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 way.

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:

Christmas Party | Filthy Toilet | Marine | Masturbation | Anti War

Awards:

1 win & 9 nominations

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal	...	Anthony Swofford
Scott MacDonald	...	D.I. Fitch
Peter Sarsgaard	...	Troy
Jamie Foxx	...	Staff Sgt. Sykes
Lo Ming	...	Bored Gunny (as Ming Lo)
Lucas Black	...	Kruger
Kevin Foster	...	Branded Marine
Brian Geraghty	...	Fergus
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	...	Boy Swoff
Brianne Davis	...	Kristina
Brian Casey	...	Paintball Marine
Ernest Ozuna	...	Sgt. Major
Tyler Sedustine	...	Harris
Jacob Vargas	...	Cortez
Laz Alonso	...	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	...	Fowler
Kareem J. Grimes	...	Welty (as Kareem Grimes)
Chris Cooper	...	Lt. Col. Kazinski
Donna Kimball	...	Reporter
Dennis Haysbert	...	Major Lincoln
Marty Papazian	...	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
Al Faris	...	Iraqi Officer
V.J. Foster	...	Vietnam Vet
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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)
Tony Flores	...	STA Marine (uncredited)
Cantrell Harris	...	STA Marine (uncredited)
Patricia Lauriet	...	Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Michael Mercurio	...	Marine (uncredited)
Kelron Mixon	...	Marine extra (uncredited)
Ryan Moriarty	...	Marine (uncredited)
Brian Napolitan	...	Marine (uncredited)
Eriq F. Prince	...	Marine (uncredited)
Matthew Saxe	...	STA Marine (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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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	....	digital colorist assist
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
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
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw	....	stunts (as J.J. Dashnaw)
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
Mike Watts	....	stunts (as Michael Watts)

Camera and Electrical Department
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 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
Faith Hibbs-Clark	....	local 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
Robert Iannaccone	....	key costumer
George L. Little	....	assistant costume designer
Robert Q. Mathews	....	costume supervisor
Jason M. Moore	....	key costumer
Nina Padovano	....	costumer
Kenn Smiley	....	assistant costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Kenny Becker	....	color timer
Terra Bliss-Alvarez	....	digital intermediate producer (as Terra Bliss)
Sean Cullen	....	associate 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