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After directing two of the most extraordinary movies of the 1970s, Badlands and Days of Heaven, American artist Terrence Malick disappeared from the film world for twenty years, only to resurface in 1998 with this visionary adaptation of James Jones's 1962 novel about the World War II battle for Guadalcanal. A big-budget, spectacularly mounted epic, THE THIN RED LINE is also one of the most deeply philosophical films ever released by a major Hollywood studio, a thought-provoking meditation on man, nature, and violence. Featuring a cast of contemporary cinema's finest actorsSean Penn (Dead Man Walking, Milk), Nick Nolte (The Prince of Tides, Affliction), Elias Koteas (Zodiac, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), and Woody Harrelson (Natural Born Killers, The People vs. Larry Flynt) among them - THE THIN RED LINE is a kaleidoscopic evocation of the experience of combat that ranks as one of cinema's greatest war films.
Original Release
03/05/1998
US Release
12/23/1998
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Kirk Acevedo | Pvt. Tella / Pvt. Alfredo Tella |
Penelope Allen | Witt's Mother |
Benjamin Green | Melanesian Villager |
Simon Billig | Lt. Col. Billig |
Mark Boone Junior | Pvt. Peale / Pvt. Christopher Peale |
Adrien Brody | Cpl. Fife / Cpl. Geoffrey Fife |
Norman Patrick Brown | Pvt. Henry |
Jim Caviezel | Pvt. Witt / Pvt. Robert Witt |
Ben Chaplin | Pvt. Bell / Pvt. Jack Bell |
George Clooney | Capt. Bosche / Capt. Charles Bosche |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kirk Acevedo | Pvt. Tella / Pvt. Alfredo Tella |
Penelope Allen | Witt's Mother |
Benjamin Green | Melanesian Villager |
Simon Billig | Lt. Col. Billig |
Mark Boone Junior | Pvt. Peale / Pvt. Christopher Peale |
Adrien Brody | Cpl. Fife / Cpl. Geoffrey Fife |
Norman Patrick Brown | Pvt. Henry |
Jim Caviezel | Pvt. Witt / Pvt. Robert Witt |
Ben Chaplin | Pvt. Bell / Pvt. Jack Bell |
George Clooney | Capt. Bosche / Capt. Charles Bosche |
John Cusack | Capt. John Gaff |
Jarrod Dean | Cpl. Thorne |
Matt Doran | Pvt. Coombs / Pvt. Howard Coombs |
Travis Fine | Pvt. Weld |
Paul Gleeson | 1st Lt. Band / 1st Lt. George "Brass" Band |
Woody Harrelson | Sgt. Keck / Sgt. William Keck |
David Harrod | Cpl. Queen |
Don Harvey | Sgt. Becker / Sgt. Paul Becker |
Kengo Hasuo | Japanese Prisoner |
Ben Hines | Assistant Pilot |
Producers
Name | Role |
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George Stevens Jr. | Executive Producer |
Robert Michael Geisler | Producer |
Grant Hill | Producer |
Sheila Davis Lawrence | Producer |
Mike Medavoy | Producer |
John Roberdeau | Producer |
Michael Stevens | Producer |
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Trailers
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1999 | Oscar | Best Picture | Nominated |
1999 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
1999 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Nominated |
1999 | Oscar | Best Cinematography | Nominated |
1999 | Oscar | Best Sound | Nominated |
1999 | Oscar | Best Film Editing | Nominated |
1999 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Dramatic Score | Nominated |