The THIN RED LINE (1998) DVD - 7 Academy Award nominations, WIDESCREEN.

Director Terrence Malick's adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.

7 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS:

Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound, Best Film Editing & Best Dramatic Score.

Director: Terrence Malick

Writers: James Jones (novel), Terrence Malick (screenplay)

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

Storyline

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.