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The Thin Red Line (1998 film)

The Thin Red Line (1998 film)
Theatrical release poster
A list of stars appearing in the film stretches down the poster over an image of soldiers wearing M1 helmets huddled closely among long grass. Near the bottom of the poster is the film's title, and the tagline, 'Every man fights his own war'. The film's credits and release date are listed below.
Film information
NameThe Thin Red Line
Directed byTerrence Malick
Produced byRobert Michael Geisler
Grant Hill
John Roberdeau
StarringSean Penn
Adrien Brody
Jim Caviezel
Ben Chaplin
George Clooney
John Cusack
Woody Harrelson
John Savage
Elias Koteas
Nick Nolte
John C. Reilly
John Travolta
Music byHans Zimmer
John Powell
CinematographyJohn Toll
Editing byLeslie Jones
Saar Klein
Billy Weber
StudioFox 2000 Pictures
Geisler-Roberdeau
Phoenix Pictures
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date 
Running time170 minutes
Country 
LanguageEnglish
Tok Pisin
Japanese
Greek
Budget$52 million
Gross revenue$98,126,565

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'The Thin Red Line' is a 1998 American war film which tells a fictional story of United States forces during the Battle of Mount Austen in World War II. It portrays men in C Company, and in particular, those soldiers played by Sean Penn, Jim Caviezel, Nick Nolte, Elias Koteas and Ben Chaplin.

The film marked director Terrence Malick's return to filmmaking after a 20-year absence. He wrote the screenplay based on the novel by James Jones. It features a large ensemble cast, including performances and cameos by notable actors, including Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, George Clooney, John Cusack, Jared Leto, and John Travolta. Reportedly, the first assembled cut took seven months to edit and ran five hours. By the final cut, all footage of the performances by Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Sheen, Gary Oldman, Bill Pullman, Lukas Haas, Jason Patric, Viggo Mortensen and Mickey Rourke had been removed. The film was scored by Hans Zimmer, with additional music from John Powell and shot by John Toll.

The film grossed $98 million against its $52 million budget. Critical response was generally strong and the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score and Best in Sound Mixing. It won the top prize Golden Bear at the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival. Martin Scorsese ranked it as his second favorite film of the 1990s on At the Movies. Gene Siskel called it "the greatest contemporary war film I've seen."


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