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JARHEAD

Director:

  Sam Mendes
  

Year Released:

  2005

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Jake Gyllenhaal
  Peter Sarsgaard
  Jamie Foxx
  Lucas Black
  Chris Cooper
Movie Haiku:Based on a popular first-hand account of Operation Desert Storm (aka "the First Gulf War"), JARHEAD takes a group of Marine buddies from Boot Camp to Iraq & back, retaining a tight focus on their daily lives & resisting all temptations to overlay their story with grandiose political statements (either for or against).

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2005