The Thin Red Line
1998
****
Director: Terrence Malick
Cast: Nick Nolte, Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, Elias Koteas, Woody Harrelson
Terrence Malick's third film, after a 20-year hiatus, is a moody, philosophical and beautifully shot WW2 story set in the Pacific. As a war film this demanding (and overlong) drama is closer to Apocalypse Now than Saving Private Ryan. Adapted from James Jones' novel.
