Jarhead
Welcome to the suck.
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11/4/2005Runtime
123 minsOverview
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. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$72,000,000Revenue
$97,076,152Homepage
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A claustrophobic descent into the psychological corrosion of waiting for combat, where boredom and uncertainty prove as destructive as bullets. Swofford's deteriorating grip on sanity becomes the real battlefield, leaving you watching a man come apart in real time.
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Jake Gyllenhaal
Anthony Swofford
Jamie Foxx
Staff Sgt. Sykes
Peter Sarsgaard
Alan Troy
Scott MacDonald
D.I. Fitch
Chris Cooper
Lt. Col. Kazinski
Laz Alonso
Ramon Escobar
Lucas Black
Kruger
Brian Geraghty
Fergus O'Donnell
Damion Poitier
Poitier
Jocko Sims
Julius
Dennis Haysbert
Major Lincoln
John Krasinski
Corporal Harrigan
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