Overview:
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.| Status: | Released (1998-12-23) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 7 Oscars. 23 wins & 47 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $36,400,491 |
| Screen: | James Jones, Terrence Malick |
| Productions: | Fox 2000 Pictures, Phoenix Pictures, Pioneer Films, George Stevens Jr. Productions, Geisler-Roberdeau Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | ελληνικά, English, 日本語 |
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- 8767: Jim Caviezel - Pvt. Robert Witt
- 21343: Ben Chaplin - Pvt. Jack Bell
- 6066: Dash Mihok - Pfc. Don Doll
- 57755: Woody Harrelson - Sgt. William Keck
- 1733: Nick Nolte - Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
- 2228: Sean Penn - 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
- 3036: John Cusack - Capt. John Gaff
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- 30715: Terrence Malick - Director - Directing
- 30715: Terrence Malick - Screenplay - Writing
- 55868: James Jones - Novel - Writing
- 24803: George Stevens Jr. - Executive Producer - Production
- 55869: Robert Michael Geisler - Producer - Production
- 8528: Grant Hill - Producer - Production
- 55870: John Roberdeau - Producer - Production
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Reviews
CRCulver
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The circumstances around Terence Malick's <i>The Thin Red Line</i> are sometimes more talked about than the film itself. The reclusive director had made a big splash in the Seventies, but there followed two decades of silence. When he finally reappeared in 1998 to direct this adaptat ....
Continue reading ->badelf
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As war movies go, this one sucks. I'm pretty sure (although I didn't read it, that the novel (and maybe original screenplay) must have been fantastic, but Terrence Malick really bungled this: no clear vision, no character investment, a ridiculous amount of stupid jump cuts. I was wil ....
Continue reading ->GenerationofSwine
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Yeah, this is pretentious. And what makes it worse is that in all of it's art house pomp, it doesn't come across so much as anti-war as it does anti- stopping the Japanese and Germans from their genocidal bid for world domination. It was like they were saying that they are devoutl ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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This is a captivating and stunningly photographed depiction of the horrors of jungle warfare. Jim Caviezel is "Witt" - apprehended from some unofficial leave by his Sergeant "Welsh" (Sean Penn) and is interned aboard a troop ship pending court-martial. All of that due process is soon ....
Continue reading ->BornKnight
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Terrence Mallick is just making movies, and probably my favorite director among all, and he is responsible for the direction and screenplay. One characteristic of Mallicks movie is the dream-like essence on his way to approach the direction and cinematography and here were are not fa ....
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