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Mendes Directing "Jarhead"
Monday, April 26, 2004 9:53 AM EDT
Sam Mendes will direct "Jarhead", a drama based on Anthony Swofford's Persian Gulf War memoir for Universal.
William Broyles ("Cast Away") wrote the script, which will begin shooting in the fall.
Drawing on his own experiences as a Marine grunt in Vietnam, Broyles wrote a script that studio and producers felt captured Swofford's voice and vivid descriptions of war.
While Mendes has no background in soldiering, he liked the world enough to commit after reading the script and doing some work on it with Broyles.
"This is equal parts black humor, honesty, rage, lyricism, profanity and the mixture of machismo jarhead culture. With the exception of 'Three Kings', this is a war that has been overlooked but which has a burning relevance to what is happening right now in the Middle East," Mendes added.
Casting and scouting locations will begin right away, with the deserts of the Southwest a possible destination, after they made a convincing backdrop for "Three Kings".
To tackle "Jarhead", Mendes will postpone film adaptations of Stephen Sondheim's musical "Sweeney Todd" and Khaled Hosseini's novel "The Kite Runner".
Mendes followed his Oscar-winning debut film "American Beauty" with 2002's "Road to Perdition". He hasn't made a film since.
Source: Variety
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