In Vietnam, the wind doesn't blow. It sucks.
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.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Producer
- Stanley Kubrick, Jan Harlan, Philip Hobbs
- Editor
- Martin Hunter
- Cinematography
- Douglas Milsome
- Production Design
- Anton Furst
- Art Direction
- Rod Stratfold, Keith Pain, Leslie Tomkins
- Composer
- Vivian Kubrick
- Costume
- Keith Denny
- Makeup
- Christine Allsopp, Jennifer Boost
Details
- Studios
- Natant, Stanley Kubrick Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Languages
- English, Vietnamese
- Certification
- R
- Release
- June 26, 1987
Themes
rescuesnipervietnam warsuicidevietnamhelicopterarmyprostitutebased on novel or bookpropagandawar correspondentjournalism