The Thin Red Line
In 1942, Private Witt is a U.S. Army absconder living peacefully with the locals of a small South Pacific island. But when he is discovered, Witt is debriefed by a senior officer and returned to an active duty unit preparing for what will be the Battle of Guadalcanal which gives him an opportunity to explore nothing less than the nature of life, death, God, and courage.
24 May 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
27 February 1966, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
23 November 1970, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
11 May 1964, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
22 December 1958, Australia
26 June 1968, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
26 September 1968, Mount Vernon, Washington, USA
24 May 1974, New York City, New York, USA
22 February 1969, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
23 July 1961, Midland, Texas, USA
31 May 1960, St. Clair Shores, Michigan, USA
25 August 1949, Old Bethpage, Long Island, New York, USA
9 February 1988, Burbank, California, USA
1970, Australia
20 June 1975
1960, Australia
October 14, 2011
In the midst of life we may be in death, but the opposite is true as well.
January 01, 2000
An uncannily timed movie phenomenon!
January 01, 2000
The thinking person's Saving Private Ryan.
June 08, 2011
Though it is not only a great war film, perhaps not even primarily a great war film, it is assuredly a great war film.
February 21, 2014
One of the most harrowing of anti-war statements, and the most beautiful too.
February 09, 2006
It's a genuinely epic ciné-poem that essentially sidesteps history, politics and conventional ethics to deal with war as an absolute, inevitable and eternal facet of existence.
January 01, 2000
A haunting, scattered reminiscence piece, where the mind is allowed to drift through its memories, and retrieve impressions of the beautiful and the hideous, the serene and the hysterical, the banal and the profound.
May 06, 2012
Lyrical, meditative and original, Malick's WWII film is one of the best war films ever made.
May 11, 2011
Ultimately concerned less with specific tactical maneuvers or combat suffering than with the grand contradictions of life.
January 01, 2000
Viewers will get lost in the wanderings of this dreamlike movie!
May 13, 2011
...so gorgeous it feels as if it's being seen through heavenly eyes - at least until fresh hell rips across the screen.
January 01, 2000
A film of brilliant pieces and dazzling shots!
