The Thin Red Line (1999)

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R | 2 hr 26 mins | Action, Drama, War, Period, Nature, Adaptation | Released: 1/15/1999 |Box Office Total: $36.3M

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Synopsis:

A World War II tale which focuses on a squad of American troops battling against the Japanese during the hellish battle of Guadalcanal Island. Witt has gone AWOL and considers the contrast between the peace of the islanders and the chaos brought by war. Meanwhile, the troops are led by two men: Tall, who is eager for the danger of battle, and Staros, who is more concerned with protecting his men. As they fight over strategy, the men have different reactions to the war: Bell thinks only of his wife, Gaff is intelligent but no more able to deal with war than the bullish Doll. As they attack a Japanese stronghold, the randomness of life and death in wartime is made clear.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/15/1999

Studio	Credit
Fox 2000	Studio
Director	Credit
Terrence Malick	Director
Gary Capo	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Sean Penn	1st Sergeant Welsh
James Caviezel	Private Witt
John Cusack	Captain Gaff
Ben Chaplin	Private Bell
Nick Nolte	Lieutenant Colonel Tall
Woody Harrelson	Sergeant Keck
Elias Koteas	Captain Staros
Arie Verveen	Private 1st Class Dale
Dash Mihok	Private 1st Class Doll
Adrien Brody	Corporal Fife
John C Reilly	Sergeant Storm
David Harrod	Corporal Queen
John Savage	Sergeant McCron
George Clooney	Captain Bosche
John Travolta	Brigadier General Quintard
Paul Gleeson	1st Lieutenant Band
Jared Leto	2nd Lieutenant Whyte
Kirk Acevedo	Private Tella
Penny Allen	Witt's Mother
Benjamin	Melanesian Villager
Simon Billig	Lieutenat Colonel Billig
Mark Boone Junior	Private Peale
Norman Patrick Brown	Private Henry
Jarrod Dean	Corporal Thorne
Matt Doran	Private Coombs
Travis Fine	Private Weld
Don Harvey	Sergeant Becker
Kengo Hasuo	Japanese Prisoner
Ben Hines	Assistant Pilot
Danny Hoch	Private Carni
Robert Roy Hofmo	Private Sico
Jack	Melanesian Man Walking
Thomas Jane	Private Ash
Jimmy	Melanesian Villager
Polyn Leona	Melanesian Woman with Child
Simon Lyndon	Medic No 2
Gordon MacDonald	Private 1st Class Earl
Kazuki Maehara	Japanese Private No 1
Marina Malota	Marina
Michael McGrady	Private Floyd
Ken Mitsuishi	Japanese Officer No 1
Ryushi Mizukami	Japanese Private No 4
Tim Blake Nelson	Private Tills
Larry Neuhaus	Crewman
Taiju Okayasu	Japanese Private No 6
Takamitsu Okubo	Japanese Soldier
Miranda Otto	Marty Bell
Larry Romano	Private Mazzi
Kazuyoshi Sakai	Japanese Prisoner No 2
Masayuki Shida	Japanese Officer No 2
Stephen Spacek	Corporal Jenks
Nick Stahl	Private 1st Class Bead
Hiroya Sugisaki	Japanese Private No 7
Kouji Suzuki	Japanese Private No 3
Tomohiro Tanji	Japanese Private No 2
Minoru Toyoshima	Japanese Sergeant
Terutake Tsuji	Japanese Private No 5
Steven Vidler	2nd Lieutenant Gore
Vincent	Melanesian Guide
Todd Wallace	Pilot
Will Wallace	Private Hoke
Joe Watanabe	Japanese Officer No 3
Simon Westaway	1st Scout
Daniel Wyllie	Medic No 1
Yasuomi Yoshino	Young Japanese
John Augwata	Melanesian Extra
Joshua Augwata	Melanesian Extra
John Bakotee	Melanesian Extra
Immanuel Dato	Melanesian Extra
Michael Iha	Melanesian Extra
Emmunual Konai	Melanesian Extra
Stephen Konai	Melanesian Extra
Peter Morosiro	Melanesian Extra
Amos Niuga	Melanesian Extra
Jennifer Siugali	Melanesian Extra
Carlos Tome	Melanesian Extra
Selina Tome	Melanesian Extra
John Dee Smith	Private Edward P. Train
Production Credits	Credit
Michael M Stevens	Associate Producer
George Stevens Jr	Executive Producer
Robert Michael Geisler	Producer
John Roberdeau	Producer
Sheila Davis Lawrence	Associate Producer
Grant Hill	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Geisler Roberdeau	Production Company
Phoenix Entertainment Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
20th Century Fox Studios	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
20th Century Fox Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Twentieth Century Fox	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Pioneer Entertainment	Theatrical Distributor
UFD	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Writer	Credit
James Jones	Source Material (from novel)
Terrence Malick	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Robert Threadgold	Production Accountant
Angela Kenny	Assistant Accountant
Joanie Spates-Ahuna	Post-Production Accountant
Kylie Wilkie-Smith	Accountant - payroll accountant
Joanne Newell	Accountant - extras payroll accountant
Fiona Landreth	Assistant Accountant
Kevin Plummer	Production Accountant
Susan V Kalinowski	Assistant Accountant
Joanie Spates	Assistant Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Jack Fisk	Production Designer
Richard Hobbs	Set Decorator
Jennifer O'Connell	Art Department Coordinator
Ian Gracie	Art Director
Daryl Porter	Set Dresser
Guideo Helmstetter	Art Department - sculptor
Mark Bristol	Storyboard Artist
Jeff Thorp	Assistant Art Director
Steve Davey	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Peter Collias	Scenic Artist
Chris Kennedy	Swing Gang - swing
Tom Traugott	Swing Gang - swing
Patrick Moyles	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Rolland Pike	Set Dresser
Nicholas Brunner	Assistant Art Director (2nd Unit)
David Russell	Storyboard Artist
Suza Maybury	Set Decorator
Jay Gibson	Storyboard Artist
Bev Dunn	Set Dresser
Rosemary Brandenburg	Set Decorator
Barry Thompson	Art Assistant - Art Department Assistant
Sam Ward	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Greg Pallini	Storyboard Artist
Sophie Tarney	Set Dresser
Brock Sykes	Set Dresser
Peter Besi	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Michael Selea	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Beato Varahana	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Casting	Credit
Jo Doster	Location Casting - regional casting agent
Dianne Crittenden	Casting
Judith Cruden	Extras Casting - extras casting agent
Barbara Collins	Casting Associate
Louise Mitchell	Extras Casting
Jo Edna Boldin	Location Casting - regional casting agent
Craft Services	Credit
David Kasubowski	Craft Service - catering/craft service
Kerry Fetzer	Catering - caterer
Irene Augerinos	Catering - catering assistant
Peter Evangelatos	Craft Service - catering/craft service
Michael Dalmas	Catering - catering assistant
Guy Firth	Catering - catering assistant
Chris Herron	Catering - catering assistant
Ian Hunter	Catering - catering assistant
Christobel Jefferies	Catering - catering assistant
Reza Mokhtar	Catering - catering assistant
Jenny Wilson	Catering - catering assistant
Tony Wilcox	Catering - caterer
Film Camera	Credit
John Toll	Director of Photography
Brad Shield	Steadicam Operator
merie weismiller wallace	Photography - still photographer
David Orr	Color Timer
Victor Roger Monk	Projectionist - dailies projectionist
Brad Shield	Camera Operator
Richard Confalone	Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)
Mark Holtermann	Video - video split operator
Reuben Aaronson	Camera - cameraman (2nd Unit)
Darrin Keough	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Brett Matthews	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Nick Phillips	Camera - Libra head technician
Chris Healy	Video - video split operator (2nd Unit)
Mauricio Gutierrez	Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)
Leigh MacKenzie	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Stephen S Campanelli	Camera Operator
Frank Hruby	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Louise Williams	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Mike Thomas	Camera Operator
Michi Marosszeky	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Dugal Campbell	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Rachel Fairfax	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Matthew Toll	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Tony Rivetti	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Chad Rivetti	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Pattie Van Over	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Megan Forste	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Frank D Parrish	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Christopher Toll	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Music	Credit
Maggie Rodford	Music Coordinator
Lee Scott	Music Editor
Gavin Greenaway	Music Conductor - conductor
Francesco Lupica	Song
Francesco Lupica	Song Performer
Rosanna Sun	Music Supervisor
Moanike'Ala Nakamoto	Composer - composer wrangler
Andrew Lucas	Music Performer - organ performer
Hans Zimmer	Music
Sandy DeCrescent	Music Contractor
Bruce Fowler	Music Arranger - orchestrator
Yvonne Moriarty	Music Arranger - orchestrator
David Low	Music Contractor
Alan Meyerson	Music - music scoring mixer
Orchestre de la Suisse Romand	Music Performer
Adam Milo Smalley	Music Editor
Armin Jordn	Music Conductor
John Adams	Music Conductor
Arsenije Jovanovic	Music Performer - music performer & producer
John Powell	Music
The Orchestra of St Luke's	Music Performer
Klaus Badelt	Music - music arrangements
Scott Rouse	Music - assistant music editor
Francesco Lupica	Music
Arvo Part	Music
Gabriel Faure	Music
Arsenije Jovanovic	Music
Charles Ives	Music
Physical Effects	Credit
Glenn Boswell	Stunt Coordinator
Shea Adams	Stunts - stunt performer
Dean Bennett	Stunts - stunt performer
Zelie Thompson	Stunt Coordinator - stunt coordinator's assistant
Raleigh Wilson	Stunt Coordinator
Richard Boue	Stunts - stunt performer
Bob Bowles	Stunts - stunt performer
Michael Corrigan	Stunts - stunt performer
Mitch Deans	Stunts - stunt performer
Paul Doyle	Stunts - stunt performer
Mark Eady	Stunts - stunt performer
Nash Edgerton	Stunts - stunt performer
Johnny Hallyday	Stunts - stunt performer
Nigel Harbach	Stunts - stunt performer
Steve Harman	Stunts - stunt performer
Lou Horvath	Stunts - stunt performer
Phil Meacham	Stunts - stunt performer
Chris Mitchell	Stunts - stunt performer
Darren Mitchell	Stunts - stunt performer
Mick Vaan Moorsel	Stunts - stunt performer
Scott O'Donnell	Stunts - stunt performer
Brett Praed	Stunts - stunt performer
Greg Robinson	Stunts - stunt performer
Glenn Suter	Stunts - stunt performer
Darko Tuskan	Stunts - stunt performer
David Woodley	Stunts - stunt performer
Bob Arnold	Stunts - stunt performer
Scott Blackwood	Stunts - stunt performer
Joe Box	Stunts - stunt performer
Chris Branham	Stunts - stunt performer
Leon Delaney	Stunts - stunt performer
Dennis Fitzgerald	Stunts - stunt performer
Tanner Gill	Stunts - stunt performer
Gary Guercio	Stunts - stunt performer
Toby Holguin	Stunts - stunt performer
Jessie Johnson	Stunts - stunt performer
Johnny M Martin	Stunts - stunt performer
Brian Joseph Moore	Stunts - stunt performer
James Morse	Stunts - stunt performer
Vladimir Orlov	Stunts - stunt performer
Mike Owen	Stunts - stunt performer
Jim Palmer	Stunts - stunt performer
Mark Riccardi	Stunts - stunt performer
Felipe Savahge	Stunts - stunt performer
Michael Smith	Stunts - stunt performer
Gregg Smrz	Stunts - stunt performer
Mark Stefanich	Stunts - stunt performer
Production Management	Credit
Annie Renehan	Continuity - continuity assistant
Emily Saunders	Script Coordinator
Vicki Popplewell	Production Manager
Rosanna Sun	Production Supervisor - US production supervisor
Karen Jones	Location Scout
Dick Beckett	Unit Manager
Simon Lucas	Assistant Unit Manager
Jessica Alan	Post-Production Supervisor
Christine O'Connell	Script Supervisor
Grant Hill	Unit Production Manager
Debbie Atkins	Assistant Production Coordinator
Murray Boyd	Location Manager
Serena Gattuso	Production Coordinator
Skip Cosper	Assistant Director
Karen E Collins	Assistant Director
Julie Sims	Production Coordinator - 2nd unit coordinator (2nd Unit)
Meghan Bailey	Location Manager - camp manager
Pamela Willis-Burden	Script Supervisor (2nd Unit)
Harry L. Julian	Assistant Production Coordinator - assistant marine coordinator
Paul Messer	Unit Manager (2nd Unit)
Amanda Crittenden	Production Manager
Alexandra W B Malick	Continuity
Simon Lucas	Unit Manager
Nick Spetsiotis	Assistant Production Coordinator - assistant marine coordinator
Todd Fellman	Location Manager (2nd Unit)
Simon Warnock	Assistant Director
Jennifer Leacey	Assistant Director - 2nd second assistant
Robin Clifton	Location Manager
Kenneth Haber	Location Manager
Andrew Power	Assistant Director
Toby Pease	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Keri Bruno	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Tom Read	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
L Dean Jones Jr	Assistant Director
Sean Hobin	Assistant Director
Lisa Brookes	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Publicity	Credit
Fiona Searson	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Jeff Rosen	Foley - foley supervisor
Andy Nelson	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Rick Canelli	ADR - ADR recordist
Christopher Aud	Sound Effects Editor
John Paul Fasal	Sound Designer
Greg Burgmann	Sound Recordist (2nd Unit)
Francois Blaignan	Sound - assistant sound designer
Rod Conder	Boom Operator - boom person
Richard Robb Wilson	Sound Supervisor - co-sound supervisor
Hugh Waddell	ADR Supervisor
Lee Lamont	ADR Editor
David H Horton Jr	Foley Editor
John B Roesch	Foley Artist
Mary Jo Lang	Foley Mixer
Carolyn Tapp	Foley Recordist
Thomas J O'Connell	ADR Mixer
J Paul Huntsman	Sound Editor
Jeffrey Cranford	Assistant Sound Editor
Paul Brincat	Sound Mixer
James Bolt	Sound Mixer - mixer
David Werntz	Assistant Sound Editor
Hilda Hodges	Foley Artist
Gary Dixon	Boom Operator - boom person
Karyn Foster	ADR Editor
Warner Brothers Post-Production Sound	Sound - sound editorial services
Claude Letessier	Sound Designer
John V Bonds	Sound Effects Editor
Anna Behlmer	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Jayme S Parker	Sound Effects Editor
Todd M Harris	Assistant Sound Editor
Steven King	Boom Operator - cable person/additional boom
Susan Moore-Chong	Sound Mixer
Jeffrey Williams	Boom Operator
Andrew M Sommers	Sound Effects Editor
Mark L Mangino	Sound Effects Editor
Charles Payne	Boom Operator
Visual Effects	Credit
Ian Brown	3-D Animator
Katherine Gamble	Special Effects Assistant
Mark Powell	Visual Effects - model maker
Simon Whiteley	Visual Effects Designer
Matthew Willaton	Effects Assistant - graphic artist assistant
Mandy Willaton	Graphic Artist
Brian Cox	Special Effects Coordinator
Chris Godfrey	Visual Effects Supervisor
David Hardy	Special Effects - special effects technician
Patrick Carmiggelt	Special Effects - special effects technician
Gary Sherline	Visual Effects - model maker
Trevor Smith	Visual Effects - model maker
Paul Gorrie	Special Effects - special effects technician
Pauline Grebert	Special Effects - special effects technician
Dallas Wilson	Visual Effects - model maker
Fiona Chilton	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
John Neal	Special Effects - special effects technician
Peter Parry	Special Effects - special effects technician
Kirsty Millar	Visual Effects - digital compositor
John Breslin	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Albert Payne	Special Effects - special effects technician
Pieter Plooy	Special Effects - special effects technician
Justin Bromley	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Robin Cave	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Walter Van Veenendaal	Special Effects - special effects technician
Grant Everett	Visual Effects - pre-visualization compositor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Erica Wells	Makeup Assistant - make-up/hair assistant
Kerry Thompson	Costume Supervisor
Viv Mepham	Hairdresser - make-up/hair designer
Rebecca Smith	Makeup - makeup/hair
Angela Conte	Makeup Artist - makeup artist/hairdresser
Julie Barton	Costumes - key stand-by costumer
Margot Wilson	Costume Designer
Michael Davies	Costumes - stand-by costumer
Toni French	Makeup Artist - makeup artist/hairdresser
Tracey Garner	Makeup - makeup/hair
John Bird	Makeup Assistant - make-up/hair assistant
Sarah Urquhart	Makeup - makeup/hair
Joan Petch	Makeup Artist - makeup artist/hairdresser
Kate Green	Costumes - stand-by costumer
Peter O'Halloran	Costumes - stand-by costumer
Chiara Tripodi	Makeup Artist - makeup artist/hairdresser
Deb Lester	Makeup - stand-by makeup/hair (2nd Unit)
Michele Burke-Winter	Makeup - makeup/hair
Angi Velickovic	Costumes - military webbing stand-by costumer
Matthew Kinman	Costumes - military webbing stand-by costumer
Ken Barnett	Costumes - props costumer
Chantelle Cordey	Costumes - props costumer
Lisa Collins	Costumes - costume assistant
Tarnie Wilkie Smith	Costumes - costume assistant
Cheryl Tootell	Costumes - costume assistant
Goy Siriporn Wongwatawat	Costumes - costume assistant
Sandi Cichello	Costumes - costumer construction
Nanrose Buchman	Costumes - Los Angeles costumer liaison
Mary Lou DaRoza	Costumes - stand-by costumer (2nd Unit)
Harold Crawford	Costumes - costumer
Jimmy Cullen	Costumes - costumer
Jeff Buhler	Costumes - costume/webbing assistant
Talia Jones	Costumes - costume/webbing assistant

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