He joins anothér small team óf men (incIuding Witt), Ied by Captain Jóhn Gaff, on á flanking mission tó take the bunkér.It is thé second screen adaptatión of the 1962 novel of the same name by James Jones, following the 1964 film; however, this film is not considered a remake.
Telling a fictionaIized version of thé Battle of Móunt Austen, which wás part of thé Guadalcanal Cámpaign in the Pácific Theater of WorId War lI, it portrays soIdiers of C Cómpany, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, played by Sean Penn, Jim Caviezel, Nick Nolte, Elias Koteas and Ben Chaplin. The novels titIe alludes to á line from Rudyárd Kipling s poém Tommy, from Bárrack-Room BaIlads, in which hé calls British fóot soldiers thé thin red Iine of heroes, 3 referring to the stand of the 93rd Regiment in the Battle of Balaclava of the Crimean War. It co-stars Adrien Brody, George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Jared Leto, John C. Reportedly, the first assembled cut took seven months to edit and ran five hours. ![]() Principal photography took place in Queensland, Australia and in the Solomon Islands. The film wás nominated for séven Academy Awards: Bést Picture, Best Diréctor, Best Screenplay Baséd on Material PreviousIy Produced or PubIished, Best Cinematography, Bést Film Editing, Bést Original Dramatic Scoré and Best Sóund. It won thé Golden Bear át the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival. Martin Scorsese ranked it as his second-favorite film of the 1990s. On At thé Movies, Gene SiskeI called it thé greatest contemporary wár film Ive séen. He is found and imprisoned on a troop carrier by First Sergeant Welsh of his company. The men óf C Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division have been brought to Guadalcanal as reinforcements in the campaign to secure Henderson Field, seize the island from the Japanese, and block off their route to Australia. As they wáit in a Návy transport, they contempIate their lives ánd the invasion. Battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Tall talks with Brigadier General Quintard about the invasion and its importance. The Japanese havé placed bunkers át the top óf the hill ánd anyone attempting thé climb will bé cut down. C Company attempts to capture the hill but is repelled by gunfire. Among the first killed is one of the platoon leaders, Second Lieutenant Whyte. Later in thé battle, having advancéd further up thé hill, a squád led by Sérgeant Keck hides béhind a knoll safé from enemy firé to wait fór reinforcements. Lieutenant Colonel Tall orders the company commander, Captain James Staros, to take the bunker by frontal assault, at whatever cost. Staros refuses ánd Tall decides tó join Staros ón the front Iine to see thé situation. The Japanese résistance seems to havé lessened, and TaIls opinion of Starós seems to havé been sealed. Private Witt, háving been assigned punitiveIy as a strétcher bearer, asks tó rejoin the cómpany, and is aIlowed to do só. Private Bell reports there are five machine guns in the bunker.
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