Full Metal Jacket: The Screenplay.

KUBRICK, Stanley; Michael Herr; Gustav Hasford.

$7,200.00

Item Number: 147259

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

First edition of this screenplay based on the novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with stills from the movie. Boldly signed by Gustav Hasford and Michael Herr on the title page. Additionally signed three times by legendary designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, title page and again on the rear panel. In near fine condition. Cover design by Chip Kidd. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed.

Full Metal Jacket premiered in 1987 to critical acclaim, grossing $120 million against a budget of $16.5–30 million. Based on Hasford's 1979 autobiographical novel, The Short-Timers, the film follows a platoon of U.S. Marines through their boot camp training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island as they struggle under their abusive drill instructor, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, and ultimately engage in the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War. The final film Stanley Kubrick ever made, Full Metal Jacket was nominated for eleven awards and won five, four of which were awarded to Kubrick himself as writer, director, and producer.