This war movie had a toxic set. Literally.
Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 war drama Full Metal Jacket is probably most remembered for exploring the toxic nature of hyper-masculinity in the military, but who knew that the environment in which they shot the iconic film was just as toxic, literally? Years after the movie's release, it was revealed that Full Metal Jacket was filmed at an abandoned chemical plant in London and was far from the first production to shoot there.
Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Full Metal Jacket’ Was Shot at a Chemical Plant Most people who’ve seen Full Metal Jacket probably associate the movie with its first act, in which a group of young American men goes through vigorous training in order to join the forces of the Vietnam War. The recruits are verbally and physically abused by the relentless Sergeant Hartman until one struggling recruit is pushed to his breaking point and kills both Sergeant Hartman and himself.
‘For Your Eyes Only’ and ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ Were Shot at Beckton Gas Works Beckton officially shut down on June 1, 1970, and became a relatively popular shooting location, with movies like the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only, and the 1984 adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four filming scenes at the abandoned facility. By the time Full Metal Jacket was being shot in 1985, Beckton Gas Works was set to be demolished, so Kubrick was free to destroy buildings at will.
A few projects made use of the post-apocalyptic look and shot at Beckton after its demolition, and bizarrely, from 1989 to 2001 the aforementioned mounds of toxic chemicals were used as a dry ski slope dubbed the Beckton Alps. As of 2001, there is virtually no trace of the plant, with some of the surrounding area now being composed of light industrial estates and commercial housing, which given what we know now, also seems like a pretty bad idea.
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