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Jerry Gustave Hasford (November 28, 1947 – January 29, 1993), also known under his pen name Gustav Hasford, was an American novelist, journalist and poet. His semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers (1979) was the basis for the film Full Metal Jacket (1987).
A tribute to Gus Hasford, the author of The Short-Timers, a novel about the Vietnam War that inspired Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. The article recounts his life, his achievements, his troubles and his death in 1993.
Mar 28, 1993 · Gus Hasford was a Vietnam veteran and novelist who created Private Joker, the protagonist of Stanley Kubrick's film "Full Metal Jacket". He had a troubled and eccentric career, marked by literary success, legal troubles, and early death.
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Nov 28, 2023 · Gustav Hasford (1947-1993) was a novelist and screenwriter who wrote about the Vietnam war. He is best known for his novel The Short Timers, which inspired the film Full Metal Jacket by Stanley Kubrick.
Jan 29, 1993 · Jerry Gustave Hasford (November 28, 1947 – January 29, 1993), also known under his pen name Gustav Hasford was the author of two major novels of the Vietnam war, The Short Timers and The Phantom Blooper, as well as a third book, A Gypsy Good Time.
Gustav Hasford. Writer: Full Metal Jacket. Gustav Hasford was born in 1947, in Russellville, Alabama. He joined the Marines right out of school in 1967 and used his experiences as a Combat Correspondent in Vietnam to write his first novel, The Short-Timers, which Stanley Kubrick turned into Full Metal Jacket (1987).
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