The Thin Red Line (1998)
December 23, 1998
Drama, History, War
2h 51m
Every man fights his own war.
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.
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Cast & Crew
- Director
- Terrence Malick
Pvt. Robert Witt Jim Caviezel
Pvt. Jack Bell Ben Chaplin
Pfc. Don Doll Dash Mihok
Sgt. William Keck Woody Harrelson
Lt. Col. Gordon Tall Nick Nolte
1st Sgt. Edward Welsh Sean Penn
Capt. John Gaff John Cusack
Cpl. Geoffrey Fife Adrien Brody
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Keywords
- epic
- based on novel or book
- steel helmet
- world war ii
- battle assignment
- invasion
- infantry
- marine corps
- us army
- commander
- rifle
- pacific war
- gun battle
- jungle
- sergeant
- pacific island
- soldier
- battle
- fighting
- mourning
- guadalcanal
- pacific theater
- burlesque
- anti war
- awol
- japanese army
- disturbed
- 1940s
- nervous
- zealous
- philosophical
- philosophic conflict
- battlefield trauma
- shell shocked soldier
- inspirational
- wistful
- intimate
- provocative
- ghoulish
- powerful
- philosophical depiction of war