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Jarhead (2005) -- Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait.
Jarhead (2005) -- Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait.
Jarhead (2005) -- Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait.
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Release Date:
4 November 2005 (USA) more
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Every man fights his own war. more
Plot:
Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 9 nominations more
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(96 articles)
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User Comments:
a worthy effort but seems to be lacking more (615 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jake Gyllenhaal ... Anthony Swofford

Scott MacDonald ... D.I. Fitch

Peter Sarsgaard ... Alan Troy

Jamie Foxx ... Staff Sgt. Sykes

Lo Ming ... Bored Gunny (as Ming Lo)

Lucas Black ... Chris Kruger

Kevin Foster ... Branded Marine

Brian Geraghty ... Fergus O'Donnell

Damion Poitier ... Poitier
Riad Galayini ... Nurse
Craig Coyne ... Young Mr. Swofford

Katherine Randolph ... Young Mrs. Swofford
Rini Bell ... Swoff's Sister

Dendrie Taylor ... Mrs. Swofford

James Morrison ... Mr. Swofford
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Also Known As:
Jarhead - Willkommen im Dreck (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive language, some violent images and strong sexual content.
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125 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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According to Iván Fenyö, almost 70% of his performance was cut out. Two months before the release of the movie the director phoned Ivan and told him that the studio didn't wanted most of the lines he had in the movie. According to the actor, some of his parts was about his notices as an East-European about democracy and the Gulf War. more
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: After Troy is branded, Swofford leans in and tells him, "You earned it, man!" This does not match up to his lip movement. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford: A story: A man fires a rifle for many years, and he goes to war. And afterward he turns the rifle in at the armory, and he believes he's finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands, love a woman, build a house, change his son's diaper; his hands remember the rifle.
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Referenced in Semper Fi (2006) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) more

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What happens with Troy after the war?
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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
a worthy effort but seems to be lacking, 19 December 2005
Author: Special-K88

Gritty story based on the true life experiences of Marine recruit Anthony Swofford, a naive teenager who gets more than he bargained for beginning in basic training, then a long and hellish nightmare of combat after he's shipped off to Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. Well-crafted, strongly acted, and extremely political the film certainly holds your interest, but the script is unfocused, the subject matter never truly compelling, and the momentum slows more and more as it goes along. Gyllenhaal is respectable as the reluctant Marine who finds himself in over his head, while Foxx is a powerhouse as his gung-ho sergeant. Starts off strongly, but gradually becomes conventional and loses its way. **½

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