JarHead Movie (2005)
A psychological study of operations desert shield and desert storm during the gulf war; through the eyes of a U.S marine sniper who struggles to cope with the possibility his girlfriend may be cheating on him back home.
Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, a Camus-reading kid from Sacramento, enlists in the Marines in the late 1980s. He malingers during boot camp, but makes it through as a sniper, paired with the usually-reliable Troy. The Gulf War breaks out, and his unit goes to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield. After 175 days of boredom, adrenaline, heat, worry about his girlfriend finding someone else, losing it and nearly killing a mate, demotion, latrine cleaning, faulty gas masks, and desert football, Desert Storm begins. In less than five days, it's over, but not before Swoff sees burned bodies, flaming oil derricks, an oil-drenched horse, and maybe a chance at killing. Where does all the testosterone go?
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Storyline
Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, a Camus-reading kid from Sacramento, enlists in the Marines in the late 1980s. He malingers during boot camp, but makes it through as a sniper, paired with the usually-reliable Troy. The Gulf War breaks out, and his unit goes to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield. After 175 days of boredom, adrenaline, heat, worry about his girlfriend finding someone else, losing it and nearly killing a mate, demotion, latrine cleaning, faulty gas masks, and desert football, Desert Storm begins. In less than five days, it's over, but not before Swoff sees burned bodies, flaming oil derricks, an oil-drenched horse, and maybe a chance at killing. Where does all the testosterone go?
Details
- Rated: R
- Runtime: 2:05 hours
- Genre: Action, Drama, War
- Director: Sam Mendes
- Writer: William Broyles Jr. (screenplay), Anthony Swofford (book)
- Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx
- Language: English, Spanish, Arabic, Latin
- Country: USA, UK, Germany
- Awards: 6 wins & 12 nominations
- Production Company: Universal Pictures
- Box Office: $62,578,105
- ASIN: B001M2CBRK
- Year Released: 2005
- Release Date: Nov 4, 2005
- DVD Date: Mar 6, 2006
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