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Thin Red Line (Blu-ray)

Terrence Malick (Director), Jim Caviezel (Actor), Nick Nolte (Actor) Format: Blu-ray

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Genre	War
Format	Blu-ray
Contributor	Nick Nolte, Elias Koteas, Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, Terrence Malick
Runtime	2 hours and 44 minutes

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Release Year: 1998
Runtime: 2h 51m
Genre: Drama | War

Cast:

Jim Caviezel as Pvt. Robert Witt

Sean Penn as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh

Elias Koteas as Capt. James 'Bugger' Staros

Miranda Otto as Marty Bell

Jared Leto as 2nd Lt. William Whyte

John Travolta as Brig. Gen. David Quintard

George Clooney as Capt. Charles Bosche

Mark Boone Junior as Pvt. Christopher Peale

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A powerful frontline cast - including Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Woody Harrelson and George Clooney - explodes into action in this hauntingly realistic view of military and moral chaos in the Pacific during World War II.

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Terrence Malick

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Robert Michael Geisler

Grant Hill

John Roberdeau

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As US soldiers land on the island of Guadalcanal, hoping to capture it from the Japanese, the job of venturing into the jungle falls to the 'C for Charlie' company and the troops are faced by both the enemy and struggles within their own camp. The war takes a heavy toll upon the young soldiers, leading them on a path of disillusion and possibly death.

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Product dimensions ‏ : ‎ 135 x 13 x 170 cm; 80 Grams
Director ‏ : ‎ Terrence Malick
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 44 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ 27 July 2011
Actors ‏ : ‎ Jim Caviezel, Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, Elias Koteas
Studio ‏ : ‎ 20th Century Fox
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B017NCPW3C
Country of origin ‏ : ‎ Australia
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Garry Henty

Not the greatest story line, better lineup.

Reviewed in Australia on 8 September 2021

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The film in general wasn't very good, however the characters were so many recognisable faces, making up for the shortfall of action etc.

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Beekeeper

Excellent depiction of a classic war novel

Reviewed in Australia on 12 September 2020

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Magnificent cinematography.

This does not depict war heroes but is an accurate tale of human frailty. A movie that is a world away from Private Ryan or Guns of Navarone.

A gloriously filmed, thoughtful story with a stella cast.

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Average quality blu-ray disc.

Reviewed in Australia on 10 July 2021

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Average quality blu-ray disc. Good story line.

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Laura R

Thin red line never dated

Reviewed in Australia on 30 January 2021

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Great war movie that hasn't dated.

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Drew S Gormlie

excellent war movie

Reviewed in Australia on 19 September 2020

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great war movie great price

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Barry Zunneberg

Value for money

Reviewed in Australia on 16 January 2022

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Great war film lm very happy with the seller and product

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 February 2022

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Possibly Criterion's greatest restoration and for an equally great film. The movie eschews a lot of the usual Hollywood war film romanticism (see Band of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan) for a more gritty and realistic depiction of WW2. Based on a book whose author fought in the battles shown on screen and on set where some of the battles depicted actually occurred, using practical effects and appropriate costumes as well as warships, planes, etc., an ensemble cast and a director with a vision to use his characteristic style and background to use humanity's lowest point as a platform to explore the big philosophical questions about human nature, this is one of the best films ever made.

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Keith M

This Great Evil - Where's It Come From?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 January 2014

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So questions Jim Cavaziel's Private Witt in Terence Malick's epic 1998 film, in the aftermath of his unit's attack on Japanese forces during the battle for the Pacific island of Guadalcanal during WW2. With The Thin Red Line, Malick had returned to film-making after a 20-year break and whilst, for me, his film is not an entirely successful venture, it has many compelling moments of 'sublime' beauty and horror, all overlaid with Malick's trademark poetic (and frequently philosophical) touch. Indeed, Witt's quote, in which he is actually questioning humanity's place (or perhaps, value) in the world - given war's savagery - follows one such sequence of cinematic brilliance, as the private's unit overrun the village, as Hans Zimmer's haunting theme builds in volume and John Toll's camera (which is visceral and dynamic throughout) help to provide a truly mesmerising few minutes.

Of course, Malick's decision to return with a 'war film' (albeit imbued with his unmistakeable sensorial touch) was always going to provide a challenge, given the plethora of great 'anti-war' films already on the books - Kubrick's Paths Of Glory and Full Metal Jacket and Coppola's Apocalypse Now to name but three. And the man certainly gives it a good go - his 165-minute work being essentially one of three sections, topped and tailed by some reflective passages, which sandwich the film's hour-long centre-piece as, under the command of Nick Nolte's outstanding turn as the reckless, glory-seeking Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Tall, C-company attempt to 'take' a fortified Japanese hill-top bunker. Of course, this sort of thing has been done many times before in cinema, but Malick (and crew) deliver a brilliantly visceral and exciting sequence, during which (acting-wise) Elias Koteas shines as the concerned, self-doubting Captain James Staros, whose reluctance to undertake what he regards a 'impossible mission' puts him at odds with his superior.

Outside of the film's centre-piece Malick gives us a beautifully ironic opening as Jim Caviezel's (also excellent) AWOL Private Robert Witt is returned (forcibly) to his unit from his idyllic Melanesian island existence and sets the scene - of largely confusion and futility - for what is to follow by repeated (and probably overdone) voiceovers. His opening also sets up one of the film's key messages around the negative effects of war as, following the conflict (having come full circle), a young 'native' is reluctant to meet Witt's offered handshake. Similarly, Malick repeatedly contrasts the film's 'humanity' with the (external) forces of nature as (again, coming full circle) a crocodile is eventually `strapped up' - as well as including shots of butterflies, toucans, chickens, owls, bats, monkeys, etc.

In addition to Messrs. Koteas, Nolte and Caviezel (for me, the film's outstanding performances), the film also boasts Ben Chaplin, Sean Penn, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Adrien Brody and George Clooney in its (probably unnecessarily) star-studded cast, between them delivering fine turns (Chaplin, Penn) to mere cameos (Clooney). I found that the film was certainly overlong (by at least half an hour), but, at its best, was brilliant (poetic, poignant and, of course, tragic). Malick also delivers a poignant ending (albeit its tragic element is fairly predictable).

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Da Vazquez Paluch

One of the greatest war films ever

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 March 2013

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I still remember when I saw this film in the cinema. Me and my boys came out and we were just silent and thinking, because that's what the film makes you do: think.

Although it's a war film with plenty of action scenes, it's more than just an action film. And even though Saving Private Ryan won all the plaudits, Spielberg is Britney Spears compared to Terrence Malik's John Coltrane. After all, Terrence Malick was a philosophy lecturer whereas Spielberg's greatest achievement is entertainment movies like ET and Indiana Jones.

The Thin Red Line brings out the strengths of Malick. War, risk of dying, forces you to ask big questions: How do I look at the world? Who do I really trust? Who do I really love? How do my personal ethics affect the reality I'm living? Each question has multiple answers. The film kind of revolves around the reflective Witt (Caviezel) who can see beauty everywhere and quietly tries to live according to his ethical code in the midst of the war. But in reality the film is not about Witt, but about attitudes to life and ways of living in the world, represented by different characters.

The cast looks like an A-Z of great Hollywood talent: Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, John Cusack, Adrien Brody, Woody Harrelson, John Travolta and George Clooney. But it's Jim Caviezel as the aforementioned Witt, Elias Koteas as the Greek Captain who quotes Homer, and Ben Chaplin as the hopeless romantic who are the stars of the tim.

Seriously, an amazing film. Worth watching and enjoying. And the soundtrack is pretty amazing too.

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FilmFan95

Stunning transfer of this excellent film

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 January 2022

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It was my first time watching this film and it didn't disappoint. I was a fan of another of Terence Malick's movies (Badlands) so decided to give this a watch. The film is brilliant and the transfer by Criterion is stunning. The score for this film is also superb.

L. Clarkson

Amazing film about war in the South seas.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 April 2013

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What I love about the film is the juxtoposition of the beauty of the world the horros of war are taking place in.
The film is about the human spirit. It is a beautifully shot film. A thinking persons war film.
You see courage, fear and sheer stupidity all here. Mercy and acceptance and forgiveness are also here - which is unusal for a war film.

It's different. It's beautiful. I watched it recently after I was first captivated by it in the cinema when it came out. I still found it to be a great piece of cinema.

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