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The Kingdom/Jarhead (DVD)
Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Ashraf Barhom, …
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R25
Discovery Miles 250
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The Kingdom (2007)
When a terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an international incident is ignited. While diplomats slowly debate equations of territorialism, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) quickly assembles an elite team and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing. Upon landing in the desert kingdom, however, Fleury and his team discover Saudi authorities suspicious and unwelcoming of American interlopers into what they consider a local matter. Hamstrung by protocol, and with the clock ticking on their five days, the FBI agents find their expertise worthless without the trust of their Saudi counterparts who want to locate the terrorist in their homeland on their own terms. Fleury's crew finds a like-minded partner in Saudi Police Captain Al-Ghazi (Ashraf Barhom), who helps them navigate royal politics and unlock the secrets of the crime scene and the workings of an extremist, hell bent on further destruction.
Jarhead (2006)
An adaptation of former Marine Anthony Swofford's Gulf War memoir. Young recruit Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) joins up with the US Marines (nicknamed 'Jarheads' because of their distinctive haircuts) on the eve of the 1990 Gulf War. After a brutal spell in boot camp, during which Swofford and his fellow recruits are systematically geared up for the conflict, the Marines are dispatched to the deserts of the Persian Gulf to take part in a war that sees them required to do very little in the way of fighting. Bored and frustrated in the middle of nowhere, the young soldiers resort to a macabre sense of humour as they wait for the war to happen to them.
This 14-volume edition contains the key works and commentary by
leading Fisher scholars, allowing modern readers access to the
major issues in Fisherian economic thought.
This 14-volume edition contains the key works and commentary by
leading Fisher scholars, allowing modern readers access to the
major issues in Fisherian economic thought.
This 14-volume edition contains the key works and commentary by
leading Fisher scholars, allowing modern readers access to the
major issues in Fisherian economic thought.
This 14-volume edition contains the key works and commentary by
leading Fisher scholars, allowing modern readers access to the
major issues in Fisherian economic thought.
This 14-volume edition contains the key works and commentary by
leading Fisher scholars, allowing modern readers access to the
major issues in Fisherian economic thought.
This 14-volume edition contains the key works and commentary by
leading Fisher scholars, allowing modern readers access to the
major issues in Fisherian economic thought.
This 14-volume edition contains the key works and commentary by
leading Fisher scholars, allowing modern readers access to the
major issues in Fisherian economic thought.
This 14-volume edition contains the key works and commentary by
leading Fisher scholars, allowing modern readers access to the
major issues in Fisherian economic thought.
This 14-volume edition contains the key works and commentary by
leading Fisher scholars, allowing modern readers access to the
major issues in Fisherian economic thought.
This 14-volume edition contains the key works and commentary by
leading Fisher scholars, allowing modern readers access to the
major issues in Fisherian economic thought.
This 14-volume edition contains the key works and commentary by
leading Fisher scholars, allowing modern readers access to the
major issues in Fisherian economic thought.
This 14-volume edition contains the key works and commentary by
leading Fisher scholars, allowing modern readers access to the
major issues in Fisherian economic thought.
This 14-volume edition contains the key works and commentary by
leading Fisher scholars, allowing modern readers access to the
major issues in Fisherian economic thought.
This 14-volume edition contains the key works and commentary by
leading Fisher scholars, allowing modern readers access to the
major issues in Fisherian economic thought.
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Jarhead (DVD)
Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Lo Ming, Kevin Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, …
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R53
Discovery Miles 530
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Ships in 10 - 20 working days
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Sam Mendes directs this adaptation of former Marine Anthony
Swofford's Gulf War memoir. Young recruit Swofford (Jake
Gyllenhaal) joins up with the US Marines (nicknamed 'Jarheads'
because of their distinctive haircuts) on the eve of the 1990 Gulf
War. After a brutal spell in boot camp, during which Swofford and
his fellow recruits are systematically geared up for the conflict,
the Marines are dispatched to the deserts of the Persian Gulf to
take part in a war that sees them required to do very little in the
way of fighting. Bored and frustrated in the middle of nowhere, the
young soldiers resort to a macabre sense of humour as they wait for
the war to happen to them.
Don't Mention the War examines Australian media coverage of the war
in Afghanistan. The book demonstrates how the military's public
affairs personnel have taken over many of the roles traditionally
performed by reporters and shows the restrictive affect of this on
media coverage. This tight media management is contrasted with the
more open approach of Dutch and Canadian militaries in Afghanistan,
a fact that is explained through reference to the different
positions of the military within these different nations. As
opposed to the Dutch and the Canadians, who had reputations to
rebuild, the almost uniquely exalted position of the military in
Australia has enabled and driven a media strategy tailored to
defend the Australian military's high social standing. In
Australian media coverage, the book goes on to argue, the war in
Afghanistan has then functioned as another platform for the
celebration of national military virtues. What has been offered is
less a representation of action than an affirmation of identity;
less a chronicle of unfolding events than a testament to immutable
character. *** "Foster argues convincingly that the ADF's
determination to keep an iron grip on information, based on an
entrenched cultural distain for journalists, a resistance to
scrutiny, and an obsession with protecting its reputation, meant
that what it was actually doing in Afghanistan remained a mystery.
While he attributes authorship of this mystery to the ADF
hierarchy, supported at times by politicians, journalists don't
escape his censure. His book is an indictment of the lack of
commitment by Australian editors to covering the Afghan war." - Tom
Hyland, Inside Story, January 2014
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