Directed by:
Sam MendesScreenplay:
William Broyles Jr.Cinematography:
Roger DeakinsComposer:
Thomas NewmanCast:
Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Chris Cooper, Dennis Haysbert, Kevin Foster, Lucas Black, Laz Alonso, Honorine Bell, James Morrison (more)VOD (5)
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Young recruit Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) joins up with the US Marines (nicknamed 'Jarheads' because of their distinctive haircuts) on the eve of the 1990 Gulf War. After a brutal spell in boot camp, during which Swofford and his fellow recruits are systematically geared up for the conflict, the Marines are dispatched to the deserts of the Persian Gulf to take part in a war that sees them required to do very little in the way of fighting. Bored and frustrated in the middle of nowhere, the young soldiers resort to a macabre sense of humour as they wait for the war to happen to them. (Universal Pictures UK)
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