The Thin Red Line is a movie directed by Terrence Malick in 1998 and based on the book of the same name by James Jones, first published in 1962. The movie features Sean Penn, Jim Caviezel, Nick Nolte, Elias Koteas, Ben Chaplin, Dash Mihok, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
In 1942, United States Army Private Witt goes AWOL from his unit to live among the carefree Melanesian natives in the South Pacific. Elsewhere on the ship, Lieutenant Colonel Tall, the aging battalion commander, mulls over the importance of the invasion, which he sees as his last chance for glory in combat.
Movie vs Book
Year
1998
Minutes
170
Movie Rate
7.60
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Thin Red Line
Director: Terrence Malick
Country: USA
Year: 1998
Length: 2h50m
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Year
1962
Pages
475
Book Rate
7.98
S: Goodreads
Book
The Thin Red Line
Author: James Jones
Country: USA
First published in: 1962
Length: 475 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The World War II Trilogy
User polls & recommendations
“I love the book, but in order to transform it into a film, there are things you have to reinvent for it to work on screen.”
YORGOS LANTHIMOS (Filmmaker)
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