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Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and Jake Gyllenhaal star in this critically acclaimed, brilliantly unconventional war story from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes. Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows Swoff (Gyllenhaal) from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, where he sports a sniper rifle through Middle East deserts that provide no cover from the heat or Iraqi soliders. Swofff 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 grasp. Bonus Features Swoffs Fantasies News Interviews in Full Deleted Scenes Jarhead Diaries with Introduction by Director Sam Mendes Background with Introduction by Director Sam Mendes Semper Fi: Life After the Corps Feature Commentary with Director Sam Mendes Feature Commentary with Screenwriter William Broyles, Jr. and Author Anthony Swofford
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Jarhead (2005)
123 min
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.