Jarhead

(2005)

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Synopsis

Jake Gyllenhaal gives a dead-on-target performance as a marine followed from boot camp to his assignment as an elite sniper during Operation Desert Storm. The superb film is based on the memoir of ex-leatherneck Anthony Swofford (Gyllenhaal). Sam Mendes ("American Beauty") directed from a script by William Broyles Jr. Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Chris Cooper, Lucas Black, Brianne Davis, Jacob Vargas.

Directors

Sam Mendes, Doug Wick, David Parker, Roger Deakins, Thomas Newman, Sam Mercer, Bobby Cohen, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Christina Wilson, Debra Zane, Jeff Habberstad, James D. Dever, Universal Pictures, David Boulton, Sam Mercer, Bobby Cohen, Lee Alan McConnell, Dennis Liddiard, LaLette Littlejohn, Walter Murch

Production year

2005

Rating

R

Studio

Universal Pictures

Runtime

115 minutes

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Chris Cooper, Jamie Foxx