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The Thin Red Line

Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.

Director

Terrence Malick

Year

Genre

drama, history, war

Box Office

$36,400,491

Production

N/A

Awards

Nominated for 7 Oscars. 21 wins & 47 nominations total

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Pvt. Tella

Witt's Mother

Melanesian Villager

Lt. Col. Billig

Pvt. Peale

Mark Boone Junior

Cpl. Fife

Pvt. Henry

Norman Patrick Brown

Pvt. Witt

Pvt. Bell

Capt. Bosche

Capt. John Gaff

Cpl. Thorne

Pvt. Coombs

Pvt. Weld

1st Lt. Band

Sgt. Keck

Woody Harrelson

Cpl. Queen

Sgt. Becker

Japanese Prisoner

Assistant Pilot

Pvt. Carni

Pvt. Sico

Robert Roy Hofmo

Pvt. Ash

Pvt. Charlie Dale

Melanesian Villager

Capt. Staros

Melanesian Woman with Child

2nd Lt. Whyte

Medic #2

Pvt. 1cl. Earl

Gordon MacDonald

Japanese Pvt. #1

Marina

Marina Malota Darling

Pvt. Floyd

Michael McGrady

Pvt. 1cl. Doll

Japanese Officer #1

Japanese Pvt. #4

Ryûshi Mizukami

Pvt. Tills

Tim Blake Nelson

Crewman

Lt. Col. Tall

Japanese Pvt. #6

Japanese Soldier

Takamitsu Ôkubo

Marty Bell

1st Sgt. Welsh

Sgt. Storm

Pvt. Mazzi

Sgt. McCron

Japanese Prisoner #2

Kazuyoshi Sakai

Japanese Officer #2

Pvt. Train

Cpl. Jenks

Pvt. 1cl. Beade

Japanese Pvt. #7

Hiroya Sugisaki

Japanese Pvt. #3

Japanese Pvt. #2

Japanese Sgt.

Minoru Toyoshima

Brig. Gen. Quintard

Japanese Pvt. #5

2nd Lt. Gore

Melanesian Guide

Pilot

Pvt. Hoke

Japanese Officer #3

First Scout

Medic #1

Young Japanese

Yasuomi Yoshino

Melanesian Extra

Melanesian Extra

Melanesian Extra

Melanesian Extra

Melanesian Extra

Melanesian Extra

Melanesian Extra

Melanesian Extra

Melanesian Extra

Melanesian Extra

Jennifer Siugali

Melanesian Extra

Melanesian Extra

Navy Gunner

Nisei Interpreter

Randall Duk Kim

Marl

Soldier

Clark McCutchen

Pvt. Alexander

General

S-1

Navy Soldier

Navy Soldier

Private Drake

Felix Williamson

Melanesian Man Walking

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First Sgt. Edward Welsh Lt. Col. Tall Japanese Soldier 1st Sgt. Welsh Pvt. Jack Bell Pvt. Witt Capt. John Gaff Lt. Col. Gordon Tall Private Jack Bell Sgt. Keck Melanesian Woman With Child Pvt. Charlie Dale Cpl. Fife Marty Bell Capt. Bosche

This is a very important decision Staros - The Thin Red Line

This is a very important decision Staros

But if you feel that strongly, maybe you have a reason, so I'm coming down. - The Thin Red Line

But if you feel that strongly, maybe you have a reason, so...

One spot's as good as another, men. - The Thin Red Line

One spot's as good as another, men.

Just take it easy, son. - The Thin Red Line

Just take it easy, son.

Shut up in a tomb. - The Thin Red Line

Shut up in a tomb.

Get that blouse on soldier It's not a goddamn bathing beach - The Thin Red Line

Get that blouse on soldier It's not a goddamn bathing...

What are you doing laying down there where you can't see a damn thing? - The Thin Red Line

What are you doing laying down there where you can't...

Observing, sir. - The Thin Red Line

Observing, sir.

We're just dirt. - The Thin Red Line

We're just dirt.

We're gonna get killed if we stay here. - The Thin Red Line

We're gonna get killed if we stay here.

And we'll cover you the best we can from down there. - The Thin Red Line

And we'll cover you the best we can from down there.

OK. You guys, you guys, stay here. OK? I'm going alone. - The Thin Red Line

OK. You guys, you guys, stay here. OK? I'm going alone.

Come outCome out where I am - The Thin Red Line

Come outCome out where I am

There was a... - The Thin Red Line

That strongpoint up there, somewhere up there around those rocks, is the key to this ridge. - The Thin Red Line

That strongpoint up there, somewhere up there around those...

From their knob up there those little brown brothers can cover the whole of the groundin front of this position for 1 000 yards They've left this ledge unguardedNow goddamn it that's a mistake That's a hell of a mistakeWe need to take advantage of it - The Thin Red Line

From their knob up there those little brown brothers can...

I don't know if you realise the importance of this operation, Staros. - The Thin Red Line

I don't know if you realise the importance of this...

Guadalcanal may be the turning point in the warIt'll cost lives Is that what's troubling you No sirI explained to you the importance of this objectiveHow many men do you think it's worth How many livesI can't say sirAre you prepared to sacrifice the lives - The Thin Red Line

Guadalcanal may be the turning point in the warIt'll...

I explained to you the importance of this objective. - The Thin Red Line

I explained to you the importance of this objective.

Are you prepared to sacrifice the lives of any of your men in this campaign? - The Thin Red Line

Are you prepared to sacrifice the lives of any of your men...

How many One TwoTwentyLives will be lost in your company CaptainAnd if you don't have the stomach for it now is the time to let me know - The Thin Red Line

How many One TwoTwentyLives will be lost in your company...

It's not necessary for you to ever tell me that you think I'm rightEverWe'll assume it - The Thin Red Line

It's not necessary for you to ever tell me that you...

I feel sorry for you, kid. - The Thin Red Line

I feel sorry for you, kid.

If you were smart, you'd take care of yourself. - The Thin Red Line

If you were smart, you'd take care of yourself.

What difference do you think you can make One single man in all this madnessIf you die it's gonna be for nothing - The Thin Red Line

What difference do you think you can make One single man in...

What difference do you think you can make? - The Thin Red Line

What difference do you think you can make?

There's not some other world out there where everything's gonna be OK. - The Thin Red Line

There's not some other world out there where...

Go ahead! - The Thin Red Line

Flow together like watertill I can't tell you from meI drink youNowNow - The Thin Red Line

Flow together like watertill I can't tell you from meI...

I drink you. - The Thin Red Line

You're my lightMy guide - The Thin Red Line

You're my lightMy guide

John, I'll be behind you. - The Thin Red Line

John, I'll be behind you.

OK. Stay down, below this ledge, and I'll call down the data from above. Once the 81s have plastered - The Thin Red Line

OK. Stay down, below this ledge, and I'll call down the...

Azimuth 1470... - The Thin Red Line

Azimuth 1470...

Left 25, drop 50! - The Thin Red Line

Left 25, drop 50!

OK, we're gonna continue on up the hill to the right. - The Thin Red Line

OK, we're gonna continue on up the hill to the right.

Is he OK? - The Thin Red Line

- Is he dead? - The Thin Red Line

Come on. - The Thin Red Line

Son of a bitch! - The Thin Red Line

Son of a bitch!

All right? - The Thin Red Line

Stinks around here. - The Thin Red Line

Stinks around here.

All right. - The Thin Red Line

Come on, men, let's go! - The Thin Red Line

Come on, men, let's go!

John I'm convinced that the Japanese position can be broken nowAll we have to do is keep going and we'll have this hillWe'll have this hill by sundownYou see the spirit in these men D'you see the new spiritWell I want to take advantage of that before - The Thin Red Line

John I'm convinced that the Japanese position can be...

You don't know what it feels like to be passed over. - The Thin Red Line

You don't know what it feels like to be passed over.

John, some day you'll understand. - The Thin Red Line

John, some day you'll understand.

You're like a son to me JohnYou know what my son doesHe's a bait salesman - The Thin Red Line

You're like a son to me JohnYou know what my son...

We attack in one hour We'll throw everything we got at 'emWe're going all the way Nothing'll stop usIt's high ground by nightfall - The Thin Red Line

We attack in one hour We'll throw everything we got at...

You seen many dead people? - The Thin Red Line

You seen many dead people?

Are you righteous KindDoes your confidence lie in thisAre you loved by allKnow that I was tooDo you imagine your sufferings will be less because you loved goodnessTruth - The Thin Red Line

Are you righteous KindDoes your confidence lie in thisAre...

Do you imagine your sufferings will be less because you loved goodness? - The Thin Red Line

Do you imagine your sufferings will be less because you...

Get fucking on the ground! - The Thin Red Line

Get fucking on the ground!

Get on the ground! - The Thin Red Line

Get on the ground!

This great evilWhere's it come fromHow'd it steal into the worldWhat seed what root did it grow fromWho's doing thisWho's killing usRobbing us of life and lightMocking us with the sight of what we might have knownDoes our ruin benefit the EarthDoes it - The Thin Red Line

This great evilWhere's it come fromHow'd it steal...

What seed, what root did it grow from? - The Thin Red Line

What seed, what root did it grow from?

Who's doing this? - The Thin Red Line

Who's doing this?

Mocking us with the sight of what we might have known. - The Thin Red Line

Mocking us with the sight of what we might have known.

Does our ruin benefit the Earth? - The Thin Red Line

Does our ruin benefit the Earth?

See them birds up there? - The Thin Red Line

See them birds up there?

Where you're going, you're not coming back from. - The Thin Red Line

Where you're going, you're not coming back from.

What are you to me - The Thin Red Line

What are you to me

Staros I'm relieving you of your commandLieutenant Band will take over for youI already told himIt's a hard thing to doDifficult decision to makeI don't think you're tough enoughYou're too soft You're just too softhearted You're not tough fibred - The Thin Red Line

Staros I'm relieving you of your commandLieutenant Band...

Lieutenant Band will take over for you. - The Thin Red Line

Lieutenant Band will take over for you.

It's a hard thing to do. - The Thin Red Line

It's a hard thing to do.

Anyway, it's my decision to make. - The Thin Red Line

Anyway, it's my decision to make.

Have you ever had anyone die in your arms, sir? - The Thin Red Line

Have you ever had anyone die in your arms, sir?

I don't see any reason to make a scandal out of this. - The Thin Red Line

I don't see any reason to make a scandal out of this.

Look at this jungle. - The Thin Red Line

Look at this jungle.

I'm going to let you apply for reassignment to the Judge Advocate General Corps for reasons of ill health. - The Thin Red Line

I'm going to let you apply for reassignment to the...

This is from Colonel Tall. - The Thin Red Line

This is from Colonel Tall.

Hours like monthsDays like yearsWalked into the golden ageStood on the shores of the New World - The Thin Red Line

Hours like monthsDays like yearsWalked into the golden...

I just felt like being alone, you know? - The Thin Red Line

I just felt like being alone, you know?

For asking to make that flanking move. - The Thin Red Line

For asking to make that flanking move.

We're all sorry to see you go. - The Thin Red Line

We're all sorry to see you go.

Tough part isnot knowing if you're doing any goodThat's the hard part - The Thin Red Line

Tough part isnot knowing if you're doing any...

What does that mean, sir? - The Thin Red Line

What does that mean, sir?

You are my sonsMy dear sonsYou live inside me nowI'll carry you wherever I go - The Thin Red Line

You are my sonsMy dear sonsYou live inside me nowI'll...

War don't ennoble menIt turns 'em into dogsPoisons the soul - The Thin Red Line

War don't ennoble menIt turns 'em into dogsPoisons...

My dear wifeyou get something twisted out of your insides by all this blood filth and noiseI wanna stay changeless for youI wanna come back to you the man I was beforeHow do we get to those other shoresTo those blue hills - The Thin Red Line

My dear wifeyou get something twisted out of your insides by...

LoveWhere does it come fromWho lit this flame in usNo war can put it outconquer itI was a prisonerYou set me free - The Thin Red Line

LoveWhere does it come fromWho lit this flame in usNo war...

No war can put it out, conquer it. - The Thin Red Line

No war can put it out, conquer it.

No matter how much training you got, how careful you are, it's a matter of luck whether or not you get killed. - The Thin Red Line

No matter how much training you got, how careful you are,...

Makes no difference who you are or how tough a guy you might beif you're in the wrong spot at the wrong time you're gonna get it - The Thin Red Line

Makes no difference who you are or how tough a guy you might...

I look at that boy dyingI don't feel nothingI don't care about nothing any moreSounds like bliss - The Thin Red Line

I look at that boy dyingI don't feel nothingI...

I don't have that feeling yetThat numbnessNot like the rest of you guysMaybe cos I knew what to expectMaybe I was just frozen up already - The Thin Red Line

I don't have that feeling yetThat numbnessNot like the...

I haven't touched another woman since I was called upOr talked to oneI don't wannaI don't wanna feel the desire - The Thin Red Line

I haven't touched another woman since I was called upOr...

I don't wanna... - The Thin Red Line

I don't wanna...

All right. - The Thin Red Line

I know you can say no, but I'm asking you anyway, out of the memory of what we had together. - The Thin Red Line

I know you can say no, but I'm asking you anyway, out...

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Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Terrence Malick

Writer: James Jones, Terrence Malick

Production: N/A

Genre: drama, history, war

Year: 1998

MetaScore: 78/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

BoxOffice: $36,400,491

Released: 15 Jan 1999

Awards: Nominated for 7 Oscars. 21 wins & 47 nominations total

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