Jarhead

Sam Mendes directs this adaptation of former Marine Anthony Swofford's Gulf War memoir. 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.

Actor: Katherine Randolph
Actor: Kevin Foster
Actor: Damion Poitier
Actor: Riad Galayini
Actor: Craig Coyne
Actor: John Krasinski
Actor: Brian Geraghty
Actor: Laz Alonso
Actor: Evan Jones
Actor: Ivan Fenyo
Writer: William Broyles Jr.
Actor: Jacob Vargas
Producer: Douglas Wick
Actor: Jamie Foxx
Actor: Scott MacDonald
Actor: Lucas Black
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
Actor: Peter Sarsgaard
Writer: William Broyles
Actor: Dennis Haysbert
Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal
Director: Sam Mendes
Actor: Rini Bell
Actor: Lo Ming
Producer: Lucy Fisher
Actor: Chris Cooper
Music: Thomas Newman