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Film: The Thin Red Line (1998)
Director: Terrence Malick Genre: Action/Drama/War Also starring: Sean Penn (Dead Man Walking), Adrian Brody (Liberty Heights), James Caviezel (Frequency), George Clooney (The Perfect Storm), John Cusack (America's Sweethearts, High Fidelity), Woody Harrelson (Play It to the Bone) Role: Private First Class Eddie Bead |
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Synopsis 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. The horrors of war forms the soldiers into a tight-knit group, their emotions develop into bonds of love and even family. The reasons for this war get further away as the world for the men gets smaller and smaller until their fighting is for mere survival and the life of the other men with them. |
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