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The Thin Red Line

Movie (1998)

"Every man fights his own war."

In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the pacific. A group of young soldiers is brought in as a relief for the battle-weary Marine units. The exhausting fight for a key-positioned airfield that allows control over a 1000-mile radius puts the men of the Army Rifle company C-for-Charlie through hell.

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Released:	Dec 23rd, 1998
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The Thin Red Line Main Cast

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Nick Nolte
plays Lt. Col. Gordon Tall

James Caviezel
plays Pvt. Witt

Sean Penn
plays 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh

Elias Koteas
plays Capt. James 'Bugger' Staros

Ben Chaplin
plays Pvt. Bell

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In the film's script, much of the characters' speech and much of the narration are actually lines taken from the James Jones novel "From Here to Eternity". For example, Witt frequently speaks the words of Private Pruitt, and Sergeant Welsh speaks the words of Sergeant Warden.
Movie Goof (revealing mistake): Right after the battle at the machine-gun bunker, an American soldier shoots one of the Japanese prisoners with a shotgun. The smoke from the barrel indicates that he missed.
Average Shot Length = ~7.9 Seconds. Median Shot Length = ~8.4 seconds.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): Despite the suggestion that the reference to an "Air Force Captain" was not a goof because the "US Army Air Forces" had been renamed (formerly "Air Corps") in 1941, the term "Air Force" was never used in WWII. The character's wife would have said "Air Corps Captain," because that term was used in everyday speech throughout the war.

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