Item specifics - DVDs
Condition:
Good
Format: DVD
Edition: Widescreen Leading Role: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard
Rating: 18A Director: Sam Mendes
Release Date: Mar 07, 2006 Genre: Action, Adventure
UPC: 025192784224 Sub-Genre: --
Region: DVD: 1 (US, CA)
Detailed item info
Movie Description
For his third feature film, British director Sam Mendes (AMERICAN BEAUTY) turns to the pages of Anthony Swofford's 2003 book on his experiences in the first Gulf War, and enlists William Broyles Jr.--a former Lieutenant who fought in Vietnam--to convert it into a screenplay. Mendes's film strays into FULL METAL JACKET territory as it opens, with young recruit Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) undertaking some rigorous basic training under the steely, watchful eye of Staff Sgt. Sykes (Jamie Foxx). Impressed, Sykes invites Swofford to join his team, and partners him with Troy (Peter Sarsgaard), ultimately taking them to Saudi Arabia to fight in the first Gulf War. But once they arrive in the punishing heat of the desert, the long wait for battle sends many of the Marines dangerously close to the brink of insanity.
Drawing on the experience of acclaimed cinematographer Roger Deakins (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) to help viewers get a close-up taste of the Marines' punishing life in the desert, Mendes's film enters into deeply unsettling territory, the likes of which many cinemagoers won't have experienced since Martin Sheen lost his tenuous grip on reality in APOCALYPSE NOW. Indeed, Mendes deploys a few similar tactics to those that made Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film so effective: a hip soundtrack that uses songs from artists as varied as Public Enemy and the Rolling Stones, and a feeling of disillusionment and futility among the troops that really digs in when the battle finally blackens the desert skies. Avoiding any overt antiwar sentiments, Mendes instead provides a thoughtful account of life as a modern day soldier, demonstrating how technology has made the average Marine's job all but redundant, and created disaffected troops who are as much a threat to each other as the enemies they wait to face in the trenches.
PLEASE READ EVERYTHING BEFORE BIDDING***
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We Only Ship Within the United States and Canada
We will combine shipping on items order at the same time. on movies it is 1.25 for each addtional movie after the first one.
***PRODUCTS - IMPORTANT SECTION - PLEASE READ !***
All DVDs have been veiwed unless specified as new, which means still wrapped from the factory. All DVDs come in a case with the original cover art unless specified otherwise. Cover art, cases and DVDs are sold as-is. A very small selection were rentals.
PAYMENT IS DUE IN 5 DAYS OF AUCTION'S END. PAYPAL IS THE ONLY ACCEPTED PAYMENT METHOD! IF PAYPAL IS NOT OPTION EMAIL US AND WE WILL GIVE YOU THE OTHER OPTIONS.
If payment is not received within 5 days after your final win, and other arrangements have not been made, we have the option to void the sale, which will count as a strike against your account.
Shipping within 3 business days after we receive your payment.
***RETURN POLICY***
We DO NOT accept returns for the new DVDs since they are brand new.
If upon receipt, you find that the DVD does not play properly, it is your responsibility to contact us within 48 hours of receiving it. Otherwise, my return policy expires and we cannot accept the item back.
It is your responsibility to ship back the DVD within 3 days after receipt. It doesn't have to be received within 3 days, Just get it in the mail within 3 days. Return shipping costs are the buyer's responsibility. Once we receive the DVD a refund will be issued immediately via PayPal for the purchase price/winning bid, of the DVD only, not shipping charges paid.
We accept returns for used DVDs--- ONLY if it does not play properly. Cover art and cases are sold as-is and we will not accept returns if you do not like the condition of the case. We check every case before it leaves us to see it closes properly. A sticker on it or writing on it or something similar DOES NOT qualify as a broken case, or defective DVD and I DO NOT ACCEPT RETURNS BECAUSE OF BUYER'S REMORSE.
***FEEDBACK***
We only leave feedback first when we are the buyer. Due to the new feedback policies, many buyers are using feedback extortion to try to get an item free, because of these we refuse to leave it first. We will leave positive feedback for you the same day or for sure within 24 hours after feedback is left for us..
Condition:
Good
Format: DVD
Edition: Widescreen Leading Role: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard
Rating: 18A Director: Sam Mendes
Release Date: Mar 07, 2006 Genre: Action, Adventure
UPC: 025192784224 Sub-Genre: --
Region: DVD: 1 (US, CA)
Detailed item info
Movie Description
For his third feature film, British director Sam Mendes (AMERICAN BEAUTY) turns to the pages of Anthony Swofford's 2003 book on his experiences in the first Gulf War, and enlists William Broyles Jr.--a former Lieutenant who fought in Vietnam--to convert it into a screenplay. Mendes's film strays into FULL METAL JACKET territory as it opens, with young recruit Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) undertaking some rigorous basic training under the steely, watchful eye of Staff Sgt. Sykes (Jamie Foxx). Impressed, Sykes invites Swofford to join his team, and partners him with Troy (Peter Sarsgaard), ultimately taking them to Saudi Arabia to fight in the first Gulf War. But once they arrive in the punishing heat of the desert, the long wait for battle sends many of the Marines dangerously close to the brink of insanity.
Drawing on the experience of acclaimed cinematographer Roger Deakins (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) to help viewers get a close-up taste of the Marines' punishing life in the desert, Mendes's film enters into deeply unsettling territory, the likes of which many cinemagoers won't have experienced since Martin Sheen lost his tenuous grip on reality in APOCALYPSE NOW. Indeed, Mendes deploys a few similar tactics to those that made Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film so effective: a hip soundtrack that uses songs from artists as varied as Public Enemy and the Rolling Stones, and a feeling of disillusionment and futility among the troops that really digs in when the battle finally blackens the desert skies. Avoiding any overt antiwar sentiments, Mendes instead provides a thoughtful account of life as a modern day soldier, demonstrating how technology has made the average Marine's job all but redundant, and created disaffected troops who are as much a threat to each other as the enemies they wait to face in the trenches.
PLEASE READ EVERYTHING BEFORE BIDDING***
We Only Accept PayPal
We Only Ship Within the United States and Canada
We will combine shipping on items order at the same time. on movies it is 1.25 for each addtional movie after the first one.
***PRODUCTS - IMPORTANT SECTION - PLEASE READ !***
All DVDs have been veiwed unless specified as new, which means still wrapped from the factory. All DVDs come in a case with the original cover art unless specified otherwise. Cover art, cases and DVDs are sold as-is. A very small selection were rentals.
PAYMENT IS DUE IN 5 DAYS OF AUCTION'S END. PAYPAL IS THE ONLY ACCEPTED PAYMENT METHOD! IF PAYPAL IS NOT OPTION EMAIL US AND WE WILL GIVE YOU THE OTHER OPTIONS.
If payment is not received within 5 days after your final win, and other arrangements have not been made, we have the option to void the sale, which will count as a strike against your account.
Shipping within 3 business days after we receive your payment.
***RETURN POLICY***
We DO NOT accept returns for the new DVDs since they are brand new.
If upon receipt, you find that the DVD does not play properly, it is your responsibility to contact us within 48 hours of receiving it. Otherwise, my return policy expires and we cannot accept the item back.
It is your responsibility to ship back the DVD within 3 days after receipt. It doesn't have to be received within 3 days, Just get it in the mail within 3 days. Return shipping costs are the buyer's responsibility. Once we receive the DVD a refund will be issued immediately via PayPal for the purchase price/winning bid, of the DVD only, not shipping charges paid.
We accept returns for used DVDs--- ONLY if it does not play properly. Cover art and cases are sold as-is and we will not accept returns if you do not like the condition of the case. We check every case before it leaves us to see it closes properly. A sticker on it or writing on it or something similar DOES NOT qualify as a broken case, or defective DVD and I DO NOT ACCEPT RETURNS BECAUSE OF BUYER'S REMORSE.
***FEEDBACK***
We only leave feedback first when we are the buyer. Due to the new feedback policies, many buyers are using feedback extortion to try to get an item free, because of these we refuse to leave it first. We will leave positive feedback for you the same day or for sure within 24 hours after feedback is left for us..
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