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The Thin Red Line

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The Thin Red Line
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R,3hrs 0min
Genres:
War,Drama,Action
Released:
January 15, 1999
Director:
Terrence Malick
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, James Caviezel  ...more
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 ... Full Synopsis
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Matthew Doberman, AMG Review
Reclusive director Terrence Malick's long-awaited return to filmmaking, The Thin Red Line is a beautifully rendered treatise on man and nature, revisiting World War II as few films have. Malick isn't interested in the traditional, linear rhythms of the James Jones novel on which the film is based; instead, he fashions an atypically unfocussed and philosophical war story, using the material as a blueprint. ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Sean Penn
First Sgt. Edward Welsh
Adrien Brody
Cpl. Fife
James Caviezel
Pvt. Witt
Ben Chaplin
Pvt. Bell
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