"Jarhead" Trailer & Info

**RebelMan** · 10-09-2005, 07:49 PM

Teaser Trailer
http://www.jarheadmovie.com/media/jarhead_tsr1_700k.mov

Trailer
Hi-Res
22.2Mb
http://movies.apple.com/movies/unive...d-tlr_m480.mov

Release Date:
November 4, 2005

Studio:
Universal Pictures

Director:
Sam Mendes

Screenwriter:
William Broyles, Jr.

Starring:
Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Chris Cooper, Dennis Haysbert, Rini Bell

Genre:
Drama

MPAA Rating:
R (for pervasive language, some violent images and strong sexual content)

Plot Summary:
"Jarhead" (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows "Swoff" (Gyllenhaal), a third-generation 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 Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers, always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully fathom.

Foxx portrays Sergeant Sykes, a Marine lifer who heads up Swofford's scout/sniper platoon, while Sarsgaard is Swoff's friend and mentor, Troy, a die-hard member of STA-their elite Marine Unit.

An irreverent and true account of a war that was antiseptically packaged a decade ago, "Jarhead" is laced with dark wit, honest inquisition and episodes that are at once surreal and poignant, tragic and absurd.

10-09-2005, 11:07 PM

I read the book when it came out and was a bit disappointed. He didn't have anything to say except that it sucks to be in the military. If that's all the content required for a successful book, I suppose I should start writing. If I remember correctly, the extent of his harrowing war story was having to play football in MOPP 4 and getting mortared once. I will give him credit though for being very well-spoken for a Marine and being vocal about his difference of opinion with the military. I doubt I'll see the movie.

10-09-2005, 07:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
RebelMan AgEnT oF ChAoS Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Web Posts: 10,944 My Profile	Teaser Trailer http://www.jarheadmovie.com/media/jarhead_tsr1_700k.mov Trailer Hi-Res 22.2Mb http://movies.apple.com/movies/unive...d-tlr_m480.mov Release Date: November 4, 2005 Studio: Universal Pictures Director: Sam Mendes Screenwriter: William Broyles, Jr. Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Chris Cooper, Dennis Haysbert, Rini Bell Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R (for pervasive language, some violent images and strong sexual content) Plot Summary: "Jarhead" (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows "Swoff" (Gyllenhaal), a third-generation 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 Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers, always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully fathom. Foxx portrays Sergeant Sykes, a Marine lifer who heads up Swofford's scout/sniper platoon, while Sarsgaard is Swoff's friend and mentor, Troy, a die-hard member of STA-their elite Marine Unit. An irreverent and true account of a war that was antiseptically packaged a decade ago, "Jarhead" is laced with dark wit, honest inquisition and episodes that are at once surreal and poignant, tragic and absurd.

10-09-2005, 11:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
BETA Guest Posts: n/a	I read the book when it came out and was a bit disappointed. He didn't have anything to say except that it sucks to be in the military. If that's all the content required for a successful book, I suppose I should start writing. If I remember correctly, the extent of his harrowing war story was having to play football in MOPP 4 and getting mortared once. I will give him credit though for being very well-spoken for a Marine and being vocal about his difference of opinion with the military. I doubt I'll see the movie.

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