The Thin Red Line in 35mm

Terrence Malick adapted James Jones’s 1962 novel, inspired by the author’s experiences serving in World War II’s Guadalcanal campaign, for his first film since his 1978 classic Days of Heaven. Malick assembled an all-star cast (including George Clooney, Nick Nolte and John Travolta) for his unusually contemplative war epic, which received seven Oscar nominations including Directing, Adapted Screenplay (both for Malick) and Best Picture. Nominated composer Hans Zimmer spent nine months working on his evocative score, which he termed the most challenging assignment of his career.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.

1998 | 165 min. | USA | Color | Scope | English | Rated R | 35mm

DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Terrence Malick

WITH: Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, Jim Caviezel, Ben Chaplin

Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.