Jarhead (2005)

Director:

Sam Mendes

Writers (WGA):

William Broyles Jr. (screenplay)
Anthony Swofford (book)

Release Date:

4 November 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | War

Tagline:

Every man fights his own war.

Plot:

Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait.

Plot Keywords:

Marine | Sniper | Boot Camp | Gulf War | 1980s

Awards:

1 win & 9 nominations

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal	...	Anthony Swofford
Scott MacDonald	...	D.I. Fitch
Peter Sarsgaard	...	Alan Troy
Jamie Foxx	...	Staff Sgt. Sykes
Lo Ming	...	Bored Gunny (as Ming Lo)
Lucas Black	...	Chris Kruger
Kevin Foster	...	Branded Marine
Brian Geraghty	...	Fergus O'Donnell
Damion Poitier	...	Poitier
Riad Galayini	...	Nurse
Craig Coyne	...	Young Mr. Swofford
Katherine Randolph	...	Young Mrs. Swofford
Rini Bell	...	Swoff's Sister
Dendrie Taylor	...	Mrs. Swofford
James Morrison	...	Mr. Swofford
Arman Zajic	...	Young Anthony Swofford
Brianne Davis	...	Swoff's Girlfriend Kristina
Brian Casey	...	Paintball Marine
Ernest Ozuna	...	Sgt. Major
Tyler Sedustine	...	Harris
Jacob Vargas	...	Juan Cortez
Laz Alonso	...	Ramon Escobar
Jocko Sims	...	Julius
Jonathon R. Mize	...	STA Graduate
Joel Prato	...	STA Graduate
Kristin Richardson	...	Stewardess
Iván Fenyö	...	Pinko (as Ivan Fenyo)
Peter Gail	...	Doc John
Jamie Martz	...	Foster
Evan Jones	...	Dave Fowler
Kareem J. Grimes	...	Welty (as Kareem Grimes)
Chris Cooper	...	Lt. Col. Kazinski
Donna Kimball	...	Reporter
Dennis Haysbert	...	Major Lincoln
Marty Papazian	...	Brian Dettman
Becky Boxer	...	Dettman's Wife
Mark Davis	...	Dettman's Neighbor
John Krasinski	...	Corporal Harrigan
Christian Reeve	...	Bedouin
Mike Akrawi	...	Bedouin
Toufig Tulsiram	...	Bedouin
Jubin K	...	Bedouin
Hari Bali	...	Bedouin
Kurt Larson	...	Arguing Corporal
Ammar Daraiseh	...	Iraqi Officer
Nasser Faris	...	Iraqi Officer (as Al Faris)
V.J. Foster	...	Vietnam Vet
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Nguyen	...	Recruit (credit only)
Michael Broderick	...	STA Marine (uncredited)
Byron Browne	...	Bootcamp Marine D. Giloolly (uncredited)
Nick Dash	...	Marine (uncredited)
Matt Duggan	...	Tower Guard (uncredited)
Blake Ellis	...	Marine (uncredited)
Cantrell Harris	...	STA Marine (uncredited)
Patricia Lauriet	...	Other Stewardess (uncredited)
Brian Mahoney	...	Priest (uncredited)
Justin Marchert	...	Marine (uncredited)
Michael Mercurio	...	Marine (uncredited)
Kelron Mixon	...	Marine (uncredited)
Ryan Moriarty	...	Marine (uncredited)
Brian Napolitan	...	Marine (uncredited)
Eriq F. Prince	...	Marine (uncredited)
Matthew Saxe	...	STA Marine (uncredited)
John Eric Staley	...	Recruit #1 (uncredited)
Merik Tadros	...	Marine Sniper (uncredited)
Kevin J. Tunell	...	Marine (uncredited)
Ryan Yerrick	...	Bootcamp Marine (uncredited)

Directed by
Sam Mendes

Writing credits (WGA)
William Broyles Jr.		(screenplay) (as William D. Broyles Jr.)
Anthony Swofford		(book)

Produced by
Bobby Cohen	....	executive producer
Lucy Fisher	....	producer
Pippa Harris	....	co-producer
Sam Mercer	....	executive producer
Douglas Wick	....	producer

Original Music by
Thomas Newman

Cinematography by
Roger Deakins		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Walter Murch

Casting by
Debra Zane

Production Design by
Dennis Gassner

Art Direction by
Stefan Dechant
Marco Niro
Christina Ann Wilson

Set Decoration by
Nancy Haigh

Costume Design by
Albert Wolskey
Albert Wolsky

Makeup Department
Steven E. Anderson	....	makeup artist
Allan A. Apone	....	makeup supervisor
Pierce Austin	....	assistant hair stylist
Germicka Barclay	....	assistant hair stylist
Christian Beckman	....	makeup effects producer: Steve Johnson's Edge FX
Scott Cameron	....	assistant hair stylist (as Scott T. Cameron)
Ma. Teresa Chavez	....	hairdresser: Mexico (as Maria Teresa Chavez Garcia)
Deidra Dixon	....	hair stylist: Mr. Foxx
Fahmee Haneed	....	assistant hair stylist (as Fahmee Hakeem)
Corey Hill	....	assistant hair stylist
Dean Jones	....	makeup artist
Mark Killingsworth	....	lead makeup effects painter: Steve Johnson's Edge FX
Mark Killingsworth	....	makeup effects fabricator: Steve Johnson's Edge FX
Louis Lazzara	....	makeup artist
Dennis Liddiard	....	makeup artist: splinter unit
LaLette Littlejohn	....	makeup artist: Mr. Foxx
Leonard MacDonald	....	lead makeup effects fabricator: Steve Johnson's Edge FX (as Lennie MacDonald)
Lori McCoy-Bell	....	barber
Lori McCoy-Bell	....	haircutter
Bruce D. Mitchell	....	makeup effects fabricator: Steve Johnson's Edge FX (as Bruce Mitchell)
Bruce D. Mitchell	....	makeup effects painter: Steve Johnson's Edge FX (as Bruce Mitchell)
Francisco X. Pérez	....	makeup artist (as Francisco X. Perez)
Justin Raleigh	....	lead makeup effects painter: Steve Johnson's Edge FX
Justin Raleigh	....	makeup effects fabricator: Steve Johnson's Edge FX
Monica Sabedra	....	hair stylist
Raúl Sarmiento	....	makeup artist: Mexico (as Raul Sarmiento Pina)
Constantine Sekeris	....	makeup effects designer: Steve Johnson's Edge FX
Robert L. Stevenson	....	hair department head (as Robert Louis Stevenson)
Rick Stratton	....	makeup artist: tattoos
Alicia M. Tripi	....	hair stylist: splinter unit (as Alicia Tripi)

Production Management
Sharon Mann	....	unit production manager
Gerald Scaife	....	production supervisor
Sean T. Stratton	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alan B. Curtiss	....	first assistant director
Gary Romolo Fiorelli	....	first assistant director: second unit
Gary Romolo Fiorelli	....	second second assistant director: splinter unit
Adrian Grunberg	....	first assistant director: Mexico
Jeff Habberstad	....	second unit director
Stacy Perskie	....	second assistant director: Mexico
Keith Potter	....	additional second second assistant director
Jody Spilkoman	....	second second assistant director
Cy Roscoe Strickland	....	additional second assistant director
Basti Van Der Woude	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Paige Augustine	....	assistant set decorator
Pedro Barquin	....	stand-by greens
Richard J. Bell	....	greens foreman
Jack Blanchard	....	set dresser
Mark W. Brown	....	assistant property master
Thomas E. Brown	....	paint supervisor
John Chichester	....	set designer
Chris Cummings	....	art department coordinator
Oscar Delgadillo	....	set dresser
Kasra Farahani	....	illustrator
Eloy Fernandez	....	assistant props
Daniel J. Gillooly	....	greens coordinator
Leonard Hancock	....	assistant property master
A. Todd Holland	....	assistant art director
Steven Curtis Husch	....	assistant property master
Scott G. Jones	....	gang boss
Anthony Klaiman	....	set dresser
Kim Lincoln	....	graphic designer
Robert Loring Jr.	....	greens foreman
Robert Lucas	....	gangboss
David M. Milstien	....	set dresser
Michael Mosley	....	set dressing coordinator
Jon Nicholson	....	on-set dresser
Andrew Petrotta	....	property master
Eric Ramsey	....	storyboard artist
Glenn H. Roberts	....	on set dresser: second unit
Eric S. Saperstein	....	paint foreman
Phil Saunders	....	illustrator
Smokey Stover	....	model maker
Christopher Tandon	....	assistant art director
Marc Tantin	....	welder
Kory C. Victor	....	art department researcher
Mark Weissenfluh	....	lead man

Sound Department
Carlie Bergman	....	adr recordist
David Boulton	....	adr mixer
Willie D. Burton	....	production sound mixer
Krissopher Chevannes	....	adr recordist
Brian Chumney	....	assistant sound editor
Kyrsten Mate Comoglio	....	sound designer (as Krysten Mate)
Kyrsten Mate Comoglio	....	sound effects editor (as Krysten Mate)
Ben Conrad	....	foley mixer
Malcolm Fife	....	foley editor
Brian Gallagher	....	adr recordist
Dan Gleich	....	sound effects recordist
Scott Guitteau	....	additional sound effects recordist
Pete Horner	....	additional sound effects recordist
Pat Jackson	....	supervising sound editor
Kevin Jette	....	adr mixer
Bobby Johanson	....	adr mixer
Marvin E. Lewis	....	boom operator
Jon Logan	....	apprentice sound editor
Larry Mah	....	digital sound
Jane McCulley	....	adr editor
Scott Millan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeremy Molod	....	first assistant sound editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Marnie Moore	....	foley artist
Walter Murch	....	sound re-recording mixer
Douglas Murray	....	adr mixer
David Parker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mike Patrick	....	sound recordist
Richard Quinn	....	dialogue editor
Frank Rinella	....	foley mixer
Andy Rovins	....	sound utility
Larry Schalit	....	sound editor
Robert Shoup	....	sound effects editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Gary A. Theard	....	sound utility
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Roland Vajs	....	assistant adr editor
James Willetts	....	foley recordist
Eric Taylor Williamson	....	adr recordist
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
Brian Magerkurth	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Thomas D. Bacho Jr.	....	mold fabricator: Steve Johnson's Edge FX (as Tom Bacho)
Steve Cremin	....	special effects coordinator
Christian Eubank	....	special effects technician (as Chris Eubank)
Scott Garcia	....	special effects technician
Joe Gomez	....	mold shop supervisor: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Jason Gustafson	....	special effects technician
David Heron	....	special effects foreman
Sergio Jara	....	special effects coordinator: Mexico
Jarhead	....	special effects
Tom Knott	....	special effects technician
Bruce Y. Kuroyama	....	special effects foreman
William Lee	....	special effects technician
Wes Mattox	....	special effects technician
Pierre Maurer	....	special effects
L.A. McConnell	....	special effects technician (as Lee Alan McConnell)
P. David Miller	....	special effects assistant (as Paul D. Miller)
P. David Miller	....	special effects crew (as Paul D. Miller)
Steve Newburn	....	special effects makeup technician: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Danielle Noe	....	mold fabricator: Steve Johnson's Edge FX
Justin Raleigh	....	special effects makeup technician: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Paul Sabourin	....	special effects technician
Brett Stern	....	mold fabricator: Steve Johnson's Edge FX
Brett Stern	....	special effects makeup technician: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Glenn Thomas	....	special effects technician
Mario Vanillo	....	special effects on-set foreman
Chris Wolters	....	mold fabricator: Steve Johnson's Edge FX
Daniel Yates	....	special effects technician
Dennis Yeager II	....	special effects technician (as Dennis A. Yeager II)
Douglas D. Ziegler	....	special effects technician (as Doug D. Ziegler)
Christian Beckman	....	project supervisor: Steve Johnson's Edge FX Inc. (uncredited)
Carol Koch	....	sculptor: Steve Johnson's Edge FX Inc. (uncredited)
Thomas Ovenshire	....	special effects makeup technician: Steve Johnson's Edge FX Inc. (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Christian Alzmann	....	visual effects art director
Katharine Baird	....	digital artist
Kevin Barnhill	....	computer graphics supervisor
Joel Behrens	....	compositor: ILM
Jennifer C. Bell	....	visual effects producer (as Jennifer Bell)
Kent Blocher	....	visual effects editor
Rob Bonstin	....	production & technical support
Matt Brumit	....	digital compositor
Marco Checa Garcia	....	digital compositor: title design, Capital FX
Max Chen	....	research & development
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Robbie Clot	....	practical effects technician
Tom Cloutier	....	practical effects technician
Grady Cofer	....	digital production supervisor
Jay Cooper	....	digital compositor
Christopher Cram	....	visual effects coordinator
Beth D'Amato	....	digital paint and roto supervisor
Peter Daulton	....	lead animator
Bryan Dewe	....	model/miniature maker
Dick Dova	....	practical effects technician (as Richard Spah)
Katherine Farrar	....	visual effects coordinator
Dawn Gates	....	digital paint & roto artist: ILM
Steve Gawley	....	model/miniature supervisor
Greg Gilmore	....	Inferno artist: ILM
David Gottlieb	....	digital compositor
Justin Graham	....	digital paint artist
Orin Green	....	sabre artist
Cam Griffin	....	digital artist
Trevor Hazel	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist
Pablo Helman	....	visual effects supervisor
Geoff Heron	....	practical effects supervisor
Sherry Hitch	....	digital compositor: ILM
Robert Hoffmeister	....	digital artist
Adam Howard	....	Sabre artist: ILM
Heather Hoyland	....	digital compositor: ILM
Peggy Hrastar	....	model/miniature maker
Rod M. Janusch	....	practical effects technician (as Rod Janusch)
Sarahjane Javelo	....	digital artist: ILM
Erik Jensen	....	model/miniature maker
Ntana Key	....	second digital colorist: EFILM
Jeanmarie King	....	visual effects producer: ILM
John LeGrande	....	research and development
Victoria Lewis	....	model/miniature maker
Luke Longin	....	layout artist
Todd Martin	....	visual effects production assistant
Kevin May	....	sabre artist
Will McCoy	....	effects compositor: ILM
W. Regan McGee	....	digital artist
Sébastien Moreau	....	Inferno artist: ILM
Michael Morgan	....	editorial support
Kaz Mori	....	technical support
Lauren Morimoto	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist: ILM
Michelle Motta	....	digital paint & rotoscope artist
Brett Northcutt	....	lead digital matte artist
Ben O'Brien	....	Sabre artist: ILM
Joshua Ong	....	digital matte artist
Russell Paul	....	digital model supervisor
Anthony Pitone	....	visual effects editor
Chuck Ray	....	practical effects technician
Michael Rich	....	assistant digital effects artist: ILM
Martin Rosenberg	....	visual effects director of photography (as Marty Rosenberg)
Steven J. Scott	....	supervising digital colorist: EFilm
Amy Shepard	....	digital paint & roto: ILM
Kirk Shimano	....	production and technical support: ILM
Sam Stewart	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist: ILM
Michelle Stock	....	visual effects production assistant
Stephanie Taubert	....	rotoscope artist
Chad Taylor	....	digital artist
Dale Taylor	....	senior visual effects coordinator
Alan Travis	....	digital artist
Alex Tropiec Jr.	....	Inferno artist: ILM
Michael Van Eps	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist
Mark Walas	....	model/miniature maker
Kevin Wallace	....	model shop coordinator
Ronnie E. Williams Jr.	....	digital compositor
Scott Younkin	....	digital compositor: ILM
Heidi Zabit	....	digital artist
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)

Stunts
Greg Anthony	....	stunts
Chino Binamo	....	stunts
Jake Brake	....	stunts
Kevin Patrick Burke	....	stunts
Mickey Cassidy	....	stunts
Alex Chansky	....	stunts
Chris Daniels	....	stunts
J.J. Dashnaw	....	stunts
Keith Davis	....	stunts
Kevin Derr	....	stunts
Jayson Dumenigo	....	stunts
Julia Dumenigo	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Roel Failma	....	stunts
Jeremy Fitzgerald	....	stunts
Tim Fleming	....	stunts
Carlton Fluker	....	stunts
Clay Donahue Fontenot	....	stunts (as Clay Fontenot)
Robert Grogan	....	stunts
Jeff Habberstad	....	stunt coordinator
Ryan Happy	....	stunts
Sean Happy	....	stunts
Julia Helling	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Julia Dumenigo)
Kevin L. Jackson	....	stunts (as Kevin Jackson)
Keii Johnston	....	stunts
Horace Knight	....	stunts
Ralf Koch	....	stunts
Jeff M. Lewis	....	utility stunts
Jake Lombard	....	stunts
Jalil Jay Lynch	....	stunts
Mark McDaniels	....	stunts
David Morizot	....	stunts
Johnny Nguyen	....	stunts
Darryl Reeves	....	stunts
Kevin Reid	....	stunts
Myke Schwartz	....	stunts
Marc Scizak	....	stunts
Wesley Scott	....	stunts (as Wes Scott)
Larry M. Shorts	....	stunts (as Larry Shorts)
Larnell Stovall	....	stunts
Lee Waddell	....	stunts
Tom Waite	....	stunts
Michael Watts	....	stunts
Mike Watts	....	stunts (as Michael Watts)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ken W. Ballantine	....	lighting technician
Josh Blakeslee	....	second assistant camera
Kevin Britton	....	additional film loader
Jason Corica	....	camera production assistant
Brian Cwiakala	....	lighting technician
Will Dearborn	....	additional second assistant camera
Ralph Del Castillo	....	grip
Michael DePue	....	generator operator
Clinton Dougherty	....	director of photography: splinter unit
François Duhamel	....	still photographer
Andrew Dumas	....	additional second assistant camera
Michael S. Endler	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Quinn Grove	....	best boy grip
Bruce Hamme	....	dolly grip
Jimmy Harritos	....	electrician
Matthew Haskins	....	second assistant camera: Splinter unit
Gary Kangrga	....	key rigging grip
Glenn Kaplan	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Dana Kilgore	....	additional lighting console programmer
Mitchell Andrew Lillian	....	key grip
Michael A. McFadden	....	rigging grip
Chava Monjaraz	....	grip
Chris Napolitano	....	chief lighting technician
Chris Pavlu	....	electrician
Bradford Ralston	....	video assist operator
Donis Rhoden	....	grip
P. Scott Sakamoto	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Michael J. Schwartz	....	rigging gaffer
Frank R. Sims	....	rigging grip
David W. Slodki	....	additional lighting console programmer
N. Owen Taylor Jr.	....	video assist operator: second unit
Thomas D. Watson	....	grip
Erik A. Erichsen	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Melanie Burgess	....	casting assistant
Zsolt Csutak	....	casting: Hungary
Faith Hibbs-Clark	....	local casting
David H. Kramer	....	adr voice casting
Ruben Marquez	....	extras casting assistant
Stacy Opalewski	....	casting assistant
Jeanine Pengiel	....	casting assistant
Deedra Ricketts	....	location casting
Sarah A. Tirado	....	extras casting assistant
Sarah Adela Tirado	....	casting assistant
Ren Tucker	....	casting intern
Tannis Vallely	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anthony Almaraz	....	costumer
Corey Bronson	....	set costumer
Toby Bronson	....	set costumer
Matt Chase	....	costumer
David Fernandez	....	costumer
Laurel Frushour	....	set costumer
Blanca Garcia	....	set costumer/seamstress
Robert Iannaccone	....	key costumer
George L. Little	....	assistant costume designer
Robert Q. Mathews	....	costume supervisor
Jason M. Moore	....	key costumer
Bob Moore Jr.	....	set costumer
Nina Padovano	....	costumer
Kenn Smiley	....	assistant costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Kenny Becker	....	color timer
Terra Bliss-Alvarez	....	digital intermediate producer (as Terra Bliss)
Jade E. Chatham	....	apprentice editor (as Jade Welsh)
Sean Cullen	....	associate editor
Ellen Dimler	....	teaser editor
R. Orlando Duenas	....	assistant editor
Adam M. Duthie	....	assistant editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Erin Michelle Hopkins	....	first assistant film editor
Pat Jackson	....	additional editor
Alex Kopit	....	assistant editor
Jack Lewars	....	assistant color timer: Efilm
Curtis Lindersmith	....	digital intermediate editor
Steven J. Scott	....	supervising digital film colorist
Mitchel Stanley	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Bill Bernstein	....	music editor
Julian Bratolyubov	....	music preparation (as Julian Bratolubov)
George Budd	....	music consultant
Greg Hayes	....	score recordist
Pete Horner	....	additional music editor
Tim Lauber	....	score recordist
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring cue mixer
Leslie Morris	....	music contractor
Thomas Pasatieri	....	orchestrator
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor
Tim Rodier	....	music preparation
Tom Steel	....	scoring stage manager
Armin Steiner	....	score mixer
Bill Talbott	....	scoring technician
Thomas Vicari	....	music scoring mixer
Michael Ziner	....	assistant music editor (as Mike Zainer)
Jim Dunbar	....	music coordinator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
John A. Brubaker	....	transportation coordinator
L. Chip Crosby Jr.	....	driver
Richard Denson	....	driver
Robert E. Dingle	....	transportation co-captain
TyRee Dingle	....	driver
Christian G. Ervin	....	driver: set dressing
Troy Flynn	....	driver
Hugh Kelly	....	driver
Marco Lupi	....	driver
Dennis McCarthy	....	picture car coordinator
A.J. Mink Jr.	....	driver
Michael Ralph Price	....	driver
Jose M. Sanchez	....	driver
Fred Teague	....	transportation captain
Chad Wadsworth	....	driver
David Wang	....	military vehicles

Other crew
Stacy Adamski	....	assistant: Mr. Mendes
Cheryl Andryco	....	set production assistant
Bruce Benson	....	ground coordinator
Richard Bloom	....	assistant: Mr. Mercer
Jake Borowski	....	production assistant
Christopher Campbell	....	key assistant location manager
Alejandra Cárdenas	....	assistant production office coordinator
Fabian Carey	....	second military advisor
Lorena C. Castillo	....	director's production assistant
Elizabeth Chambers	....	shipping coordinator
Bianca D'Carpio	....	production assistant
Sarah Deputy	....	production assistant
James D. Dever	....	key military advisor
Adam Draves	....	office assistant
Tyler Elliott	....	key assistant location manager
Erin Engman	....	assistant production coordinator
Lisa Jean Felski	....	post-production accountant
Isabel Camas Figueroa	....	paramedic
Eric K. Fledderman	....	marine
Cliff Fleming	....	aerial coordinator
Cliff Fleming	....	helicopter pilot
Cory Fleming	....	co-pilot
Cory Fleming	....	helicopter pilot
Tim Fleming	....	helicopter co-pilot
Carlos E. Fonseca Mondragon	....	production assistant: Mexico
Noa Franco	....	assistant: Jake Gyllenhaal
Robert 'Rock' Galotti	....	weapons coordinator (as Robert Galotti)
Christopher Gilbertson	....	weapons technical advisor
Jennifer Gillespie	....	travel coordinator
Rob Harris	....	unit publicist
Weston Scott Higgins	....	military technical advisory assistant
Skip Holm	....	pilot
Craig Hosking	....	pilot
Lindsay Hudson	....	medic
Tegan Jones	....	splinter unit director
Chris Kephart	....	stand-in: Jake Gyllenhaal
Rashon Khan	....	assistant: Mr. Foxx (as Rashon Kahn)
Timber Kislan	....	location assistant accountant
Natasha Klibansky	....	assistant: Mr. Wick
Nicole Kolin	....	location manager: mexico
Cristi Lamb	....	production assistant
David R. Lawson	....	supervising medic
Milly Leigh	....	assistant: Mr. Mendes
Alex Leimone	....	production assistant
Brandon Linville	....	construction accountant
Michael B. Louis	....	assistant location manager
Emma Ludbrook	....	assistant: Mr. Cohen
Ruben Marquez	....	office production assistant
Mark Mayer	....	production accountant
Murray Miller	....	location manager
Josh Mills	....	stand-in
Tom Minder	....	assistant military technical advisor
Tom Minder	....	first assistant military advisor (as MSgt. Tom Minde, USMC, ret)
Angeles Morales	....	assistant location manager
Megan Moran	....	assistant: Ms. Fisher
Jeff Olm	....	look developer: CIS/EFilm
Mauricio Pedroza	....	location assistant: Mexico
Amy Peltonen	....	assistant: Mr. Wick
Keith Potter	....	production assistant
Rick Poyner	....	location scout
Nefi Ramirez	....	paramedic
Carla Raygoza	....	production coordinator: Mexico
Jerrold Ridenour	....	production assistant
A.J. Rinella	....	production assistant
Deborah Ross	....	title designer
Will Sandoval	....	production assistant
John T. Scanlon	....	helicopter pilot (as John Scanlon)
Skylar Schmidt	....	second assistant accountant
Karen Shane	....	second assistant accountant
Clyde Sherman	....	assistant: Mr. Foxx
Meghan Snyder	....	assistant: Ms. Fisher
Brian Sperber	....	office production assistant
Brian Sperber	....	set production assistant
Miker Stovall	....	production assistant
Scott Stravitz	....	medic
Jayne-Ann Tenggren	....	script supervisor
David Thornsberry	....	location manager
Claudia Valdez	....	assistant production coordinator: Mexico
Fernando Guzman Villegas	....	location assistant
Lois Walker	....	production coordinator
Stephanie Wander	....	assistant: Mr. Gyllenhaal
Victoria Wong	....	office production assistant
Terrence B. Zinn	....	key set production assistant
Mike Lane	....	client services (uncredited)

Thanks
Julie Krystina	....	special thanks
Jesse Jam Miranda	....	very special thanks
Sam Rockwell	....	very special thanks
Travis Aaron Wade	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures
• Red Wagon Productions
• Neal Street Productions
• Motion Picture KAPPA Produktionsgesellschaft

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2006) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Finland (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Taramount Film (2005) (Serbia) (theatrical) (Montenegro) (Macedonia)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• RTL Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL7)
• Universal Home Video (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (HD-DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)

Special Effects

• Steve Johnson's Edge FX (special makeup effects)
• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) (special visual effects and animation)
• Pacific Title (opticals)

Other Companies

• 1 Force  military technical advisors
• Armytrucks  military vehicles
• BBC Worldwide  news footage courtesy of (as BBC Motion Gallery)
• Corbis  stock photos courtesy of (as Corbis)
• Deborah Ross Film Design  title design
• Decca Records  soundtrack
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Fantasy Studios  foley recording
• Good Faith Casting  local casting: Arizona
• Manhattan Transfer  adr facility
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  hair and make-up trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Movie Movers  transportation
• Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The  score recording facility (as Fox Newman Scoring Stage)
• Otto Nemenz International  cameras
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Pivotal Post  FCP HD systems provided by
• Post Factory NY  post-production facilities
• Sessions Payroll Management  extras payroll services
• Signet Sound Studio  score mixing facilities (as Signet Sound)
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Sony Music  score mixing facilities
• Sound One  sound mixed at
• Sound One  sound re-recording
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Studios  media production (Serbia) (Montenegro) (Macedonia)
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment
• Universal Combat Limited  press publicity (DVD)

Also Known As:

Jarhead - Willkommen im Dreck (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language, some violent images and strong sexual content.

Runtime:

125 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English | Spanish | Arabic | Latin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | UK:15 | Finland:K-15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Ireland:16 | Germany:12 | Australia:MA | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Czech Republic:12 | Brazil:16 | France:U | Portugal:M/16 | Sweden:11 | Mexico:C | Hong Kong:III | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:16 | Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 (cut) | Malaysia:18PL (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (edited version) | Netherlands:12 | Philippines:R-18 (MTRCB) | USA:R (certificate #42072) | Norway:15 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Japan:R-15

Filming Locations:

Brawley, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

According to Iván Fenyö, almost 70% of his performance was cut out. Two months before the release of the movie the director phoned Ivan and told him that the studio didn't wanted most of the lines he had in the movie. According to the actor, some of his parts was about his notices as an East-European about democracy and the Gulf War.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: After Troy is branded, Swofford leans in and tells him, "You earned it, man!" This does not match up to his lip movement.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford: A story: A man fires a rifle for many years, and he goes to war. And afterward he turns the rifle in at the armory, and he believes he's finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands, love a woman, build a house, change his son's diaper; his hands remember the rifle.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Semper Fi (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

Not a John Wayne Movie

"Every war is different," says Anthony Swofford as the movie "Jarhead" comes to a close. "Every war is the same." Looking back on his experience, he sees that the first Gulf War and the Marine Corps have become ineradicable parts of who he is: "Every jar-head is me." The screen shimmers and shifts into a scene of a desert patrol dwarfed by distance and hazed by heat waves. "We are still in the desert," he says. The screen darkens. The credits begin to roll.

A critic once observed that audiences emerge from a comedy talking animatedly with one another, but after a tragedy they come forth subdued and solitary, each absorbed by his or her own thoughts.

"Jarhead" is not a tragedy but a tragic coming-of-age story. As in "The Last Picture Show," a young man discovers what a cruel, destructive business life can be. Swofford emerges from a war that has consisted of a long, maddening wait followed by a hard march through the surreal aftermath of battles already won by jets dropping smart bombs, toward a horizon blackened by Saddam's burning oil wells. He returns home to find that his girlfriend has left him for another man. His best friend, who suffered with him through the combat that never came, dies as a civilian, possibly a suicide, as he was thrown out of the Corps with a dishonorable discharge.

Subdued and solitary, I waited outside the theater for my wife.

"So, what did you think?" I asked her when she came out. "Definitely not a John Wayne movie," she said. "No," I responded, reminded of Clint Eastwood sharing a victory cigar with a young Marine beneath an American flag raised atop a hill in Grenada in "Heartbreak Ridge."

"It wasn't as dark as the book," I said. "In the book," she replied, "you couldn't see Swofford's smile."

Jake Gyllenhaal does display an engaging, youthful grin in the early part of the movie. He plays the twenty-year-old Swoff very well. And Jamie Foxx does Sgt. Sykes brilliantly. Against the backdrop of a night made at once hellish and spectacular by blazing oil wells, the Sergeant tells Swoff that he (Sykes) could have joined his brother and had a nice safe job stateside, but with no chance to see such sights as this. "I love this job," he says. "I thank God for every day he gives me in the Corps. Oorah... You know what I mean, Swoff?" Foxx's delivery is flat, point blank, neither sarcastic nor enthusiastic. He is an exhausted soldier giving himself a pep talk he scarcely believes in any longer. Get out your Oscar Nomination forms.

At dinner we tried to recall what was book and what was movie. I did not remember the scene in which the soldiers are interviewed by a TV journalist from the book, but from Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket." From "Full Metal Jacket" also, I believe, came the bizarre business of a soldier's sardonically making a corpse his buddy. The war-is-surreal-hell moral of the movie reminded me of Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" - a film the young jar-heads watch with sexual intensity in Mendez's movie. But the scene in which the soldiers sit down to enjoy a home movie one Marine's wife has made - of herself being humped by their next door neighbor - that, we all agreed, was in the book.

I remember when "Battle Cry" came out in 1955. Unlike the Boy-Scout-clean soldiers of most WW II movies of that era, these Marines said Hell and Damn. And one of them actually shot the finger at some troops riding past - What a shocker!

A Jacksonville, NC Daily News reporter interviewed several Marines from the local base who saw the movie. Excerpt:

Their reviews seemed to be positive, especially concerning the portrayal of the relationship between Marines and how deployments and war are mostly about sitting around and waiting.

"I thought it was good," said Lance Cpl. Richard Usher, 19, from Tampa, Fla. "From what I know, it's accurate. They did say 'Oorah' way too much."

Lance Cpl. Josh Rader, 29, of Georgia, said he thought the movie was one of the more accurate portrayals of the Marine Corps, with the only more accurate movie being Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket."

"A lot of the training, they dramatize it more," Rader said. "I'd say it's probably more accurate."

Lance Cpl. Adam Blades, 20, with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, agreed, but took exception to the actors' ages.

"The actors were a little old," he said. "The majority of guys going over there are like 18 and 19. But it was pretty cool. As accurate as I've seen." +++