9 7 9 ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁best - s eller , ▁described ▁in ▁News week ▁as ▁"[ t ] he ▁best ▁work ▁of ▁fiction ▁about ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War ". ▁It ▁was ▁adapted ▁into ▁the ▁feature ▁film ▁Full ▁Metal ▁Jack et ▁( 1 9 8 7 ), ▁directed ▁by ▁Stanley ▁Kub rick . ▁The ▁screen play ▁by ▁Has ford , ▁Kub rick , ▁and ▁screen writer ▁Michael ▁Herr ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁an ▁Academy ▁Award . ▁Has ford ' s ▁actual ▁contributions ▁were ▁a ▁subject ▁of ▁dispute ▁among ▁the ▁three , ▁and ▁ultimately ▁Has ford ▁chose ▁not ▁to ▁attend ▁the ▁Oscar ▁cer emon ies . ▁ ▁Library ▁books ▁the ft ▁charges ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁Has ford ▁had ▁borrow ed ▁ 9 8 ▁books ▁from ▁the ▁Sac r amento , ▁California ▁public ▁library ▁and ▁was ▁wanted ▁for ▁grand ▁the ft ▁there . ▁Then , ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁shortly ▁before ▁the ▁O sc ars ▁ceremony , ▁he ▁was ▁charged ▁with ▁the ft ▁after ▁campus ▁police ▁from ▁California ▁Poly techn ic ▁State ▁University ▁in ▁San ▁Luis ▁Ob is po , ▁California , ▁found ▁nearly ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁library ▁books ▁in ▁his ▁r ented ▁storage ▁lo cker . ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁he ▁had ▁ 8 7 ▁over due ▁books ▁and ▁five ▁years ▁of ▁Civil ▁War ▁Times ▁magazine ▁issues ▁checked ▁out ▁from ▁the ▁Cal ▁Poly - S LO ▁library ; ▁the ▁materials ▁were ▁val ued ▁at ▁over ▁$ 2 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁Has