THE THIN RED LINE (1998)

Directed by: Terrence Malick
Based on the novel by: James Jones
Starring: Sean Penn, Jim Caviezel, Ben Chaplin, Adrien Brody, George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Nick Nolte, John C. Reilly, John Travolta, Jared Leto, Dash Mihok, Tim Blake Nelson, Larry Romano, John Savage, Arie Verveen, Kirk Acevedo, Penny Allen, Mark Boone Junior, Matt Doran, Don Harvey, Danny Hoch, Thomas Jane, Miranda Otto, Donal Logue, Nick Stahl

171 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, scenes of war, disturbing images)

PLOT:
In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese advance into the Pacific theater. A group of young soldiers are brought in as a relief for the battle-weary Marines. The exhausting fight for a strategically-positioned airfield that allows control over a 1000-mile radius puts the men of the Army rifle company C-for-Charlie through hell. The horrors of war form the soldiers into a tight-knit group, their emotions develop into bonds of love and even family. The reasons for this war get further away as the world for the men gets smaller and smaller until their fighting is for mere survival and the life of the other men with them.

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