Full Metal Jacket (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital)

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The audio commentary is definitely worth giving a listen, if you’ve never taken the time to do so, now that you can while watching the film in 4K. Partly that’s because Cocks devotes a lot of his time to praise of the film, and he also gets into some bland interpretation of it.

For the week of September 21st, Warner Home Entertainment is offering a new 4K pressing of Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. I heard nice localization when the grunts were on the shooting range, and some general ambience also stretched across the different speakers.The discs are housed inside a hard, black eco-friendly plastic case with a cardboard slipcover featuring new artwork for the film.

The film finally hits the format on 9/22, and here we have it, all the info you need on the release. Then, on the 4K UHD Blu-ray disc itself, you’ll actually find the audio commentary conveniently there — unlike on so many 4K releases out there.Last year it was Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s masterwork, “The Shining” (1980) which also received Warner’s reference-quality 4K presentation. At one point Kubrick noticed a potential location out his window, and became so distracted describing to Milsome how he wanted the location used in the film that he crashed the car into a six foot deep ditch, rolling the SUV onto its side. For nearly two hours the story unfolds more like a “book of short stories than a novel,” film critic Roger Ebert said during the summer of 1987. The sound effects here prove to still manage to sound pretty impressive at times, making nice use of the rear channels for sounds like gunfire, tanks, helicopters, and whatnot.

Lee Ermey’s iconic performance as Hartman being an undisputed highlight, but perhaps the real standout of the film is D’Onofrio whose suffering throughout the first half is agonising to watch, and rewarded with arguably the best scene. recent viewings, combined with the obvious visual strengths of this 4K transfer, have pushed me slightly over to the other side. Set to the excellent music of the 60s, the film gives an in-depth glimpse of America's youths getting every strand of hair on their head cut off. Although Kubrick shockingly only made a dozen feature films over a near half-century career, and this one isn't anywhere near the top ( 2001, The Shining and Dr. From there we hear about casting and performances, recreating Vietnam in England, the length of the shoot and its effect on the actors, Kubrick’s working methods, some themes and interpretation, and thoughts about the movie’s legacy.Updated daily and in real-time, we track all high-def disc news and release dates, and review the latest disc titles.