Summary:
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.
| Runtime: | 170 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for realistic war violence and language. |
| Production: | Phoenix Pictures |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, War |
| Country: | USA |
| Languages: | English, Japanese, Greek, Tok Pisin |
| Home Release Date: | Nov 2, 1999 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Terrence Malick | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| James Jones | Novel |
| Terrence Malick | Screenplay |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| James Caviezel | Pvt. Witt |
| Nick Nolte | Lt. Col. Gordon Tall |
| Sean Penn | 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Adrien Brody | Cpl. Fife |
| Ben Chaplin | Pvt. Bell |
| Benjamin Green | Melanesian Villager |
| Elias Koteas | Capt. James 'Bugger' Staros |
| George Clooney | Capt. Charles Bosche |
| John Cusack | Capt. John Gaff |
| Kirk Acevedo | Pvt. Tella |
| Mark Boone Junior | Pvt. Peale |
| Norman Patrick Brown | Pvt. Henry |
| Penelope Allen | Witt's Mother |
| Simon Billig | Lt. Col. Billig |
| Woody Harrelson | Sgt. Keck |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| George Stevens, Jr. | Executive Producer |
| Grant Hill | Producer |
| John Roberdeau | Producer |
| Michael Stevens | Associate Producer |
| Robert Michael Geisler | Producer |
| Sheila Davis Lawrence | Associate Producer |
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