Adaptation du roman autobiographique de James Jones datant de 1962, axé sur le conflit de Guadalcanal pendant la seconde guerre mondiale.Adaptation du roman autobiographique de James Jones datant de 1962, axé sur le conflit de Guadalcanal pendant la seconde guerre mondiale.Adaptation du roman autobiographique de James Jones datant de 1962, axé sur le conflit de Guadalcanal pendant la seconde guerre mondiale.
- Nommé pour 7 Oscars
- 22 victoires et 47 nominations au total
- Witt's Mother
- (as Penny Allen)
- Melanesian Villager
- (as Benjamin)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesMost of Adrien Brody's scenes were cut from the film and he wasn't aware of these changes until he saw the film at the premiere. Brody came to the premiere expecting to see himself as the lead character and was shocked when he saw that he was barely featured in the film, especially since Cpl. Fife was the central character in the novel on which the movie was based.
- GaffesIn one of the flashback scenes where the soldier and his girlfriend are holding hands, modern cars can be seen out the window in the background.
- Citations
Private Edward P. Train: [narration] This great evil, where's it come from? How'd it steal into the world? What seed, what root did it grow from? Who's doing this? Who's killing us, robbing us of life and light, mocking us with the sight of what we might've known? Does our ruin benefit the earth, does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too? Have you passed through this night?
- Crédits fousComposer Wrangler. . . Moanike'ala Nakamoto
- ConnexionsFeatured in HBO First Look: The Thin Red Line (1998)
- Bandes originalesThe Unanswered Question
Composed by Charles Ives
Performed by Orchestra of St. Luke's (as The Orchestra of St. Luke's)
Conducted by John Adams
Director Terrence Malick's films are alive with a sense of pure cinema with every frame delivering such detail and richness that you could swear you were there. The only other person capable of bringing such an immediate sense of time and place and sheer nuance of film (although in a completely different way) is David Lean, another major league craftsman.
Here, again, Malick uses his customary voice-over device although this time as a means of vocalising the abstract thoughts of the various soldiers as they struggle to make some sense of the conflict. It's an interesting approach which allows the audience to identify with the characters in a far less superficial way than in, say, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (the film THE THIN RED LINE is most often and most unfairly compared to). Malick is also not afraid to take time to illustrate the continuing natural backdrop to the carnage. Mother Nature almost seems to be occupying a pivotal supporting role as a detached observer on the sidelines, calmly and inscrutably watching the chaos develop.
It's a measure of Malick's complete disinterest with the normal conventions of Hollywood that actors such as Lucas Haas, Vigo Mortensen, Jason Patric, Mickey Rourke, Martin Sheen and Billy Bob Thornton all spent months in Queensland Australia and the Solomon Islands filming roles that ultimately ended up on the cutting room floor. Blink and you'll also miss major marquee players such as John Travolta and George Clooney. The stand-out performances come from Jim Caviezel and, especially, Nick Nolte.
Nolte just seems to be getting better and better as he gets older and his portrayal of tyrant Colonel Tall is something to see. I have never seen anyone express such an impotent sense of rage, anger and fury than Nolte does here. It's a fantastic performance from a real pro and it's a mystery to me why he didn't get an Oscar.
John Toll's pristine cinematography and Hans Zimmer's wonderfully evocative (Oscar-winning) score are other strong elements. The unusual music and visuals contrast so well that Malick sometimes fades out the noise of the shouting, explosions and guns, an effect that only serves to heighten the emotional power of the experience further.
You won't see a more beautiful film about the horrors of war. Movies like this make the task of trawling through the weekly diet of dumb formulaic junk served up by Hollywood almost seem worthwhile.
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Langues
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Si loin des hommes
- Lieux de tournage
- Sociétés de production
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Box-office
- Budget
- 52 000 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 36 400 491 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 282 534 $US
- 27 déc. 1998
- Montant brut mondial
- 98 126 565 $US
- Durée2 heures 50 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 2.35 : 1