Jarhead

About Jarhead

Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s 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.

Sam Mendes's Jarhead is a 2005 war film. Jake Gyllenhaal appears as Anthony Swofford, Jamie Foxx as Staff Sgt. Sykes, Peter Sarsgaard as Alan Troy, and Scott MacDonald as D.I. Fitch.

It runs 123 minutes and was released in November 2005. Written by William Broyles Jr.. It comes from Neal Street Productions and Red Wagon Entertainment.

Shelv files it under soldier, based on memoir or autobiography, sniper, and harsh. American members can watch it on Netflix and Starz Apple TV channel. It scores 6.7 out of 10 from 3,323 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

Full Metal Jacket, The Hurt Locker, and American Sniper make useful companions to Jarhead, all filed under anti war. It belongs to Jarhead Collection.