The first press screenings of Sam Mendes’ Jarhead that I’ve heard about will begin late next week. The sound of those slowed-down synthesized helicopter blades on the website is an obvious salute to Apocalypse Now, but the script suggests it’ll be something more Full Metal Jacket-ish than Platoon-like.
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