Jarhead

The Resource Jarhead
Label
Jarhead
Statement of responsibility
directed by Sam Mendes ; screenplay by William D. Broyles, Jr. ; produced by Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher ; a Universal Pictures presentation in association with MP Kappa Productions, Neal Street Productions
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  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Follows "Swoff," a third-generation Marine enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through the Middle East deserts. There is no cover from intolerable heat or from the Iraqi soldiers, who are always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand, against an enemy they can't see, for a cause they don't fully understand. Sergeant Sykes, a Marine lifer, heads up the scout/sniper platoon, while Troy, Swoff's friend and mentor, is a die-hard member of STA - the elite Marine Unit
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Roger Deakins ; art directors, Stefan Dechant, Christina Wilson ; editor, Walter Murch ; music, Thomas Newman ; costume designer, Albert Wolskey ; production designer, Dennis Gassner ; visual effects supervisor, Pablo Helman
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language, some violent images and strong sexual content
Language note
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue; optional English (SDH), French or Spanish subtitles
PerformerNote
Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx, Jacob Vargas, Lucas Black, Brian Geraghty, Evan Jones, Chris Cooper
Runtime
123
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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