Jarhead (DVD)

Directed by Sam Mendes

Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Lo Ming, Kevin Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Damion Poitier, Riad Galayini, Craig Coyne, Katherine Randolph, Rini Bell, John Krasinski, Lucas Black, Dennis Haysbert, Jacob Vargas, Laz Alonso, Evan Jones, Ivan Fenyo, Chris Cooper, Jamie Foxx, Brian Geraghty

Contributors: Lucy Fisher, Douglas Wick, Thomas Newman, Roger Deakins, William Broyles Jr.

Studio: UCA
Main Language: English
Subtitles: Arabic, English, Icelandic
Region: Region 2
Release Date: 30 May 2011
Originally Issued: 2005
No of Discs: 1
Genre: War
BBFC Cert: (15) Suitable for 15 years and over.
Rental/Retail: Retail/Rental
Run Time: 123 minutes
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1

Description

Sam Mendes directs this adaptation of former Marine Anthony Swofford's Gulf War memoir. Young recruit Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) joins up with the US Marines (nicknamed 'Jarheads' because of their distinctive haircuts) on the eve of the 1990 Gulf War. After a brutal spell in boot camp, during which Swofford and his fellow recruits are systematically geared up for the conflict, the Marines are dispatched to the deserts of the Persian Gulf to take part in a war that sees them required to do very little in the way of fighting.

Bored and frustrated in the middle of nowhere, the young soldiers resort to a macabre sense of humour as they wait for the war to happen to them.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Deleted Scenes
• Commentary: Sam Mendes (director), William Broyles (screenwriter), Anthony Swofford (author)
• Other Documentary: 'Swoff's Fantasies', 'News Interviews'