The Thin Red Line Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terrence Malick
Genres: War
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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. As Witt goes ashore in the company of his fellow soldiers, they meet diverse fates. Sergeant Keck (Woody_Harrelson) is killed by an exploding grenade. Captain John Gaff (John_Cusack) is an intelligent, sober leader facing the destruction of his command because his commanding officer Colonel Tall (Nick_Nolte) is bucking for a general's star. Sergeant McCron (John_Savage) loses his mind. Private Bell (Ben_Chaplin) gets a "Dear John" letter from his beloved wife. However, as the U.S. troops advance up grassy slopes toward entrenched Japanese positions, it is Witt's voiced-over ruminations on life, death, and nature that are the real heart and soul of The Thin Red Line (1998). Adrien_Brody appears as Private Fife, the major character of Jones' novel and the author's alter-ego, although Fife has been relegated to a minor supporting role by Malick's filmed adaptation. Karl Williams, Rovi
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