The Thin Red Line (1998)

Release date: 1999-01-15
Country: USA
Language: English|Tok Pisin|Japanese|Greek
Director: Terrence Malick
Production Co: Fox 2000 Pictures, Geisler-Roberdeau, Phoenix Pictures
Genre: Drama, War
Rating: 7.6/10
Length: 2h 50min

Storyline

U.S. Army Private Witt (AWOL) is found and imprisoned on a troop carrier by his company First Sergeant, Welsh.The men of C Company,1st Battalion,27th Infantry Regiment,25th Infantry Division have been brought to Guadalcanal as reinforcements in the campaign to secure Henderson Field and seize the island from the Japanese. They arrive near Hill 210, a key Japanese position. Their task is to capture the hill at all cost. What happens next is a story developing about redemption and the meaningless of war. Regardless the outcome.