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The Thin Red Line  (Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV)  (DVD)  1998

SKU:  18713538 Release Date: 9/28/2010
Rating:  R
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Synopsis

The return of director Terrence Malick to feature filmmaking after a twenty year sabbatical, this World War II drama is an elegiac rumination on man's destruction of nature and himself, based on James Jones' semi-autobiographical novel, his follow-up to From Here to Eternity. James Caviezel stars as Private Witt, a deserter living in peace and harmony with the natives of a Pacific island paradise. Captured by the Navy, Witt is debriefed by a senior officer (Sean Penn) and returned to an active duty unit preparing for what will be the Battle of Guadalcanal. As Witt goes ashore in the company of his fellow soldiers, they meet diverse fates. Sergeant Keck (Woody Harrelson) is killed by an exploding grenade. Captain John Gaff (John Cusack) is an intelligent, sober leader facing the destruction of his command because his commanding officer Colonel Tall (Nick Nolte) is bucking for a general's star. Sergeant McCron (John Savage) loses his mind. Private Bell (Ben Chaplin) gets a "Dear John" letter from his beloved wife. However, as the U.S. troops advance up grassy slopes toward entrenched Japanese positions, it is Witt's voiced-over ruminations on life, death, and nature that are the real heart and soul of The Thin Red Line (1998). Adrien Brody appears as Private Fife, the major character of Jones' novel and the author's alter-ego, although Fife has been relegated to a minor supporting role by Malick's filmed adaptation. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Cast

Adrien Brody - Cpl. Fife
Elias Koteas - Capt. James "Bugger" Staros
Dash Mihok - Pfc. Doll
Thomas Jane - Pvt. Ash
Polyn Leona - Melanesian Woman with child
Matt Doran - Private Coombs
Nick Nolte - Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
Tim Blake Nelson - Pvt. Tills
Miranda Otto - Marty Bell
John C. Reilly - Sgt. Storm
Larry Romano - Pvt. Mazzi
Sean Penn - First Sgt. Edward Welsh
James Caviezel - Pvt. Witt
George Clooney - Capt. Charles Bosche
John Cusack - Capt. John Gaff
John Savage - Sgt. McCron
John Travolta - Brig. Gen. Quintard
David Harrod - Cpl. Queen
Woody Harrelson - Sgt. Keck
Ben Chaplin - Pvt. Bell
Arie Verveen - Pfc. Dale
Jared Leto - Second Lt. Whyte

Crew

Screenwriter: Terrence Malick
Director: Terrence Malick
First Assistant Director: Skip Cosper
Producer: Grant Hill ,John Roberdeau
Associate Producer: Sheila Davis Lawrence
Producer: Robert Michael Geisler
Executive Producer: George Stevens, Jr.
Editor: Billy Weber
Composer (Music Score): Hans Zimmer
Cinematographer: John Toll
Casting: Dianne Crittenden
Second Unit Director: Gary Capo
Set Designer: Susan Maybury
Costume Designer: Margot Wilson
Associate Producer: Michael Stevens
Sound/Sound Designer: Paul "Salty" Brincat
Production Designer: Jack Fisk
Art Director: Ian Gracie
Editor: Leslie Jones
Set Designer: Richard Hobbs
Stunts Coordinator: Glenn Boswell
Editor: Saar Klein
Book Author: James Jones
Supervising Sound Editor: J.Paul Huntsman

Customer Reviews

The Thin Red Line - Widescreen Special - DVD (1 out of 1)
The other war film of 1998
5
Posted by: from San Diego, Ca on 09/26/2010This will always be associated but should never be compared to as the other war film from 1998, the other being the visceral "Saving Private Ryan". When viewed together, one can actually experience two important battles in WWII. The battles in "The Thin Red Line" exist mostly in the minds and imaginations of the characters. The action is at times startling, yet lacks the punch of the Spielberg, which I think there are fans on both sides. The approach and mastery of Malick is not to be missed as he assembles an impressive array of characters to illuminate the horror of war. Always beautiful and moving much like his previous efforts (20 years earlier!). Criterion releases the canon in great cinematic art and this film certainly belongs there.

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