Behind-the-scenes facts about the movie Full Metal Jacket

[post_page_title]Setting the scene[/post_page_title]
In order to turn the Beckton Gas Works into a replica of Hue after attacks, Stanley Kubrick is said to have used still photographs taken in 1968 as his inspiration. He then made the movie’s art director knock specific holes in certain buildings using a wrecking ball, and blow up certain buildings.

Kubrick also had plastic trees flown in from California for the outdoor scenes but didn’t like the first batch. Eventually, they used 100,000 plastic plants from Hong Kong and 200 real palm trees from Spain.