Full Metal Jacket (1987) Private Pyle Fails Scene (2, 10), Movieclips

Full Metal Jacket Private Pyle Fails: Pvt. Pyle (Vincent D Onofrio) continually flounders in basic training. BUY THE MOVIE: Watch the best Full Metal Jacket scenes clips: FILM DESCRIPTION: Stanley Kubrick s take on the Vietnam War follows smartaleck Private Davis (Matthew Modine), quickly christened Joker by his foulmouthed drill sergeant (R. Lee Ermey), and pudgy Private Lawrence (Vincent D Onofrio), nicknamed Gomer Pyle, as they endure the rigors of basic training. Though Pyle takes a frightening detour, Joker graduates to the Marine Corps and is sent to Vietnam as a journalist, covering and eventually participating in the bloody Battle of Hué. CREDITS: TM Warner Bros. (1987) Cast: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Erm