The Thin Red Line details
| Formats: | 15 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, James Caviezel, John Cusack, George Clooney, Ben Chaplin, Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Nick Nolte, John C. Reilly, Miranda Otto, John Savage, John Travolta, Nick Stahl, Dash Mihok, Jared Leto, Ari, a, Nick Stahl |
| Director: | Terrence Malick |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - War, Drama - General |
| Studio: | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Thin Red Line |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 46 minutes |
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| Rental release: | Currently unavailable |
| Main languages: | English |
| Subtitles: | Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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The thinking man's war film
By james robinson from Ashbourne, England , 12 Jul 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
Not all war films are about blood and guts. But in most of the best it is a major component. This film mixes it with the best and is as good, if not better at it then Pte Ryan.
All great war films are about comradeship, and human emotions, which this has by the bucket load.
This film has everything, from beautiful cinematography to brilliant acting and such brilliant storytelling that you get drawn into the brotherhood of the soldiers.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(112)A war film for poets
By Ferry41 (223 reviews) from Oxford , 04 Dec 2012This is beautifully filmed and has an uplifting life-affirming quality to it. Gorgeous images are interspersed with the horrors of war. It is typical Terrence Malick with beautiful pensive shots of tree canopies and the luxurient undergrowth of a tropical paradise. In this context, the senselessness of the WWII bloodbath is put into perspective. Beautiful Melanesian choral music forms a back-drop. HIghly recommended if you want to see a nonorthodox take on WW2.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A Malick film - did you expect John Wayne?
By a customer , 31 Oct 2012Malick's films tend to look stunning - and the scenery here is beautifully rendered - and also divide audiences. I found the balance between philosophizing and reality here to be just about right. The director is not particularly concerned with the details of war, more about what it says about us, and what it does to us. Some fine performances, especially by Jim Caviezel. If you have a reasonably open mind this is worth a view.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The Thickest Line Of Boredom
By MancScientist (11 reviews) from Manchester , 15 Jan 2012What a load of tripe, I mean come on, you watch a war film not for one mans whine about the horrors of war, and not to feel like you morally bankrupt for wanting to even consider watching a film entailing scenes from a war! But for thrills and spills! Glory!
This guy whines throughout the whole of the movie, I watched this at the cinema and could not stand it so much, that amongst others walked out half way through!
If you like people whining about how horrible something is - watch Driving Miss Daisy or something else. If you want a war film? How about seeing a film that encompasses courage, strategy, action and thrills! - Where this film falls very short indeed.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A state of nature versus a state of war
By Zamy (552 reviews) from London , 21 Oct 2011Considering that Terrence Malik has made so few films in his career it is amazing that he achieves such beautiful images. You would think he would be a bit rusty after a 20 year lay off. This film begins with awol GI’s gambolling in the idyllic Pacific islands during World War 2. Called to order by the company sergeant the idyllic state of nature soon becomes punitive stretcher duty at the front line, rescuing the dead, injured and traumatised men. The war against the Japanese is portrayed as a frightful affair and I can almost hear Malik urging his actors to add yet more fear, fear, fear to their performances. We are also treated to displays of despicable cruelty from commanding officers attempting to secure the glory of victory for themselves. Mixed in we have soft spoken slow-mo of a beautiful wife back home. This is a very long film and once we have got the point of contrast between the ravishing natural world with the horrors of war I did feel that Malik had let the whole project become overblown. No doubt his star actors had to have their screen time but some editing down would have done the film no disfavours.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The sesitive side of soldiers
By BillyH (6 reviews) from Richmond , 02 Aug 2011This is one of the best films about World War II or any other war that I've ever seen. It is moving and poignant.Stunning camera work shot with some very original filming techniques.- Was this review helpful to you?
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