Jarhead / Universal Pictures ; Red Wagon Productions ; Neal Street Productions ; MP Kappa Productions ; produced by Lucy Fisher, Douglas Wick ; screenplay, William D. Broyles, Jr. ; directed by Sam Mendes.

Follows "Swoff," a third-generation Marine 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 the Middle East deserts. There is no cover from intolerable heat or from the Iraqi soldiers, who are always potentially just...

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Corporate Author:	Universal Pictures (Firm)
Other Authors:	Mendes, Sam, Gyllenhaal, Jake, 1980-, MacDonald, Scott, Sarsgaard, Peter, Foxx, Jamie, Vargas, Jacob, Deakins, Roger A., 1949-, Newman, Thomas, 1955-, Swofford, Anthony
Language:	English French Spanish
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published:	Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures, [2006]
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	United States. > Marine Corps > Drama. Persian Gulf War, 1991 > Drama. Soldiers > United States > Drama. Feature films. War films.
Genre:	Drama. Feature films. War films.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 2 hrs., 3 min.) : anamorphic, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD