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Recruits move from the brutal US Marine training bootcamp – into the nightmare of war.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Overview
The last film to be released during Kubrick’s lifetime is a powerful look at the Vietnam war through the eyes of recruits moving from the brutal US Marine training bootcamp into the nightmare on the ground overseas.
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