I know this isn't quite the form but I was in the film - must have been made about 1988/89 if I remember correctly. I got paid £50 for my part.

What ruined the film for me, a lot of it was shot at the old Beckton Gasworks near London. If the film is watched closely, the old cars and trucks burnt out or othwerwise destroyed were of old British manufacture and palm tree's were planted in rubbish skips.

The first half of the film in the barracks was filmed at Bassingbourn Bks - a lot of the vietnam scenes were filmed in East Anglia

Originally Posted by Cheeser

The first half of the film in the barracks was filmed at Bassingbourn Bks - a lot of the vietnam scenes were filmed in East Anglia

I did training at Bassinbourn and knew it quite well.

This disused Beckton Gasworks potrayed the ruined city of Hue


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Metal_Jacket

Some of the City scenes were supposed to have been filmed in the Docklands before they rebuilt it. Us extra's all went to see the film as soon as it was out at the cinema. We quite disgusted that we watched it all through and never got to see ourselves LOL

I seem to remember that outside station HQ at Bassinbourn there was an arch or something that was built at Changi by POW's, is it still there?

Originally Posted by AFSteliga

PVT Joker wears a peace button.

The song is Hello Vietnam, sung by Johnnie Wright

Who was supposed to receive a Section Eight, and why?

The Guy's nickname was Hand Job. And as Private Cowboy said, "Last week he was sent down to Da Nang to see the Navy head shrinker, and the crazy fer starts jerking off in the waiting room."

Originally Posted by Devil505

He promised his (rafterman's) mom he would bring him home safe?

I believe that Jokers fear was that Raftermans Mom would find him after he rotated back to the world and beat the st out of him.

Yeah "No can do Rafterman, you get zapped ......."

Who was it that said?

"The only bad bush he's seen was between old mamasans legs"