The Thin Red Line

1998

2h 51m

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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.

Directors

Terrence Malick

Writers

James Jones(novel by)

Terrence Malick(screenplay by)

Stars

Jim Caviezel

Nick Nolte

Sean Penn

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Jim Caviezel

Pvt. Robert Witt

Nick Nolte

Lt. Col. Gordon Tall

Sean Penn

1st Sgt. Edward Welsh

Pvt. Jack Bell

Capt. James Staros

Capt. John Gaff

Pfc. Don Doll

Sgt. Maynard Storm

Sgt. William Keck

Marty Bell

Pfc. Charlie Dale

Pvt. Alfredo Tella

Pfc. Edward Bead

Pvt. Ash

Pvt. Brian Tills

Cpl. Geoffrey Fife

Capt. Charles Bosche

2nd Lt. William Whyte

Directors

Terrence Malick

Writers

James Jones(novel by)

Terrence Malick(screenplay by)

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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 devoutly on the left... so much so that they support the axis powers if only because the alternative is the United States and Democracy and that is somehow more... fascist(?). I don't know, the film suffers from schizophrenia and the message gets lost when you realize that it's a World War II story and not a Vietnam story and that it is kind of taking the wrong side of WWII in it's effort to call America a fascist nation. But, you get pointless meandering diatribes and A-list actors in a horrible movie. The good news is that it looks pretty... but I don't think the final product is what the writer of this and From Here to Eternity had in mind.

GenerationofSwine12 Jan, 2023