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Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows "Swoff" (Gyllenhaal), a third-generation 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 Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers, 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 fathom... Foxx portrays Sergeant Sykes, a Marine lifer who heads up Swofford's scout/sniper platoon, while Sarsgaard is Swoff's friend and mentor, Troy, a die-hard member of STA-their elite Marine Unit.

Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Lo Ming, Kevin Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Damion Poitier.

Directors: Sam Mendes

Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen.

Rated: R

Studio: Mca Home Video

DVD Release Date: March 7, 2006

Run Time: 123 minutes

  • Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • "Swoff's Fantasies" with Commentary by Director Sam Mendes and Editor Walter Murch
  • News Interviews in Full with Commentary by Director Sam Mendes and Editor Walter Murch
  • Deleted Scenes with Introduction by Director Sam Mendes and Editor Walter Murch
  • Feature Commentary with Director Sam Mendes
  • Feature Commentary with Screenwriter William Broyles, Jr. & Author Anthony Swofford


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