The Thin Red Line [Criterion Collection]

The Thin Red Line [Criterion Collection]

Director: Terrence Malick Cast: Jimmy
Jimmy
, Ben Chaplin
Ben Chaplin
, Dash Mihok
Dash Mihok
, Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson
Terrence Malick
The Thin Red Line [Criterion Collection]

The Thin Red Line [Criterion Collection]

Director: Terrence Malick Cast: Jimmy
Jimmy
, Ben Chaplin
Ben Chaplin
, Dash Mihok
Dash Mihok
, Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson
Terrence Malick

DVD (Wide Screen)

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Overview

"Reclusive director Terrence Malick returned to the big screen after a 20-year absence to make an epic World War II movie the same year as Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. Malick's first two films, Badlands and Days of Heaven, were widely praised for beautifully capturing rich characters with grandiose ideals, and this theme is again explored in the tumultuous setting of wartime Pacific Islands. Using the old ""War is Hell"" adage, Malick uses an all-star cast to remind viewers that beauty and self-doubt still exist in times of horror and complex violence. Based on James Jones' novel of the same name, the story is more an intimate character drama than a loud action film. The story centers on an army unit called Charlie Company whose members are brought into the Pacific island of Guadalcanal. Filled with fear and self-doubt, these men have to prove their courage and abilities in an event that is bigger than all of them. Unlike Saving Private Ryan, the film is more an exploration of the inner dialogues instead of tactical maneuvering. They're not searching outwardly for a person (like Ryan) but inwardly for the courage to keep going. Like Malick's other films, it juxtaposes the beauty of its environments with the ugly realities of the time. The all-star cast includes many Hollywood heavies, including George Clooney, Woody Harrelson, John Cusack, and John Travolta, but the story really focuses on Nick Nolte as Colonel Tall and Sean Penn as First Sergeant Welsh, two tortured men dealing with the demons in their past as well as the ones on the battleground."

Product Details

Release Date: 09/28/2010
UPC: 0715515062312
Original Release: 1998
Rating: R
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 2:51:00
Sales rank: 14,106

Special Features

Audio commentary by director Terrence Malick and cinematographer John Toll; Audio commentary by Toll, production designer Jack Fish, and producer Grant Hill; Original theatrical trailer; Interviews with several of the film's actors, including Kirk Acevedo, Jim Caviezel, Thomas Jane, Ehas Koreas, Dash Mihok, and Sean Penn, composer Hans Zimmer, editors Billy Weber, Leslie Jones and Saar Kelin, and writer James Jone's daughter Kaylie Jones; New interview with casting director Dianne Crittenden, featuring archival audition footage; Fourteen minutes of outtakes; WWII newsreels from Guadaleanal and the Solomon Islands; Melanesian chants

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Jimmy Pvt. Robert Witt
Ben Chaplin Pvt. Jack Bell
Dash Mihok Pfc. Don Doll
Woody Harrelson Sgt. William Keck
Nick Nolte Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
Sean Penn 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
John Cusack Capt. John Gaff
Adrien Brody Cpl. Geoffrey Fife
John Travolta Brig. Gen. David Quintard
Jared Leto 2nd Lt. William Whyte
George Clooney Capt. Charles Bosche
Elias Koteas Capt. James Staros
John C. Reilly Sgt. Maynard Storm
John Dee Smith Pvt. Train
Kirk Acevedo Pvt. Alfredo Tella
Mark Bonne Jr. Pvt. Christopher Peale
Matt Doran Pvt. Howard Coombs
Paul Gleeson 1st Lt. George "Brass" Band
Don Harvey Sgt. Paul Becker
Arie Verveen Pfc. Charlie Dale
Thomas Jane Pvt. Ash
Donal Logue Marl
Nick Stahl Pfc. Edward Bead
Miranda Otto Marty Bell
Tim Blake Nelson Pvt. Brian Tills
Larry Romano Pvt. Frank Mazzi
Penelope Allen Witt's Mother
Danny Hoch Pvt. Leonardo Carni
Benjamin Green Melanesian Villager
Simon Billig Lt. Col. Billig
Jarrod Dean Cpl. Thorne
Travis Fine Pvt. Weld
David Harrod Cpl. Queen
Michael McGrady Pvt. Floyd
Stephen Spacek Cpl. Jenks
Steven Vidler 2nd Lt. Gore
Will Wallace Pvt. Hoke,Pilot
Simon Westaway First Scout
Daniel Wylie Medic #1
Kick Gurry Actor
Randall Craig Fleischer Navy Gunner
Randall Duk Kim Nisei Interpreter
Darrin Klimek Actor
Dane Moreton Pvt. Alexander
Ray Samuelson Navy Soldier
Felix Williamson Private Drake
Justin Ward Navy Soldier
Norman Patrick Brown Pvt. Henry
Sam Arnold Sgt Mitchell
Hans Zimmer Composer
John Savage Sgt. McCron
Jim Caviezel Actor

Technical Credits
Terrence Malick Director,Screenwriter
Robert Michael Geisler Producer
Sheila Davis Lawrence Producer
John Roberdeau Producer
Grant Hill Producer
George Stevens Jr. Executive Producer
Mark L. Mangino Sound Effects
Christopher S. Aud Sound Effects
Jayme S. Parker Sound Effects
John Voss Bonds Jr. Sound Effects
Andrew Somers Sound Effects
Dianne Crittenden Casting
Paul Brincat Sound/Sound Designer
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