Jarhead

Mendes, Sam. (Added Author). Gyllenhaal, Jake, 1980- (Added Author). Sarsgaard, Peter. (Added Author). Foxx, Jamie. (Added Author). Swofford, Anthony. Jarhead. (Added Author). Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx, Jacob Vargas, Lucas Black, Brian Geraghty, Evan Jones, Chris Cooper. (Cast).

Summary: Follows "Swoff," a third-generation Marine enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through the Middle East deserts. There is no cover from intolerable heat or from the Iraqi soldiers, who are always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff 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 understand. Sergeant Sykes, a Marine lifer, heads up the scout/sniper platoon, while Troy, Swoff's friend and mentor, is a die-hard member of STA -- the elite Marine Unit.

Record details

ISBN: 1417051442
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 123 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
DVD videorecording
Edition: Widescreen ed.
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Bonus features: over 35 minutes of deleted scenes including more of Swoff's fantasy sequences ; in depth "Jarhead" interviews; and much more. Title from container. Based on the book by Anthony Swofford. Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Participant or Performer Note:	Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx, Jacob Vargas, Lucas Black, Brian Geraghty, Evan Jones, Chris Cooper.
Target Audience Note:	Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A. Coarse language, disturbing content. MPAA RATING: R; for pervasive language, some violent images and strong sexual content.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVD-9, single sided.
Language Note:	English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.