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Chris Cooper Joins Jarhead
By James Wray Dec 15, 2004, 7:56 GMT
Chris Cooper has joined the cast of Jarhead. The drama based on Anthony Swofford's Persian Gulf War memoir, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles.
When the U.S. Marines -- or "jarheads" -- were sent to Saudi Arabia in 1990 for the first Gulf War, Anthony Swofford was there. He lived in sand for six months; he was punished by boredom and fear; he considered suicide, pulled a gun on a fellow marine, and was targeted by both enemy and friendly fire. As engagement with the Iraqis drew near, he was forced to consider what it means to be an American, a soldier, a son of a soldier, and a man.
Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx and Peter Sarsgaard star in the Universal Pictures project for director Sam Mendes. Principal photography began this month.
Cooper takes on the role of Lt. Colonel Kazinski, the officer in charge of an elite sniper unit and to whom the Gyllenhaal and Sarsgaard characters report.
Details on the book in our database.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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