Matthew Modine slams Amazon for changing ‘iconic’ ‘Full Metal Jacket’ poster
nypost.comMatthew Modine, who starred in the 1987 Stanley Kubrick war comedy “Full Metal Jacket,” is outraged that Amazon changed the artwork on the platform’s landing page to rent the film.
Modine, 65, took to X, formerly Twitter, to slam the streamer for tweaking the poster of the Oscar-nominated film. “Who decided to remove ‘BORN TO KILL?’’ Modine blasted Amazon in his tweet, adding, “Not only did they alter a piece of iconic art by Philip Castle, but they completely misunderstood the point of it being there.”On the movie’s original poster, there’s a war helmet with the words “Born to Kill” written on it.
Amazon Prime stripped the phrase off, and showed the helmet sans the words on their version of the poster for the movie. It was the last Kubrick film released during his lifetime, as he died in 1999 from a heart attack at age 70.
Modine included a photo of the helmet in his tweet. ‘[My character] Pvt. Joker wears the helmet with “BORN TO KILL” and the peace button as a statement about ‘the duality of man,’” Modine, who is also known for “Stranger Things,” continued.
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