The Thin Red Line (1998)
Directed by Terrence Malick

Drama / War

Film Synopsis

In 1942, Witt, a private in the US Army, is leading an idyllic existence among the Melanesian natives in a South Pacific paradise.  So far, this tranquil spot has somehow managed to escape the turmoil of war, but when it arrives it does so with all the fury of Hell.  The island of Guadalcanal becomes the battleground for one of the most frenzied battles between the American and Japanese armies, and Witt soon finds himself caught up in the destructive chaos of modern warfare at its most fearsome and relentless.  Once the conflagration has started, it seems that nothing will put it out.  It will be a fight to the death, and at the end of it paradise will be reduced to smouldering embers soaked in blood....
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Film Credits

  • Director: Terrence Malick
  • Script: James Jones (novel), Terrence Malick
  • Photo: John Toll
  • Music: Hans Zimmer
  • Cast: Nick Nolte (Lt. Col. Gordon Tall), Jim Caviezel (Pvt. Witt), Sean Penn (1st Sgt. Edward Welsh), Elias Koteas (Capt. James 'Bugger' Staros), Ben Chaplin (Pvt. Bell), Dash Mihok (Pfc. Doll), John Cusack (Capt. John Gaff), Adrien Brody (Cpl. Fife), John C. Reilly (Sgt. Storm), Woody Harrelson (Sgt. Keck), Miranda Otto (Marty Bell), Jared Leto (2nd Lt. Whyte), John Travolta (Brig. Gen. Quintard), George Clooney (Capt. Charles Bosche), Nick Stahl (Pfc - Beade), Thomas Jane (Pvt. Ash), John Savage (Sgt. McCron), Will Wallace (Pvt. Hoke), John Dee Smith (Pvt. Train), Kirk Acevedo (Pvt. Tella)
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English / Tok Pisin / Japanese / Greek
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 170 min

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