The return of director Terrence Malick to feature filmmaking after a twenty year sabbatical\, this World War II drama is an elegiac rum ination on man's destruction of nature and himself\, based on James Jones' semi-autobiographical novel\, his follow-up to From Here to Eternity.
\ nJames Caviezel stars as Private Witt\, a deserter living in peace and h armony with the natives of a Pacific island paradise. Captured by the Navy\ , Witt is debriefed by a senior officer (Sean Penn) and returned to an acti ve duty unit preparing for what will be the Battle of Guadalcanal. As Witt goes ashore in the company of his fellow soldiers\, they meet diverse fates .
\nSergeant Keck (Woody Harrelson) is killed by an exploding grenad e. Captain John Gaff (John Cusack) is an intelligent\, sober leader facing the destruction of his command because his commanding officer Colonel Tall (Nick Nolte) is bucking for a general's star. Sergeant McCron (John Savage) loses his mind. Private Bell (Ben Chaplin) gets a "\;Dear John"\; letter from his beloved wife. However\, as the U.S. troops advance up grass y slopes toward entrenched Japanese positions\, it is Witt's voiced-over ru minations on life\, death\, and nature that are the real heart and soul of The Thin Red Line (1998).
\nAdrien Brody appears as Private Fife\, t he major character of Jones' novel and the author's alter-ego\, although Fi fe has been relegated to a minor supporting role by Malick's filmed adaptat ion. ~ Karl Williams\, All Movie Guide
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