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Jarhead

A look at the first Gulf war in 1990, through the eyes of a Marine sniper. We follow him through basic training before they fly out to Kuwait, where they have to deal with never-ending boredom before the last 30 minutes, when the action gets real. ''Jarhead'' is the nickname that the Marines use for themselves.

128 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Violence)
Drama, War.

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Credits
Cast	Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Lo Ming, Kevin Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Damion Poitier, Jamie Foxx
Director	Sam Mendes
Screenplay	William Broyles Jr., from the book by Anthony Swofford
Music	Thomas Newman
Cinematography	Roger Deakins
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2005
Produced by	Universal Pictures, Red Wagon Productions, Neal Street Productions, MP Kappa Productions
SA Distributor	UIP

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Frequent use of strong language
Nudity	Mild and in context
Sex	Infrequent and contextualised
Violence	Medium level, contextualised
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	Blasphemous referrals to the Virgin Mary as ''Doggy-style Mary'' and soldiers are told ''Thou shalt not kill — fck that sht!'' This occurs in the context of a military training camp but has potential to offend Christian viewers in particular.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Die BurgerWilliam Pretorius	15
Cape TimesKenneth Turan	10
iAfrica.comNils van der Linden	13
Mail & GuardianShaun de Waal	14
The StarTanya Farber	15
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	10
International Media
Box Office (USA)Mark Keizer	8
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	18
eye Weekly (Canada)Adam Nayman	10
IMDB StaffKeith Simanton	14
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	18
Internet (IMDB)6936 Netizens	15

Average .. 67%	13

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