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The Thin Red Line (1998)
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Ratings: 7.6/10 from 84,375 users
Metascore:
78/100
Reviews: 1,394 user | 148 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com Director Terrence Malick's adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War. Director:Terrence Malick |
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Nominated for 7 Oscars.
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| John C. Reilly | ... | ||
| Woody Harrelson | ... | ||
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| John Travolta | ... | ||
| George Clooney | ... | ||
| Nick Stahl | ... |
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Storyline
In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the pacific. A group of young soldiers is brought in as a relief for the battle-weary Marine units. The exhausting fight for a key-positioned airfield that allows control over a 1000-mile radius puts the men of the Army Rifle company C-for-Charlie through hell. The horrors of war forms the soldiers into a tight-knit group, their emotions develop into bonds of love and even family. The reasons for this war get further away as the world for the men gets smaller and smaller until their fighting is for mere survival and the life of the other men with them. Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>
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Every man fights his own war.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for realistic war violence and language See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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La delgada línea roja See more »Box Office
Budget:
$52,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$223,548 (USA) (27 December 1998) (5 Screens)Gross:
$81,600,000 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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Private Edward P. Train: What's this war in the heart of nature? Why does nature vie with itself? The land contend with the sea? Is there an avenging power in nature? Not one power, but two?
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from "Requiem"
Composed by Gabriel Fauré
Performed by Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Conducted by Armin Jordan See more »
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Nicolas Cage, Kevin Costner, Peter Berg, Ethan Hawke, Dermot Mulroney and William Baldwin were considered for roles and met with the director. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When the men are preparing to climb down into the assault craft, there is a shot of Captain Staros thinking to himself. Over his shoulder he carries an M1 carbine which has a mounted bayonet lug (post war feature). When he arrives on the island, suddenly his weapon doesn't have a bayonet lug anymore. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Private Edward P. Train: What's this war in the heart of nature? Why does nature vie with itself? The land contend with the sea? Is there an avenging power in nature? Not one power, but two?
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Composer Wrangler. . . Moanike'ala Nakamoto See more »Soundtracks
"In Paradisum"from "Requiem"
Composed by Gabriel Fauré
Performed by Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
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