The Thin Red Line (1998)
Directed by Terrence Malick
“Every man fights his own war.”
Drama, History, War · 2h 51m
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.
Cast
Jim Caviezel
Pvt. Robert Witt
Nick Nolte
Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
Sean Penn
1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
Ben Chaplin
Pvt. Jack Bell
Elias Koteas
Capt. James Staros
John Cusack
Capt. John Gaff
Dash Mihok
Pfc. Don Doll
John C. Reilly
Sgt. Maynard Storm
Woody Harrelson
Sgt. William Keck
Miranda Otto
Marty Bell
Arie Verveen
Pfc. Charlie Dale
Kirk Acevedo
Pvt. Alfredo Tella
Crew
- Director
- Terrence Malick
- Screenplay
- Terrence Malick
- Novel
- James Jones
- Director of Photography
- John Toll
- Original Music Composer
- Hans Zimmer
- Editor
- Saar Klein, Billy Weber, Leslie Jones
- Producer
- Grant Hill, John Roberdeau, Robert Michael Geisler
Details
- Release date
- 1998-12-23
- Runtime
- 2h 51m
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Greek, Japanese
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Fox 2000 Pictures, Phoenix Pictures, George Stevens Jr. Productions, Geisler-Roberdeau Productions
- Budget
- $52,000,000
- Box office
- $98,126,565