Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket

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fictional character film character

Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket is the cynical, wisecracking U.S. Marine and central viewpoint character who navigates both brutal boot camp and the moral chaos of the Vietnam War.

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Label Occurrences
Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket canonical 1
Private Leonard 'Gomer Pyle' Lawrence in Full Metal Jacket 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
alias Joker ⓘ
Private Joker ⓘ
appearsInFilm Full Metal Jacket ⓘ
basedOn James T. "Joker" Davis ⓘ
basedOnCharacterFrom The Short-Timers ⓘ
bootCampInstructor Gunnery Sergeant Hartman ⓘ
characterIn Full Metal Jacket ⓘ
confronts Vietnam War propaganda ⓘ
createdBy Gustav Hasford ⓘ
Stanley Kubrick ⓘ
directorOfWork Stanley Kubrick ⓘ
employer Stars and Stripes ⓘ
familyName Davis ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1987 ⓘ
friend Private Cowboy ⓘ
Gomer Pyle ⓘ
surface form: Private Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence
fullName J.T. Davis ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName T. J. ⓘ
surface form: J.T.
jobRole combat correspondent ⓘ
locationInFilm Huế ⓘ
surface form: Hue, Vietnam
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps ⓘ
moralConflict killing versus compassion ⓘ
narrativeFunction audience surrogate ⓘ
narrator ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableScene interview with Colonel about Born to Kill and peace symbol ⓘ
mercy killing of wounded sniper ⓘ
occupation U.S. Marine ⓘ
participatesIn Battle of Hue ⓘ
surface form: Hue offensive
personalityTrait cynical ⓘ
wisecracking ⓘ
portrayedBy Matthew Modine ⓘ
rank Private ⓘ
role central viewpoint character ⓘ
screenwriterOfWork Gustav Hasford ⓘ
Michael Herr ⓘ
Stanley Kubrick ⓘ
servesInWar Vietnam War ⓘ
symbolizes duality of man ⓘ
moral ambiguity of war ⓘ
themeInvolvement dehumanization in military training ⓘ
journalistic ethics in wartime ⓘ
trainingLocation Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island ⓘ
unit Marine combat correspondent unit ⓘ
wearsOnHelmet Born to Kill slogan ⓘ
peace symbol button ⓘ

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Matthew Modine → portrayed → Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket ⓘ
Vincent D'Onofrio → portrayed → Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Private Leonard 'Gomer Pyle' Lawrence in Full Metal Jacket