Thin Red Line (1999)
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- Released
- 23/01/2001
- Film and TV Genre
- Action
- Video Format
- NTSC
- DVD Region
- 1 (will only play on Region 1 and Multi-Region DVD players)
Description
Terrence Malick returns to Hollywood after a two-decade hiatus with this adaptation of the classic WWII novel by James Jones. The story follows the efforts of an army platoon to capture the Japanese-controlled island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific Ocean, which will have a major effect on the outcome of the war. The members of C-for-Charlie Company are all fighting for different reasons: some to achieve glory, some to fight for democracy, and some simply to remain alive. They spend the quieter moments reflecting upon their existence, searching for meaning amid the senselessness of war.
Malick's reputation as one of cinema's most brilliant directors, based on his masterworks BADLANDS and DAYS OF HEAVEN, enabled him to pull together one of the largest ensemble all-star casts in Hollywood history. The result is a sprawling epic that carries itself like a poem read in a dream, a feeling that is greatly enhanced by John Toll's floating camerawork and Hans Zimmer's haunting score. Rather than concentrating solely on the violence and destruction of war, Malick uses the situation to address philosophical questions such as man versus nature, war versus peace, and good versus evil. THE THIN RED LINE proves that after a 20-year layoff, Malick hasn't lost a step.
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Product Details
- Actors
- Director
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Aspect Ratio
- 2.35:1
- Audio Format
- Dolby Digital Surround - English
- English Dolby Digital 5.1
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Run Time (minutes)
- 170
- Disc Layers
- 1
- Label / Studio
- TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX
- Film Format
- Anamorphic
- Disc Features
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Selection
- Anamorphic
- Film Rating (Australia)
- R18+
- Year of release
- 1998
- Film Rating (UK)
- R18
- Subtitle Language
- English,
- Spanish
- Cast & Crew
- Margot Wilson (Costume Designer)
- John Toll (Director of Photography)
- Billy Weber (Editor)
- Leslie Jones (Editor)
- Saar Klein (Editor)
- Grant Hill (Producer)
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Additional Information
- Interactive Menus
- Melanesian Songs from Soundtrack
- Scene Access
