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Despite being a box office disappointment (it grossed $97 million from a budget of $72 million), thi [...]	D
Shot almost entirely in sequence.	D
The desert locations were scouted in the summer months. When filming actually began, it was in the w [...]	D
Both Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Foxx went on to play Spider-man villains. Jamie Foxx played Electro i [...]	D
Jake Gyllenhaal's audition scene was the one where he points a rifle into the face of one of his com [...]	D
The actors all went through a four-day boot camp at George Air Force Base.	D
One of three Jake Gyllenhaal films released in 2005, the other two being I segreti di Brokeback Moun [...]	D
John Krasinski wrote all of his dialogue.	D
Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire originally vied for the lead role in the film. Tobey Maguire wou [...]	D
The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Chris Cooper and Jamie Foxx; and one Oscar nominee: Jake G [...]	D
Cinematographer Roger Deakins operates the camera himself in many sequences.	D
Filming lasted five months - which is the same length of time that the soldiers in the film spent in [...]	D
The scorpions used in the scorpion fight scene were CGI, but the one Laz Alonso's character holds fo [...]	D
Christian Bale, Emile Hirsch, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Shane West, Josh Hartnett and Joshua [...]	D
This marks the second time Chris Cooper plays a military role in a Sam Mendes movie. He previously p [...]	D
Jake Gyllenhaal's toilet masturbation scene was the last one filmed for the movie.	D
In the scene where Swofford is burning the latrines, the bucket contained real human and dog faeces [...]	D
Shot on 35mm film, which Walter Murch then cut using Final Cut Pro.	D
The sex video breakup scene is actually a well-known legend that has been circulating in the America [...]	D
Scenes filmed in the Imperial Valley had the mountains in the background digitally removed. Addition [...]	D
According to IvÃ¡n FenyÃ¶, almost 70% of his performance was cut out. Two months before the rele [...]	D
Filmed in the Imperial Valley in Southern California, which features conditions very similar to Iraq [...]	D
While listed in the credits as Swoff's sister, Jake Gyllenhaal's character refers to her as Rini, wh [...]	D
Most of Swofford's "anecdotes" are based on urban legends of the Marine Corps. He has made his unit [...]	D
All of the sex scenes were shot the same day, leading Sam Mendes to comment, "It's so nice to have s [...]	D
Jake Gyllenhaal's audition scene was the one where he snaps and tries to shoot Ferguson. By Gyllenha [...]	D
IvÃ¡n FenyÃ¶, a Hungarian actor who plays a minor role in this movie, included an easter egg mes [...]	D
After hearing how effectively "Jesus Walks" by Ye played over the trailer, Sam Mendes was very keen [...]	D
The burning oil wells were all computer generated. The oil that appears on the soldiers' faces was a [...]	D
Jamie Foxx would work with Jake Gyllenhaal's sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal, in White House Down (2013) e [...]	D
Jake Gyllenhaal was a huge fan of Anthony Swofford's book and was therefore extremely thrilled when [...]	D
Jake Gyllenhaal was convinced he had blown his audition, especially after several months passed and [...]	D
The word "fuck" and its variants are used 278 times in this film (38 times with the prefix "mother") [...]	D
Sam Mendes was interested in casting Jake Gyllenhaal as the lead because he felt that the actor hadn [...]	D
Jake Gyllenhaal had to start training for this film in the midst of working on I segreti di Brokebac [...]	D
Travis Aaron Wade was considered and read for the role of Troy.	D
Jake Gyllenhaal and Chris Cooper first worked together on Cielo d'ottobre (1999), although they only [...]	D
Sam Rockwell had one scene ("Payback") playing Swoff's uncle Walt, a Marine who served in the Vietna [...]	D
The Marines watch Apocalypse Now (1979), which was edited by Jarhead editor Walter Murch.	D
One of the pictures on the "Wall of Shame" (just left of centre) is of porn performer Kitty.	D
Producers Lucy Fisher and Douglas Wick optioned Anthony Swofford's book even before it hit the stree [...]	D
At the time of filming, Peter Sarsgaard was not yet Jake Gyllenhaal's brother-in-law. Sarsgaard firs [...]	D
Sam Mendes's first film without cinematographer Conrad L. Hall, who died in 2003.	D
Jamie Foxx and Chris Cooper play Marines in this film; the two later co-starred in The Kingdom (2007 [...]	D
Michael Keaton, Kurt Russell, and Gary Oldman were all considered for the role of Lt. Col. Kazinski.	D
Troy's manner of death is not mentioned in the film. In the book, he was killed in a car accident.	D
Staff Sgt. Sykes originally had a tattoo of a panther on the back of his shaved head. Jamie Foxx spo [...]	D
Sam Mendes would attract even more acclaim 14 years later with his second war film 1917 (2019).	D
Brian Geraghty would later appear in The Hurt Locker (2008), another Iraq war-themed movie.	D
All Marines are taught to think of each other as brothers. Since the production of Jarhead wrapped, [...]	D
Some desert scenes were shot on a Universal sound stage with lights doubling as burning oil wells. T [...]	D
A great deal of the dialog is improvised. This was a deliberate choice on the part of Sam Mendes to [...]	D
The PB pills the Marines are issued are pyridostigmine bromide pills. They were designed to increase [...]	D
The original screenplay contained a more pointed political stance which Sam Mendes stripped out.	D
"Soldier's Things," the Tom Waits song that plays over the montage showing the Marines in civilian l [...]	D
Nirvana were traditionally long opposed to filmmakers including their work on the film's soundtrack [...]	D
When Swofford is ordered to clean the latrines, one of the receptacles has the words "Abandon all ho [...]	D
The interviews with the grunts were all improvised. Lucas Black was particularly uncomfortable with [...]	D
Sam Mendes rehearsed the film with his cast for 4 weeks.	D
Jake Gyllenhaal's nosebleed during the prank branding scene was digitally added in post-production.	D
Screenwriter William Broyles Jr. identified in particular with Anthony Swofford's book as a former s [...]	D

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