Fires of Kuwait
After Saddam Hussein had the Kuwait Oil wells lit up, teams from all over the world fought those fires for months. They had to save the oil resources, as well as reduce air pollution. The different teams developed different techniques of extinguishing the fires. Man's emergency creativity can be seen at it's best.
Lessons of Darkness
Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed this apocalyptic landscape with its murky skies, scorched earth and capricious flames.
Uncle Sam
It's Fourth of July Weekend, and the recently discovered corpse of Sgt. Sam Harper rises from the dead to punish the unpatriotic.
The Men Who Stare at Goats
A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
Jarhead
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.
The Manchurian Candidate
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
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William Lustig
Director
Frank Pesce
as
Barker
Timothy Bottoms
as
Donald Crandall
Tom McFadden
as
Mac Cronin
Isaac Hayes
as
Sgt. Jed Crowley
Jeff Bridges
as
Bill Django
Robert Curtis Brown
as
General Brown
George Clooney
as
Lyn Cassady
Robert Patrick
as
Todd Nixon
Sam Mendes
Director
Jake Gyllenhaal
as
Anthony Swofford
Lucas Black
as
Chris Kruger
John Krasinski
as
Corporal Harrigan
Jamie Foxx
as
Staff Sgt. Sykes
Denzel Washington
as
Ben Marco
Vera Farmiga
as
Jocelyne Jordan
Obba Babatundé
as
Senator Wells
Jose Pablo Cantillo
as
Villalobos
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Werner Herzog