| Uniform Title |
Jarhead (Motion picture : 2019) |
| Title |
Jarhead. |
| Published |
[Australia] : Universal Pictures, [2023] |
| ©2005 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (118 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Pictures : 8242539. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. |
| Bonus features: Swoff's fantasies - 5 scenes with commentary by Sam Mendes ; News interviews - in full with commentary by Sam Mendes ; Deleted scenes - 11 scenes with commentary by Sam Mendes ; Feature commentary - with director Sam Mendes ; Feature commentary with screenwriter - William Broyles and Jarhead author Anthony Swafford. |
| Based on the book by Anthony Swofford. |
| "Every man fights his own war" --Cover. |
| Credits |
Directed by Sam Mendes ; screenplay by William D. Broyles, Jr. |
| Performers |
Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Lucas Black, Dennis Haysbert. |
| Summary |
Jarhead is an irreverent and edgy look at modern warfare from a soldier's point of view. The film follows "Swoff" (Jake Gyllenhaal), a naive young recruit and his platoon mates from the intensity and camaraderie of boot camp to being shipped to a lonely outpost in a surreal desert setting. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA 15+. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 2, 4 ; Anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1. |
| Language note |
In English and Hungarian. Subtitles in English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, Swedish. Menu screens in English and Dutch. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Subjects |
Swofford, Anthony -- Film adaptations |
| Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Drama |
| Snipers -- Drama |
| War -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Genre |
War films |
| Action and adventure films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Mendes, Sam |
| Gyllenhaal, Jake, 1980- |
| Sarsgaard, Peter |
| Foxx, Jamie |
| Swofford, Anthony |
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