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1987 "Full Metal Jacket" opening day advertisement...
1987 "Full Metal Jacket" opening day advertisement...
Item # 717701
June 23, 1987
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 23, 1987
* "FULL METAL JACKET" movie advertisement
* Grand opening day premiere in Manhattan
* Director Stanley Kubrick - Vietnam War film
Page 58 has a nice full page advertisement for the opening day premiere of "Full Metal Jacket" in Manhattan. (see images)
AI notes: Full Metal Jacket (1987), directed by Stanley Kubrick, follows U.S. Marine Private Joker from brutal boot camp at Parris Island to the Vietnam War. In training, the recruits endure harsh discipline under Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, leading one unstable recruit, Private Pyle, to kill Hartman and himself. In Vietnam, Joker works as a war correspondent and witnesses the horrors of combat firsthand, including a deadly encounter with a sniper. The film explores the psychological effects of war, the loss of innocence, and the dehumanization of soldiers.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the time.
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Complete with 152 pages, tabloid-size, one crease across the center, nice condition.
Provenance note: This issue comes from The Village Voice's own archives, part of their in-house collection used to create their digital archive. Rare as such.
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Category: The 20th Century
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