6674]

Nobody goes to the movies anymore since COVID. It is a complete shut down.

[@steveweatherly1976]

Yeah... I'm in "owe" too... Because he OWES me money. Idiot.

[@themegamoviemaniac3668]

Wow! I am speechless to find this. This is grail material. I never thought I'd see the footage outside of the exhibition again. I have to admit I considered recording it with my phone too. It's far too important not to document. You are a hero for uploading it! Thank you immensely!

[@TheJnatch]

much appreciated!!!!

[@1060michaelg]

Just bloody extraordinary! I could (no exaggeration) watch film of Stanley working for 10 hours. Just watching him THINK is instructive and riveting. I'll take all I can get of this action. Vivian Kubrick---why she did not become a documentary film maker as a career baffles me---she clearly is ultra talented with her father's keen eye and also patently loves it. I have seen Vivian's ARENA doc of "The Shining" MANY times and will watch it many more times...I hope I am watching it when the Reaper comes and says, "Ok, I've let you watch it a crap load...now you're taking the piss, let's go...we'll stop for mojitos..." Thanks for posting this!!

[@TheJnatch]

thanks

[@scottwheeler6807]

I did see the background shot of one scene towards the end where you could vaguely see a block off east London flats in the far background. I was lucky to see the set a year after filming at beckton gas works .. I’ll never forget the sniper building all blown up , .

[@iristoro7051]

2:12 uncropped full metal jacket footage on the television monitor screen with different shaped lines presenting the movie's intended aspect ratio

[@AlanCanon2222]

He knew his last three films would be shown on cable TV and/or home video release before widescreen TVs were popular, so he shot them 4:3 but "protected" for widescreen theatrical viewings.

[@MathewGrove]

just came across this, I remember as a kid we watched the filming of the "outskirts of Hue", it was filmed near my home, on the north kent marshes in Cliffe, Kent, having palm trees there was funny, but it was great to watch. (the road is still there, but looks very different now, as you can imagine).

[@TheDreamer452]

I hope somehow we see bts footage of a clockwork orange and Eyes wide shut

[@deckofcards87]

Unfortunately I don't think we'll ever see on-set footage for either as Vivian Kubrick didn't make a documentary for them. Also, particularly with Eyes, Kubrick made it a press sealed shoot before it was released. Still there's lots of cool on-set photos on this site ascmag.com/articles/a-sword-in-the-bed-eyes-wide-shut In Leon Vitali's documentary "Filmworker" I did see a very brief clip, like 5 seconds, of he and Kubrick filming an audition with Marie Richardson for Eyes Wide Shut. Presumably the rest of that tape is stored away in the Kubrick archive.

[@christoph404]

I like that bit at around 12.00 when Kubrick is trying to work out why the crew want another tea break at 4pm and Terry, the AD, chips in with ' fuck those tea breaks, I'd take all those fucking tea breaks and throw them down that fucking piss hole!"....and he says that while drinking tea and with a thermos flask of tea tucked under his arm......hahaha...fucking brilliant...!!!

[@tylertilwick6852]

Stanley Kubrick is truly in a class of his own in terms of filmmaking and visual storytelling, style, etc. There’s always something almost surreal and unearthly about every Kubrick film, and I mean that in the nicest way possible. A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Full Metal Jacket are, IMO, unlike any film I’ve seen before.

[@ericnelson9111]

Kubrick is the greatest director of all time in my opinion. Absolutely brilliant. And wasn't afraid to tackle multiple genres. Mesmerizing style.

[@remmelfierro9739]

Mi padre fue operador de cine..en mi ciudad donde vivo..cuando habia cine..ahora no hay..el paso esta pelicula a chile llego con el nombre de nacido para matar..yo era pequeño cuando la paso..no puedo mas que recordarlo al ver esto..ademas kubrik un genio...

[@trollwithoutcontent2788]

Did the AUDIO FROM THE MOVIE really need to be played over this entire video????

[@TheJnatch]

Not sure why you are asking this as the audio from the movie is not played over the entire video. The beginning of the video explains what went into the audio choices.

[@K3ntucky123]

didnt know it was made by the shining director, thats why the movie look so realistic

[@vittoriostoraro]

Unfortunately, Vivian Kubrick owns all the footage, and since she basically went mad, I doubt she’s going to do anything with it. I wish she would give it to someone else to edit and assemble.

[@Thatdud007]

She went mad? Wow, never knew that.

[@stevescoolcollectibles5182]

The footage is terrible tho. But agree it should be made available. My friend was the steadycam operator on this film. You can see him with the moustache as the camera operator in the film. Unfortunately he died a few years ago but one of my biggest regrets was not taking him up on his offer to visit Kubrick’s private archive while he was alive. Rip John.

[@frealvincentvega]

Word has it he had a private diary he wanted her to have if he died before her..tells of all the mindscapes he indulged in using a strict and timely drug induced mind ..he knew she never understood the deep feelings he had and his concise versions of such..after contemplating his explanations she decided to follow the script to the T beginning with and the end time 20:01 where the odysee of your mind flows thru infinite and creative space like clockwork and in the shining light proceed to load up the chamber full metal jackets and squeeze tight to see your eyes become wide shut

[@elwood8147]

Every second of this video is pure serotonin for me

[@GalZiv]

CONSIDER he was tough director he smiled alot... MASTER OF FILMS.

[@dennisteti1589]

In a few of the Hue shots you can see Cowboy’s breath. You can tell by Kubrick’s jacket and hat (and the fact they flew in palm trees) it mustn’t have been that warm there.

[@himwhoisnottobenamed5427]

Well it _was_ filmed in England.

[@I_am_Dane_Youssef]

And to think, this whole movie was filmed in England...

[@irishdepartmentofagriculture]

Not all of it

[@martinsmith2920]

4:43 love that acting!

[@kilo393]

Why was he so mad?

[@TooCooFoYou]

@@kilo393 Most likely, Joker originally pissed off at Pyle in the bathroom scene, instead of being scared.

[@tylercovell8440]

Nah I don’t believe he was mad, I’m fairly certain they were practicing lines for the sequence. You can see Modine laugh after finishing his lines with Kubrick critiquing how the line(s) should be said afterwards….

[@martinsmith2920]

@@tylercovell8440 OHHHH Now I get it I just got confused or whatever

[@Ccfatfat8427]

You know what rehearsing is right? And you are aware that actors do it? Because this what they are doing. Going over potential lines.

[@RizkymArifin]

3:46 Iconic scene

[@AbareKillerFan-yo7pe]

This movie was a bit too ahead of it's time, at least that's what I think

[@plasticweapon]

it was actually made kind of late.

[@longwong1016]

I miss Ernie.

[@Dizzy1980]

Ermey.

[@longwong1016]

Oh sorry

[@longwong1016]

Well fuck I can't believe I spelled his name wrong.

[@flynnjaman]

Cameron Long YOU THINK YOU’RE FUCKING MICKEY SPALANE?!

[@stewartbloomfield8035]

Same here too....Lee was my lunch partner.Stew fmj crew.

[@antoinepetrov]

Great assembly with the original soundtrack!

[@StevenAlvarez]

wow ive never seen this before, I only came across this thru reading the Full Metal Jacket wiki page which said that Vivian recorded BTS that was only ever shown in a doc called Stanley Kubrick Boxes (2008)

[@postshanna]

Unreal footage. Thank you for uploading.

[@jos3goodkid]

Does anybody know what typewriter does Kubrick have at 5:40 mark

[@AlphaBravoCheeseCake]

Adler tippa s model

[@davidresch390]

R. Lee Ermey

[@EposEffekte]

Why do I feel like I’m tripping while watching this? Lmfao

[@kanereid4977]

I remember as a kid Some of this film was shot in east london doclands great film

[@hamos67filmpro.47]

What is that thing called which Kubrick is always looking through

[@TheJnatch]

viewfinder? not sure, could be a detached lens

[@afonsolucas2219]

It's called a Director's Viewfinder. You can see how shots look on camera. Just have to adjust framing, the type of lenses and aspect ratios. Among some other things.

Vivian Kubrick got brainwashed by Scientologists and either disowned her dad or was disowned by him.

[@TheJnatch]

yeah, its sad. Its even a bit worse than that frankly. Oh well.

[@TheBlues088]

Folks, what are the sources of this? Is there any more???? Please, help me! Thank you for uploading.

[@TheJnatch]

You are welcome. The sources are all listed in the first minute and there is much more hidden away with the Kubrick family, especially Vivian. I hear discouraging things about the possibility of it ever getting released, sadly. If you have any other questions about where I got this just let me know. Or join the Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society Facebook group (the one with 20,000 members) and we have several experts there who know more about this than anyone.

[@jimveybe7689]

Had to listen with the volume off; the added audio over the original was most distracting from the content.

[@TheJnatch]

yes I gave a warning in the opening text scroll about that, it was added audio or nothing

[@Jensiswelt]

I think Hartman's German synchro is really cool 😎

[@CinemaSpecialEffects]

Arriflex 35 BL III

[@sarahbeardsley]

Wish it wasn't so hard to heard the dialogue 😭

[@TheJnatch]

me too. A new documentary about the Making of FMJ is being made by the actor who played Rafterman. Supposedly he has unseen footage, so look out for that in 2 years or so

[@BillyHayes79Music]

This set was my playground as a kid. The lockers from the movie were still in there when we used to play in there in the early 90’s

[@sasanvideoprod.6548]

Always do voice over for your projects not a lot of people can read English but they understand English

[@RonaldDregan]

Amazing video.

[@TimCleese]

Thanks for the courteous reach around.

[@marcel1372]

man just take one less tea break lol

[@godsdice911]

keep your last Bullet for surrender

[@marcok.6734]

Grazie Mille, Questo video e' una perla rara!

[@TheJnatch]

You are very welcome

[@jeanvaldmerca5481]

There were scenes where we didn't see in the movie :/

[@jonjr9]

Reminds me of boot camp

[@stevescoolcollectibles5182]

You can see why it’s not been released. Its really badly shot and the quality awful. Why are all the shots so tight? Maybe it’s been cropped, but I doubt it. Nepotism at its worst.

[@TheJnatch]

it is cropped, my opening is in English and it explains how this was made. This is not the documentary it is my edit and it is tight because there are excerpts from several sources. Tow of the sources are from people filming a screen. I wish I could do the opening in multiple languages

[@stevescoolcollectibles5182]

@@TheJnatch Did Vivian go mad? I think I read that somewhere.

[@golddragon51296]

Have you seen Joe Girard's EYE SCREAM?

[@jeremiahmoreira507]

its weird seeing Ermey's hair

[@robrobrob73]

spellbound...

[@R.POliver]

All of the Vietnam scenes were shot from late August 1985 to late December 1985. The sniper confrontation was filmed in July 1986 at Pinewood Studios in the middle of Kubrick shooting the boot camp sequence. Modine is wearing a wig under his helmet if you look closely. Another fun fact. The death of Cowboy was shot just before New Years Eve 1985 and it was so cold in fact that Kubrick had to frame his death scene so that all four of them are huddled around him, so even though it was a beautiful shot, it was all arbitrary. And the reason he could only shoot the scene that exact way, was because just out of frame, were those heaters you see at the sideline of football games, blowing hot air into the actors face to cover up their cold breath.

[@leemichel8199]

I remember doing the background activities during training at Bassingbourn barracks back in the 80s. Fond memories 😅

[@TheJnatch]

come join the Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society on Facebook there are at least 4 people (2 regulars) there who worked on FMJ, maybe more. Share memories

[@kubricksuniversepodcast]

How long were you on the film?

[@leemichel8199]

@kubricksuniversepodcast was a few weeks, it was during my training for the army .

[@kubricksuniversepodcast]

Do you have any interesting stories to share ?@@leemichel8199

[@wernerschwabeneder2235]

Destroyed through bad sound mixing.

[@TheJnatch]

theres no mixing here per se, parts of this was filmed with a phone at the exhibition where multiple videos were displaying next to each other. Its all explained in the intro

[@googlebot5431]

What’s up with the scary music?

[@TheJnatch]

its music from the film

[@redwatch1100]

The boot camp scenes were killer. But I thought the rest of the movie kinda dropped out.

[@plasticweapon]

yawn.

[@coldblackfire]

It blows my mind how they found bright days to shoot in England.