Jarhead, directed by Sam Mendes ; screenplay by William D. Broyles, Jr. ; produced by Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher ; a Universal Pictures presentation in association with MP Kappa Productions, Neal Street Productions
Type
Label
Jarhead, directed by Sam Mendes ; screenplay by William D. Broyles, Jr. ; produced by Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher ; a Universal Pictures presentation in association with MP Kappa Productions, Neal Street Productions
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language, some violent images and strong sexual content
Main title
Jarhead
Oclc number
62709425
Responsibility statement
directed by Sam Mendes ; screenplay by William D. Broyles, Jr. ; produced by Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher ; a Universal Pictures presentation in association with MP Kappa Productions, Neal Street Productions
Runtime
123
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
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Sarsgaard, Peter
- Wick, Douglas
- Newman, Thomas, 1955-
- Fisher, Lucy
- Foxx, Jamie
- Black, Lucas, 1982-
- Gyllenhaal, Jake, 1980-
- Mendes, Sam
- MP Kappa Productions
- Vargas, Jacob
- Swofford, Anthony
- Universal Pictures (Firm)
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Deakins, Roger A., 1949-
- MacDonald, Scott
- Broyles, William, Jr., 1944-
- Neal Street Productions
- Geraghty, Brian
- Cooper, Chris, 1951-
Genre
- Feature films
- Adaptations
- French language materials
- Grabaciones de v?deo para los de audici?n disminuido
- Largometrajes
- Spanish language materials
- War
- Fiction films
- Pel?culas de guerra
- Materiales en español
- Films for the hearing impaired
- War drama
- Film adaptations
- War films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Drama
- Historical re-creations
Subject
- Soldiers
- War -- Feature
- Swofford, Anthony
- Soldados -- Estados Unidos -- Drama
- Guerra del Golfo P?rsico, 1991 -- Drama
- Drama
- War drama
- Persian Gulf War (1991)
- Materiales en español -- Bilingüe
- Adaptations
- Largometrajes
- War -- Feature
- Film adaptations
- United States -- Drama
- War films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Drama
- Feature films -- United States
- 1991
- Feature films
- Soldados -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
- French language materials -- Bilingual
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Fiction films
- United States
- Soldiers -- United States -- Drama
- Guerras Médicas, 1991 -- Teatro
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 + Drama
- Swofford, Anthony -- Film adaptations
- Grabaciones de v?deo para los de audici?n disminuido
- Spanish language materials -- Bilingual
- Pel?culas de guerra
- Historical re-creations
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance3
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor19
- Sarsgaard, Peter
- Wick, Douglas
- Newman, Thomas, 1955-
- Fisher, Lucy
- Foxx, Jamie
- Black, Lucas, 1982-
- Gyllenhaal, Jake, 1980-
- Mendes, Sam
- MP Kappa Productions
- Vargas, Jacob
- Swofford, Anthony
- Universal Pictures (Firm)
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Deakins, Roger A., 1949-
- MacDonald, Scott
- Broyles, William, Jr., 1944-
- Neal Street Productions
- Geraghty, Brian
- Cooper, Chris, 1951-
- Genre17
- Feature films
- Adaptations
- French language materials
- Grabaciones de v?deo para los de audici?n disminuido
- Largometrajes
- Spanish language materials
- War
- Fiction films
- Pel?culas de guerra
- Materiales en español
- Films for the hearing impaired
- War drama
- Film adaptations
- War films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Drama
- Historical re-creations
- Subject33
- Soldiers
- War -- Feature
- Swofford, Anthony
- Soldados -- Estados Unidos -- Drama
- Guerra del Golfo P?rsico, 1991 -- Drama
- Drama
- War drama
- Persian Gulf War (1991)
- Materiales en español -- Bilingüe
- Adaptations
- Largometrajes
- War -- Feature
- Film adaptations
- United States -- Drama
- War films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Drama
- Feature films -- United States
- 1991
- Feature films
- Soldados -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
- French language materials -- Bilingual
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Fiction films
- United States
- Soldiers -- United States -- Drama
- Guerras Médicas, 1991 -- Teatro
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 + Drama
- Swofford, Anthony -- Film adaptations
- Grabaciones de v?deo para los de audici?n disminuido
- Spanish language materials -- Bilingual
- Pel?culas de guerra
- Historical re-creations
- Content1
- Actor8
- resource.cinematographer1
- Composer1
- Director1
- Is Based On1
- Producer2
- resource.screenwriter1
- Mapped to1