Jarhead, directed Sam Mendes (Road to Perdition and American Beauty), is the adaptation of Anthony Swofford's book, Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
(Scribner, $14, 0743244915), a classic of the first Gulf War. In the
movie, to be released this Friday, November 4, Jake Gyllenhaal plays
Swofford. Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Chris Cooper and Lucas Black
also star. Swofford will be making appearances for the film.
