Full Metal Jacket (1987) – Filming Locations
Drama / War · Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Starring Matthew Modine
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.
Where was Full Metal Jacket filmed?
- London, United Kingdom, London – The entire Vietnam War combat sequences in Hue City. Kubrick constructed a massive replica of the bombed-out Vietnamese city within the derelict Beckton Gasworks, one of the largest sets ever built in the UK, allowing complete control over weather, lighting, and destruction effects
- Colchester, United Kingdom, Colchester – The US Marine Corps training sequences and boot camp drill scenes. The real military barracks served as the primary filming location for the iconic first half of the film featuring Gunnery Sergeant Hartman's brutal drill instructor sequences
- Isle of Sheppey, United Kingdom, Faversham – Additional Vietnam combat and urban warfare sequences. Industrial and derelict locations around the Isle of Sheppey area were used for supplementary Vietnam War combat scenes and providing additional bombed-out cityscape footage