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  1. Jarhead is a 2005 American biographical war drama film based on the 2003 memoir of the same name by Anthony Swofford, chronicling his military service in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Persian Gulf War.

  2. www.imdb.com › title › tt0418763Jarhead (2005) - IMDb

    Nov 4, 2005 · Jarhead: Directed by Sam Mendes. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx. A psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War.

    • (207K)
    • Biography, Drama, War
    • Sam Mendes
    • 2005-11-04
  3. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › 1152567-jarheadJarhead | Rotten Tomatoes

    Nov 4, 2005 · In the late 1980s, Anthony Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) enlists as a Marine, training in boot camp under a sadistic drill instructor. Swofford undertakes a sniper course headed by Staff Sgt. Sykes ...

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    • Sam Mendes
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    • Jake Gyllenhaal
  4. May 2, 2020 · Directed by Sam Mendes and written by William Broyles Jr., Jarhead follows sniper Anthony Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his best friend and spotter Alan Troy (Peter Sarsgaard) as they endure rigorous training with a small unit of scout-snipers led by Staff Sgt. Sykes (Jamie Foxx).

  5. Nov 3, 2005 · The movie is based on the best-selling 2003 memoir Jarhead by Anthony Swofford, who served in the first Gulf War. It is unlike most war movies in that it focuses entirely on the personal experience of a young man caught up in the military process.

  6. Nov 4, 2005 · Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swoffords experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action.

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  8. www.metacritic.com › movie › jarheadJarhead - Metacritic

    Nov 4, 2005 · Laced with dark wit, honest inquisition and episodes that are at once surreal and poignant, tragic and absurd, Jarhead is the film adaptation of Marine Anthony Swofford's bracing memoir that took readers into his disorienting firsthand experience in the Gulf War.

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