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The Thin Red Line

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.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Terrence Malick
  • Studio: George Stevens Jr. Productions, Fox 2000 Pictures, Phoenix Pictures
  • Year: 1998
  • Run Time: 180 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Set in: Guadalcanal
  • MPAA Rating: R (for realistic war violence and language)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: War
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 1998 12 23 (USA)

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