Director: Stanley KubrickWriter: Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav HasfordStars: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'OnofrioSummary: A two-segment look at the effect of the military mindset and war itself on Vietnam era Marines. The first half follows a group of recruits in boot camp under the command of the punishing Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. The second half shows one of those recruits, Joker, covering the war as a correspondent for Stars and Stripes, focusing on the Tet offensive. —Scott Renshaw <as.idc@forsythe.stanford.edu>