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.

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 Jr	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
George Stevens Jr	Executive Producer
Michael M Stevens	Associate Producer
Robert Michael Geisler	Producer
Sheila Davis Lawrence	Associate Producer
John Roberdeau	Producer
Grant Hill	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Geisler Roberdeau	Production Company
Phoenix Entertainment Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Twentieth Century Fox	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
20th Century Fox Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
20th Century Fox Studios	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Pioneer Entertainment	Theatrical Distributor
UFD	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Writer	Credit
Terrence Malick	Screenplay
James Jones	Novel as Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Angela Kenny	Assistant Accountant
Joanie Spates-Ahuna	Post-Production Accountant
Robert Threadgold	Production Accountant
Kylie Wilkie-Smith	Accountant - payroll accountant
Fiona Landreth	Assistant Accountant
Kevin Plummer	Production Accountant
Joanne Newell	Accountant - extras payroll accountant
Susan V Kalinowski	Assistant Accountant
Joanie Spates	Assistant Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Mark Bristol	Storyboard Artist
Peter Collias	Scenic Artist
Jack Fisk	Production Designer
Steve Davey	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Richard Hobbs	Set Decorator
Ian Gracie	Art Director
Guideo Helmstetter	Art Department - sculptor
Daryl Porter	Set Dresser
Jennifer O'Connell	Art Department Coordinator
Jeff Thorp	Assistant Art Director
Chris Kennedy	Swing Gang - swing
Tom Traugott	Swing Gang - swing
Rolland Pike	Set Dresser
David Russell	Storyboard Artist
Patrick Moyles	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Suza Maybury	Set Decorator
Nicholas Brunner	Assistant Art Director (2nd Unit)
Bev Dunn	Set Dresser
Jay Gibson	Storyboard Artist
Rosemary Brandenburg	Set Decorator
Barry Thompson	Art Assistant - Art Department Assistant
Sophie Tarney	Set Dresser
Sam Ward	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Greg Pallini	Storyboard Artist
Peter Besi	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Brock Sykes	Set Dresser
Michael Selea	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Beato Varahana	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Casting	Credit
Barbara Collins	Casting Associate
Judith Cruden	Extras Casting - extras casting agent
Jo Doster	Location Casting - regional casting agent
Dianne Crittenden	Casting
Jo Edna Boldin	Location Casting - regional casting agent
Louise Mitchell	Extras Casting
Craft Services	Credit
David Kasubowski	Craft Service - catering/craft service
Kerry Fetzer	Catering - caterer
Peter Evangelatos	Craft Service - catering/craft service
Irene Augerinos	Catering - catering assistant
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
Darrin Keough	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Mark Holtermann	Video - video split operator
Victor Roger Monk	Projectionist - dailies projectionist
Reuben Aaronson	Camera - cameraman (2nd Unit)
John Toll	Director of Photography
David Orr	Color Timer
Richard Confalone	Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)
merie weismiller wallace	Photography - still photographer
Brad Shield	Steadicam Operator
Brad Shield	Camera Operator
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)
Frank Hruby	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Stephen S Campanelli	Camera Operator
Mike Thomas	Camera Operator