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DVD

The thin red line

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Widescreen version.

Languages

English ; with English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, Jim Caviezel, Ben Chaplin, George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Nick Nolte, John C. Reilly.

Publication Information

Santa Monica, CA : Criterion collection, 2010, p1998.

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (171 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Rated R; for realistic war violence and language.

Summary

In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the Pacific. 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.

Notes

Accompanying booklet includes program notes and commentaries.

Based on the novel by James Jones.

Originally produced as motion picture in 1998.

Special features: new audio commentary, original theatrical trailer; interviews with several actors and editors, composer Hans Zimmer, and author James Jones's daughter, Kaylie Jones; archival audition footage; fourteen minutes of outtakes; World War II newsreels.

For specific features see interactive menu.

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