Jarhead (film)
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| Directed by | Sam Mendes |
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Douglas Wick Lucy Fisher |
| Screenplay by | William Broyles, Jr. |
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Jarhead by Anthony Swofford |
| Starring |
Jake Gyllenhaal Peter Sarsgaard Chris Cooper Jamie Foxx |
| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Edited by | Walter Murch |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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123 minutes |
| Country | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $72 million |
| Box office | $96.9 million |
Jarhead is a 2005 American biographical war drama film based on U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford's 2003 memoir of the same name, directed by Sam Mendes, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Swofford with Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard and Chris Cooper. The title comes from the slang term used to refer to United States Marines.
In 1989, Anthony "Swoff" Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) attends U.S. Marine Corps training before being stationed at Camp Pendleton. Claiming that he joined the military because he "got lost on the way to college", Swofford finds his time at Camp Pendleton difficult, and struggles to make friends. While Swofford feigns illness to avoid his responsibilities, a "lifer", Staff Sergeant Sykes (Jamie Foxx), takes note of his potential and orders Swofford to attend his Scout Sniper course.
After gruelling training, the Scout Sniper course is left with eight candidates, among them Swofford, now a sniper, and Swofford's roommate Corporal Alan Troy (Peter Sarsgaard) who becomes his spotter. When Iraq invades Kuwait, Swofford's unit is deployed to the Arabian Peninsula as a part of Operation Desert Shield. Eager for combat, the Marines find themselves bored with remedial training, constant drills, and a routine monotony that feeds their boredom, and prompts them to talk about the unfaithful girlfriends and wives waiting for them at home. They even erect a bulletin board featuring photographs and brief notes telling what perfidies the women had committed.
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