Was the Movie Full Metal Jacket based on a Book By Gustav Hasford ? if so Whats the name if the book?
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Hasford's novel "The Short Times"
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I believe in it. The book especially is too compelling not to. I don't understand it, though, but I do think there's too much evidence to support some sort of occurance going on...not sure if it's aliens or what, but I'm convinced that there are many things abound that we just don't know about. \n\nIf you haven't read the book, do so. The movie is hollywoodized and nothing like the book.
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Book can always give u more details.. therefore its unfair to compare both of them. If u have read the book first u r likely to love the book more than the movie.
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Jeremiah Johnson was part fiction/part fact. Was based on Liver Eating Johnson who was a lot meaner than Robert Redford was in the movie. Was called Liver Eating Johnson because he supposedly ate the livers of the men he killed. A good site to read about him is:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver-Eating_Johnson
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Have you read Bag of Bones?  Really good story.  Better than the movie.  Another one if Don't Say a Word.  Not near as good but fair.
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I have. It's a good book. Honestly, few books I read in high school were so good as it. Possibly "The Great Gatsby" or "Catcher in the Rye", but that's it.
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All I could find is that there was a book written by Charles Austin Beard called The Devil theory of War; an inquiry into the nature of history and the possibility of keeping out of war.\n\n**During the great depression, devils led us to war aided by bankers and arms manufacturers on cost contracts
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Hi,\n\nI know there was a movie called "lightning Jack" but I thought it was a fictitious character based on numerous Aussie bushrangers. I thought they drew the name from Captain Thunderbolt.
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jeremiah johnson with robert redford?
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It's not based on a novel. The script was based on earlier scripts and stories written by Dan O'Bannon and Ron Shusett. From Wikipedia...\n\nDan O'Bannon (who had collaborated with John Carpenter on the cult sci-fi film Dark Star) wrote the original screenplay as a script titled Star Beast, a revision of some earlier ideas of O'Bannon's (one of which dated from some years before) about gremlins getting loose aboard a World War II bomber and wreaking havoc with the crew (the B-17 segment of the movie Heavy Metal used a significantly altered version of this original story).
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The book was better ,the movie was great . If you havent read the book read it 1st then watch the movie.
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i have read the book, and i thought that it was brilliant, as for the film it looks a bit dated now so i have not seen it, i think the reason why its so popular is that it was banned for so long and it caused a lot of hype.\n\nread the book, twice, it great
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Yes its a real book by Erich Segal.\nIts a fantastically written book with good character building.
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Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket
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Well it is a real book, and a real movie, so I guess you have to belive it exists.\n\nOf course everyone does know it is merely fiction , right?\n\nAbout the only fact that is true is that there really is a France.
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It seems to have been based on the novel.  Just done a quick search on Amazon and it dates the novel as 1998 - this was long before the screenplay.\n\nYou can get the DVD there too.\n\nThe link below might work, if not just type it into Amazon.
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Favorite book: A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving (the movie loosely based on this book, called "Simon Birch," is not very good, however).\n\nFavorite movie: The Godfather. Interestingly, the book for the Godfather is also a great read.