The Thin Red Line with Sean Penn: DVD Cover

    The Thin Red Line Director: Terrence Malick Cast: Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, James Caviezel, Ben Chaplin

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    • DVD Release Date: 05/21/2002
    • Original Release: 1998
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 34,871

    Viewer Rating: (19 ratings)

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    Disc #1 -- Thin Red Line
    1. Melanesia (Main Titles) [6:47]
    2. The Brig [3:49]
    3. The Closer to Caesar... [3:09]
    4. Charlie Company [1:54]
    5. Guadalcanal [4:25]
    6. Witt With the Wounded [:32]
    7. Hill 210 [5:06]
    8. Dawn [1:41]
    9. Staros' Attack [6:29]
    10. Keck's Mistake [2:09]
    11. Property (Tella's Death) [1:57]
    12. Refusing an Order [2:26]
    13. Tall Visits the Line [:42]
    14. The Unguarded Ledge [3:08]
    15. Welsh and Witt [3:07]
    16. The Bunker [6:26]
    17. Gaff and Tall [1:36]
    18. The Japanese Bivouac [5:20]
    19. The Mop-Up [:16]
    20. Nature's Cruel [3:53]
    21. Staros Leaves [2:44]
    22. The Airfield [3:16]
    23. A Letter [2:22]
    24. The Village [1:15]
    25. The Copra Plantation [6:58]
    26. A Skirmish [4:44]
    27. Witt's Choice [1:35]
    28. Decoy [5:35]
    29. Welsh Reflects [6:07]
    30. Outbound [4:06]
    31. End Titles [1:25]

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    Editorial Reviews

    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 unit preparing for what will be the Battle of Guadalcanal. As Witt goes ashore in the company of his fellow soldiers, they meet diverse fates. Sergeant Keck (Woody Harrelson) is killed by an exploding grenade. Captain John Gaff (John Cusack) is an intelligent, sober leader facing the destruction of his command because his commanding officer Colonel Tall (Nick Nolte) is bucking for a general's star. Sergeant McCron (John Savage) loses his mind. Private Bell (Ben Chaplin) gets a "Dear John" letter from his beloved wife. However, as the U.S. troops advance up grassy slopes toward entrenched Japanese positions, it is Witt's voiced-over ruminations on life, death, and nature that are the real heart and soul of The Thin Red Line (1998). Adrien Brody appears as Private Fife, the major character of Jones' novel and the author's alter-ego, although Fife has been relegated to a minor supporting role by Malick's filmed adaptation. Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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    Apparently you either love it or hate itby Anonymous

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    December 19, 2006: Looked this film up hoping to find a hitherto unrecognized and unhearalded take on the REAL Thin Red Line of the Highlanders in the Crimean War at Balaclava. What a sell. Once I found out the title was stolen I thought well, OTOH maybe this flick will prove to be a good think-piece on WWII. Another sell. Thin Red Line is a poor man's Apocalypse Now for insights into soldiers' thoughts and ways. Pretentions, biased and oh so pseudo-philosophical. This flick is the kind of stuff that makes for cocktail party smart-chat and makes dilettante film buffs glow with confusion. The five-star reviewers in this forum if they want thoughful insightful war, really ought to get down off their preciousness and go to the source by seeking out films that are fairly faithful translations of Joseph Conrad, the original angst and internal dialogue guy. Apocalypse is one. Tono Bungay another. The Napoleonic Era time-framed The Duellists a third. Red Line is maybe grudgingly worth a star and a half. The so-called stars of this piece are mostly, at the best, just journeyman hackers. Gimme a break. Terence Malick maybe ought to take another 20 years off and overcome his cloying yet obscure artsyness. Save your money.

    This review was written about the DVD Wide Screen / DTS / Dolby 5.1 edition.

    A war movie that can really put you to sleep.by Anonymous

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    July 30, 2006: The music was annoying. The dialogue was so difficult to hear and understand at times that I am glad I wasn't watching it in the theatre, I would have walked out in the first 20 minutes. I had to use the English subtitles to understand what was said for a good portion of the film. I can't believe I watched the whole thing. I tried to care about the characters, but couldn't. Maybe the book allows you to know them. This movie did not.

    This review was written about the DVD Wide Screen / DTS / Dolby 5.1 edition.


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