The Thin Red Line
20th Century Fox (1998)
Action, War
In Collection
#1179
0*
Seen ItYes
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IMDB   7.6
170 mins Canada / English
Blu-ray Disc  Region 1   R (Restricted)
Sean Penn First Sergeant Edward Welsh
Adrien Brody Corporal Fife
Ben Chaplin Private Jack Bell
George Clooney Captain Charles Bosche
John Cusack Captain John Gaff
Woody Harrelson Sergeant Keck
Elias Koteas Captain James Staros
Jared Leto Second Lieutenant Whyte
Dash Mihok Private First Class Doll
Jim Caviezel Private Witt
Nick Nolte Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Tall
John C. Reilly Sergeant Storm
Kirk Acevedo Pvt. Tella
Simon Billig Lt. Col. Billig
Mark Boone Junior Pvt. Peale
Director
Terrence Malick
Producer Robert Michael Geisler
Grant Hill
Writer Terrence Malick
James Jones
Cinematography John Toll
Musician Hans Zimmer
John Powell


In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the pacific. A group of young soldiers is brought in as a relief for the battle-weary Marine units. The exhausting fight for a key-positioned airfield that allows control over a 1000-mile radius puts the men of the Army Rifle company C-for-Charlie through hell.
Edition Details
Edition Blu-Ray Edition
Distributor Criterion
Release Date 9/28/2010
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Audio Tracks DTS [English]
DTS-HD High Resolution Audio [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
New audio commentary by Toll, production designer Jack Fisk, and producer Grant Hill Interviews with several of the film’s actors New interview with casting director Fourteen minutes of outtakes from the film World War II newsreels from Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands Melanesian chants Original theatrical trailer Plus: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Sterritt and a 1963 reprint by James Jones