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The Thin Red Line
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The Thin Red Line is a 1962 novel about the battle of Guadalcanal by author James Jones. It is a philosophical work about the internal and external battles the various soldiers go through.It was made into a film twice, in 1964 and 1998. The more famous of the two adaptations (the 1998 one) was written and directed by Terrence Malick, and exhibits many of his trademark directorial characteristics, including sumptuous nature photography and deep philosophizing, often by way of internal dialogues. Malick used the film to expound on the idea that "all men have got the same soul" and are part of nature, and therefore warfare is just an example of mankind fighting against himself.The film features a huge cast (albeit cut down from the number of characters in the book) who each have their own perspectives on the battle raging around them, although most of the characters seem to be surprisingly thoughtful and articulate in their internal monologues, despite (or perhaps because of) the ever-present threat of impending death.The film is also notable for being pitted against Saving Private Ryan both at the time it came out and ever since, with the two (very different) war films being (perhaps unfairly) compared to each other and various film critics taking sides. This is owing to the fact that it depends on what kind of war movie you are looking to see. Both movies are visceral, but Saving Private Ryan would probably be described as "action-packed" and expounding the attitude that "war is hell, but sometimes necessary, and we will never understand what the Greatest Generation went through." (It could even be said to have popularized this nostalgic approach to World War II.) Conversely, The Thin Red Line would probably be described as philosophical and immersive, expounding the attitude that men don't really know why they fight because they are part of nature, and make excuses for their violence.Please note that this article is first and foremost about the 1998 film; examples exclusive to the novel or the 1964 adaptation will be noted as such.See also From Here to Eternity, another novel by James Jones.Definitely not to be confused with The Thin Blue Line (whether the 1988 Errol Morris documentary or the 1990s BBC sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson). Also not to be confused with an earlier war movie, The Big Red One, or The Thin Red Line story arc from Crossed. | |
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Canon Foreigner | |
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Canon Foreigner: Quintard isn't in the book, unless he's the unnamed regimental commander who relieved Band in the book. | |
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Noble Savage | |
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Noble Savage: The Melanesian village. The first one Witt goes AWOL on is paradise on earth, untouched by Western ways. The second one is scarred by war and the people avoid him like the plague. | |
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Dirty Coward | |
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Dirty Coward: In the book Fife believes himself to be one, though in reality he is more of a Cowardly Lion. | |
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Anyone Can Die | |
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Anyone Can Die: And they do. | |
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Gaia's Lament | |
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And apparently not just for humans. Many of the most haunting shots in the movie involve nature being destroyed and ravaged by war. One particularly gruesome scene is a close-up of a mortally scorched baby parrot, slowly twitching and dying in the burnt grass. Damn. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: Sgt. McCron (John Savage) is mentally broken shortly into the film when his entire platoon is wiped out, causing him to have a bad flash back to his experiences as a soldier in another life. | |
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Situational Sexuality | |
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Situational Sexuality: Occurs several times in the book, the earliest example being between Fife and Bead. | |
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Boisterous Bruiser | |
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Boisterous Bruiser: Queen, in the book. | |
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The Philosopher | |
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The Philosopher: Witt, a fact which is especially evident in his inner monologues. Train (the red-haired private) is responsible for the film's first and last monologues. | |
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Sheep in Sheep's Clothing | |
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Sheep in Sheep's Clothing: Gaff in the book. He comes across as a concerned and grave officer who says his men deserve medals, only for it later to look as if he forgot about this promise in the midst of the glory he received. It eventually is revealed he actually had seen to it they received the medals and the promised decorations, but had been delayed by the messy army bureaucracy. | |
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A Father to His Men | |
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True to form, he is pitted against Capt. Staros. | |
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The Rival | |
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The Rival: Doll and Dale keep getting opportunities to shine at the same time and are always pleased to have outdone each other. | |
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Those Two Guys | |
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Those Two Guys: Mazzi and Tills, although they seem to dislike each other. | |
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Ominous Latin Chanting | |
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Ominous Latin Chanting : At the beginning, the requiem "In Paradisum" from Gabriel Fauré. There is also Melanesian singing at some points. | |
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Hidden Heart of Gold | |
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Hidden Heart of Gold: Welsh's gruff, cynical exterior and pragmatic worldview effectively hide the compassion that he feels for his men. | |
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Adaptational Villainy | |
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Adaptational Villainy: Tall. In the book, he's certainly out-of-touch and somewhat inept, but he does care about the lives of his men and remains polite for the most part. The film portrays him as an abrasive The Neidermeyer. | |
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Knight in Sour Armor | |
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Knight in Sour Armor: Welsh. | |
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Condescending Compassion | |
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Condescending Compassion: Quintard telling Tall that it's nice to have such old, experienced men at his rank which (accidentally or intentionally) rubs in Tall's Passed-Over Promotion. | |
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It Never Gets Any Easier | |
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It Never Gets Any Easier: "Have you ever had anyone die in your arms, sir?" It Gets Easier: "How many men? Lives will be lost in your company... You're just not tough-fibered enough." (See Lack of Empathy below.) | |
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Arcadia | |
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Arcadia: The Melanesian village; Witt's memories of life on the farm; private Bell's memories of his wife. | |
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It Has Been an Honor | |
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It Has Been an Honor: In an odd variation, Staros implies this to his men after being relieved of command. | |
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Holding Hands | |
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Holding Hands: The dying Bead asks Fife to hold his hand. | |
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Literary Allusion Title | |
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Literary Allusion Title: To a Rudyard Kipling poem, which also makes up half of the book's epigraph. (It's also an allusion to a Midwestern saying, which makes up the other half). | |
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Incorruptible Pure Pureness | |
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Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Witt, in the 1998 film. | |
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Bilingual Bonus | |
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Bilingual Bonus: The Japanese soldiers' untranslated lines. | |
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Mauve Shirt | |
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Mauve Shirt: Sgt. Keck, after tremendous build-up, dies accidentally a horribly short way into the film when he pulls the pin instead of the grenade. | |
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Adapted Out | |
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Adapted Out: Several important characters do not make it into the cast of the movie. | |
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Auteur License | |
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Auteur License: To quote That other Wiki: | |
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The Men First | |
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Captain Gaff is good at thinking on his feet, and makes a "The Men First" request to Colonel Tall after taking the hill in the film. In the book he also praises the men's accomplishments and treats them as equals. | |
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Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism | |
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Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: The film is a rumination on war and nature; initially it shows the world in a pessimistic light, noting the conflict between the two powers of nature - however, the final scenes suggest that our universe is essentially harmonious. The sliding scale also appears in arguments between Witt (idealism) and Welsh (cynicism). | |
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Defector from Decadence | |
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Defector from Decadence: Witt, with his pacifist worldview, repeatedly goes AWOL. The beginning of the film has him enjoying life in a Melanesian village along with another soldier (Hoke) and the two of them ultimately returning without much fuss when the army does find them. | |
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Face Death with Dignity | |
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Face Death with Dignity: Witt recalls his mother's quiet acceptance of her impending demise and hopes he will act the same way when the time comes. He does. In the book Lieutenant Gray, after being mortally wounded in battle, calmly prays his own last rites and asks Bell to pray for his soul. One of the Japanese POWs calmly meditates as several others are being shot, although it's unclear if he himself ultimately is. | |
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Bad Boss | |
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Welsh's nihilistic Bad Boss tendencies are reduced in the 1998 film, as best displayed in his final conversation with Witt. | |
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Adaptational Heroism | |
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Adaptational Heroism: Witt. The film elevates his altruism (already evident in the book) to near-messianic proportions, and does away with his eminent character flaws, such as his racism and his highly volatile temper. He also gets a Heroic Sacrifice at the end. Welsh's nihilistic Bad Boss tendencies are reduced in the 1998 film, as best displayed in his final conversation with Witt. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: The soldiers manage to take Guadalcanal, but many of the characters don't make it. | |
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Becoming the Mask | |
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Becoming the Mask: In the book, Doll initially only pretends to be a brave war hero, simply trying to prop himself up. Much to his surprise, he continues to volunteer himself for more and more dangerous missions and performing a one-man attack on Japanese riflemen that causes Captain Gaff to recommend him for a Distinguished Service Cross. By the end of the book he has become the head of a platoon and is A Father to His Men, being the closest the book has to a completely heroic character. | |
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Military Moonshiner | |
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Military Moonshiner: Nellie Coombs in the novel. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: Almost nothing seems to go right for Fife. | |
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The Resenter | |
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The Resenter: In the film, Lt. Col. Tall resents being passed over for promotion. In the book Fife resents Stein for calling him unfit for the field in his notes on Fife’s request to become an infantry officer. Fife mostly keeps this to himself, though he has a few outbursts at Stein. In the book Dale resents Storm and the rest of the cooking crew for little reason. In the book Witt quietly seethes at Stein and the rest of the commanding officers who transferred him. He also resents Fife and breaks off there friendship after Fife tells him that the only way to stay in Charlie Company is to beg Stein, and tells Witt (who refuses to do so) that if he does not he will be moved. Still, Witt notes that he would still save Fife if the situation came to it. | |
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Death by Adaptation | |
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Death by Adaptation: In the 1964 film, Welsh dies in a Heroic Sacrifice moment. Witt survived the novel, but isn’t as luck in the 1998 film. | |
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Scenery Porn | |
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Scenery Porn: The entire film. Some entire scenes consist of contemplative shots of a coconut growing on the beach, water falling off leaves, birds and animals trying their best to ignore the carnage. | |
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Break the Cutie | |
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Break the Cutie: McCron after his squad is killed. | |
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Beneath the Mask | |
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Beneath the Mask: The narration shows different sides of several characters and how different they are from how others perceive them. | |
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The Big Guy | |
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The Big Guy: Corporal Queen and the book-only character Big Un Cash. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_50b05d30 | type |
Disproportionate Retribution | |
The Thin Red Line / int_50b05d30 | comment |
Disproportionate Retribution: In the book, a clearly stressed Fife snaps at Band when Band tries to tell him his helmet story. Band then places Fife in the rifle squad, the most dangerous job in the company in a gambit to get him killed. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_52c3c556 | type |
Blade-of-Grass Cut | |
The Thin Red Line / int_52c3c556 | comment |
Blade-of-Grass Cut: The entire film. Regarding Malick's vision of the film, the producers said, | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_53b6ab6a | type |
Jumped at the Call | |
The Thin Red Line / int_53b6ab6a | comment |
Jumped at the Call: Gaff volunteering to lead the attack on the hill. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_55554032 | type |
Irrational Hatred | |
The Thin Red Line / int_55554032 | comment |
Irrational Hatred: In the book Welsh has a near murderous hatred for Fife for no apparent reason. It's subtly implied that he's projecting his own self-hatred onto him. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_5ce7dbb9 | type |
Central Theme | |
The Thin Red Line / int_5ce7dbb9 | comment |
Central Theme: The central themes of the movie seem to be: "Is war an inevitable part of human civilization or not? Is war just a nonsensical tragedy or does it have some bright side as well? Does nature suffer from war at least as much as humans?" The answer is up to you, dear tropers. Private Train invokes this in one of his inner monologues: | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_5f146203 | type |
Dissonant Serenity | |
The Thin Red Line / int_5f146203 | comment |
Dissonant Serenity: Half The entire movie, but especially the tracking shots through the tall-grass during the hill assault. There is also a scene with the capture of the bunker, where one of the Japanese soldiers sits meditating in the middle of all the carnage surrounding him. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_5f146203 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_5ff8ee08 | type |
LongTake | |
The Thin Red Line / int_5ff8ee08 | comment |
Long Take: Some of the tracking shots during the hill assault. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_61c683d2 | type |
We Have Reserves | |
The Thin Red Line / int_61c683d2 | comment |
We Have Reserves: Ltc. Tall orders that a heavily defended ridge be captured by frontal assault, treating the prospect of heavy casualties as an acceptable tradeoff. Staros's inability to take this attitude creates friction between them. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_6375f746 | type |
Drill Sergeant Nasty | |
The Thin Red Line / int_6375f746 | comment |
Drill Sergeant Nasty: LTC Tall may be commanding in the field rather than presiding over basic training, but he takes a similar browbeating attitude towards his subordinates and seems to feel like they need remedial education in manliness and obedience. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_6375f746 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_63b02752 | type |
Hair-Trigger Temper | |
The Thin Red Line / int_63b02752 | comment |
Hair-Trigger Temper: Witt (in the book only), Lt. Col. Tall (in the film only). | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_6439de78 | type |
Heroic Sacrifice | |
The Thin Red Line / int_6439de78 | comment |
Heroic Sacrifice: In the 1998 film Witt draws the attention of an approaching Japanese column to buy time for the rest of his unit to escape. He gets surrounded and allows himself to get gunned down. In the 1964 film, Welsh takes the bullet for Doll. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_658f7193 | type |
Lack of Empathy | |
The Thin Red Line / int_658f7193 | comment |
Lack of Empathy: "combat numbness" (Emotion Suppression induced by the horrors of the war) leads everyone to temporarily lose the ability to feel. Discussed in the movie, when Storm remarks that he's no longer able to empathize with the suffering around him and Welsh wishes he could say the same about himself. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_658f7193 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_660eceeb | type |
Big Guy Fatality Syndrome | |
The Thin Red Line / int_660eceeb | comment |
Big Guy Fatality Syndrome: Cash. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_660eceeb | |
The Thin Red Line / int_66755d29 | type |
Author Avatar | |
The Thin Red Line / int_66755d29 | comment |
Author Avatar: Cpl. Fife. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_69fb91e8 | type |
Chewing the Scenery | |
The Thin Red Line / int_69fb91e8 | comment |
Chewing the Scenery: Nick Nolte performing Ltc. Tall's furious rants. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_6bd689ca | type |
Meaningful Echo | |
The Thin Red Line / int_6bd689ca | comment |
Meaningful Echo: Witt's opening monologue about his mother. Can double as a Tear Jerker on a repeat viewing. (It's quite possible due to the nature of the movie, and its length that you have forgotten exactly what he said at the start.) | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
The Thin Red Line / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: The book notes that, oddly enough, Welsh is actually of Welsh origins. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_6bda9a30 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_6c22a57b | type |
Jumping on a Grenade | |
The Thin Red Line / int_6c22a57b | comment |
Jumping on a Grenade: Sgt. Keck, after he accidentally detonates his own. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_6c22a57b | |
The Thin Red Line / int_6fbe85e6 | type |
Adaptation Personality Change | |
The Thin Red Line / int_6fbe85e6 | comment |
Adaptation Personality Change: In the 1998 film Tall has a tendency to fly off the handle when disobeyed and secretly has a low opinion of himself, while his book counterpart is rather composed for the most part and has a rather high opinion of himself. A scene where he snaps about water being late arriving in the film is changed from the novel where he personally brings up water to the men only to give it to other, equally thirsty men on the way due to being moved by their plight. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_6fbe85e6 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_6fd5262a | type |
Swing Low, Sweet Harriet | |
The Thin Red Line / int_6fd5262a | comment |
Swing Low, Sweet Harriet: Bell's wife is shown playing on a swing, an activity in which she looks especially lively and beautiful. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_6fd5262a | |
The Thin Red Line / int_7335ffa9 | type |
Grey-and-Gray Morality | |
The Thin Red Line / int_7335ffa9 | comment |
Grey-and-Gray Morality: Both the Japanese and American soldiers commit atrocities and suffer During the War. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_7335ffa9 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_780fff66 | type |
EmotionsVersusStoicism | |
The Thin Red Line / int_780fff66 | comment |
Emotions Versus Stoicism: Characters in the book note that failing to feel anything does wonders for their performance in combat. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_780fff66 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_7821f0a8 | type |
Team Chef | |
The Thin Red Line / int_7821f0a8 | comment |
Team Chef: Sgt. Storm is the company cook, which the book (unlike the movie) makes clear. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_7821f0a8 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_79631cf | type |
Hungry Jungle | |
The Thin Red Line / int_79631cf | comment |
Hungry Jungle: Col. Tall: "You see those vines? How they twine around, swallowing everything? Nature's cruel." | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_7a143509 | type |
Shell-Shocked Veteran | |
The Thin Red Line / int_7a143509 | comment |
A character removes teeth from (either live or dead) Japanese prisoners using pliers, then later has an emotional breakdown and throws the bag of teeth away. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_7a143509 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_7d89315b | type |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
The Thin Red Line / int_7d89315b | comment |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: In the book a drunk Mazzi gives one to Band for being a Glory Hound and The Neidermeyer, getting his men killed, and constantly telling his men the story of how his helmet was pierced by an artillery shell. Later Band gets a second one from the regimental commander for throwing off everyones troop movements by venturing out of his assigned sector and setting the campaign back by a week. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_7d89315b | |
The Thin Red Line / int_7eebe99c | type |
The Alcoholic | |
The Thin Red Line / int_7eebe99c | comment |
The Alcoholic: Welsh is an alcoholic even by the standards of C Company (e.g. he's the only person who opts to keep gin rather than water in his hip flasks), yet still makes a competent First Sergeant because he's a Functional Addict. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_7eebe99c | |
The Thin Red Line / int_7fab3dae | type |
Pineapple Surprise | |
The Thin Red Line / int_7fab3dae | comment |
Pineapple Surprise: Sgt. Keck's death by his own grenade. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_7fab3dae | |
The Thin Red Line / int_7fbe9a30 | type |
Freak Out | |
The Thin Red Line / int_7fbe9a30 | comment |
Freak Out: McCron suffers a nervous breakdown after all of his men are killed in battle. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_7fbe9a30 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_80ed8406 | type |
Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough | |
The Thin Red Line / int_80ed8406 | comment |
Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_80ed8406 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
The Thin Red Line / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: LTC Tall (Nick Nolte) earns a place next to Gunnery Sgt. Hartman and General Patton in the ranks of hardass, over-the-top U.S. army bosses. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_823c6e3e | |
The Thin Red Line / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
The Thin Red Line / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: Private Coombs is shot in the stomach in the '98 film but survives by paddling himself down the river away from the Japanese, although its unclear if he survived his wounds once he got back. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_863fa679 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_88574a | type |
Narrator All Along | |
The Thin Red Line / int_88574a | comment |
Narrator All Along: A variation. Significant portions of the voice-over (including the opening monologue) cannot be immediately attributed to any of the major characters; the ending shows them to be the thoughts of Pvt. Train. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_88574a | |
The Thin Red Line / int_88dbce75 | type |
Card Sharp | |
The Thin Red Line / int_88dbce75 | comment |
Card Sharp: Nellie Coombs (in the novel). | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_88dbce75 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_8ec0abf | type |
The Voiceless | |
The Thin Red Line / int_8ec0abf | comment |
The Voiceless: Catt from the novel is most well known in Charlie Company for not speaking at all. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_8ec0abf | |
The Thin Red Line / int_8f612013 | type |
Token Good Teammate | |
The Thin Red Line / int_8f612013 | comment |
Token Good Teammate: Witt is the only soldier who never lets the war corrupt his sense of right and wrong. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_8f612013 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_909e0a46 | type |
Gentlemen Rankers | |
The Thin Red Line / int_909e0a46 | comment |
Gentlemen Rankers: Bell is a trained engineer and a pre-war captain who resigned his commission to be with his wife and was drafted back into the army as a private a few months later. At the end of the book he is promoted up to lieutenant though. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_909e0a46 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_90e31482 | type |
Laser-Guided Karma | |
The Thin Red Line / int_90e31482 | comment |
Laser-Guided Karma: In the book Whyte, after getting two scouts shot by Japanese riflemen, sends in his men anyway despite the obvious danger and being unable to locate the riflemen, with the narration making it clear he does this only because he believes that he will survive. Immediately after he gives the order to charge, he is shot dead. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_90e31482 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_92e5b254 | type |
Communications Officer | |
The Thin Red Line / int_92e5b254 | comment |
Communications Officer: Cpl. Fife serves as the company's radioman in the first battle. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_92e5b254 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_96cc4848 | type |
"Dear John" Letter | |
The Thin Red Line / int_96cc4848 | comment |
"Dear John" Letter: Bell gets such a letter, much to his grief. It's a literal example as well, since his name is John ("Jack" in the film). | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_96cc4848 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_9b1e50bd | type |
During the War | |
The Thin Red Line / int_9b1e50bd | comment |
During the War: War Was Beginning long beforehand. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_9b1e50bd | |
The Thin Red Line / int_9ba53911 | type |
Stranger in a Familiar Land | |
The Thin Red Line / int_9ba53911 | comment |
Stranger in a Familiar Land: in the book Queen is wounded and initially wants to return to the company after being offered a chance to be sent home before learning how much things have Chas bed (jerks being dead, stein relieved, Dale ad doll sergeants etc.) | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_9ba53911 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_9bca83eb | type |
Death by Irony | |
The Thin Red Line / int_9bca83eb | comment |
Death by Irony: In the book 2LT Whyte believes he will survive the war and leads his men into a dangerous area as he feels that he (and he alone) will be unharmed. Almost immediately after he gives the order to charge, he is shot by a sniper. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_9bca83eb | |
The Thin Red Line / int_9ce6492a | type |
Taking the Bullet | |
The Thin Red Line / int_9ce6492a | comment |
In the 1964 film, Welsh takes the bullet for Doll. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_9ce6492a | |
The Thin Red Line / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
The Thin Red Line / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: Witt's mom's death. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_9d12bbc1 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_9e1e14ea | type |
Ambition Is Evil | |
The Thin Red Line / int_9e1e14ea | comment |
Ambition is Evil: In the 1998 film, the antagonistic LTC Tall is unconcerned with the losses in the battle because a successful attack is his last chance at a promotion. In the book, the nearly-amoral Dale is motivated by his desire to become a sergeant. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_9e1e14ea | |
The Thin Red Line / int_9e943076 | type |
One-Man Army | |
The Thin Red Line / int_9e943076 | comment |
One-Man Army: Cash and Doll in the book. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_9e943076 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_a0db7803 | type |
It's Personal | |
The Thin Red Line / int_a0db7803 | comment |
It's Personal: Cash volunteers for the assault to avenge two friends he Japanese tortured to death. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_a3673c4c | type |
It Gets Easier | |
The Thin Red Line / int_a3673c4c | comment |
It Gets Easier: "How many men? Lives will be lost in your company... You're just not tough-fibered enough." (See Lack of Empathy below.) | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_a3f1531b | type |
Standard Snippet | |
The Thin Red Line / int_a3f1531b | comment |
Standard Snippet: Journey To The Line has become one. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_a3f1531b | |
The Thin Red Line / int_a65288e2 | type |
Ascended Extra | |
The Thin Red Line / int_a65288e2 | comment |
Ascended Extra: While Witt is a prominent character in the book, he isn't generally considered one of the leads (like Doll, Stein/Staros, Fife, Welsh and Bell), but surpasses several of those characters in film prominence. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_a8a4b41e | type |
Not So Stoic | |
The Thin Red Line / int_a8a4b41e | comment |
Not So Stoic: The normally indifferent and composed Welsh sheds a few tears at Witt's grave. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_a8a4b41e | |
The Thin Red Line / int_a8adc5a0 | type |
Like a Son to Me | |
The Thin Red Line / int_a8adc5a0 | comment |
Like a Son to Me | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_a8adc5a0 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_a964c793 | type |
Mangst | |
The Thin Red Line / int_a964c793 | comment |
Mangst: All the characters, for various reasons. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_a9eb984b | type |
Warrior Poet | |
The Thin Red Line / int_a9eb984b | comment |
Warrior Poet: Witt is a philosopher who speculates about war, nature, and the human soul. Ltc. Tall studied Homer at West Point, in the original Greek no less. He quotes from the verse about "rosy-fingered Dawn". | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_a9eb984b | |
The Thin Red Line / int_ab68c5cc | type |
Chronic Hero Syndrome | |
The Thin Red Line / int_ab68c5cc | comment |
Chronic Hero Syndrome: Witt feels drawn to sacrifice himself for the good of others. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_ab68c5cc | |
The Thin Red Line / int_aec3e0b8 | type |
Glory Hound | |
The Thin Red Line / int_aec3e0b8 | comment |
In the book a drunk Mazzi gives one to Band for being a Glory Hound and The Neidermeyer, getting his men killed, and constantly telling his men the story of how his helmet was pierced by an artillery shell. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_aec3e0b8 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_afc6df04 | type |
What You Are in the Dark | |
The Thin Red Line / int_afc6df04 | comment |
What You Are in the Dark: A character removes teeth from (either live or dead) Japanese prisoners using pliers, then later has an emotional breakdown and throws the bag of teeth away. While less prominent in the film, it is one the novel's major themes; the characters' inner thoughts often deal with them battling the realization that they could get away with immoral things in wartime. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_afc6df04 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_b5b4b077 | type |
The Ace | |
The Thin Red Line / int_b5b4b077 | comment |
The Ace: Captain Gaff, who is just as much of A Father to His Men as Staros, but succeeds in an assault that Staros and his men had previously failed. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_b707726f | type |
Hypocritical Humor | |
The Thin Red Line / int_b707726f | comment |
Hypocritical Humor: In the book Mazzi brags about how he wasn’t afraid of the scattered bits of enemy fire while mocking Tills, Fife, and MacTae for doing so. Then an unseen Japanese soldier fires at them, and everyone (Mazzi included) jumps to the ground. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_b707726f | |
The Thin Red Line / int_b78b8584 | type |
Hope Sprouts Eternal | |
The Thin Red Line / int_b78b8584 | comment |
Hope Sprouts Eternal: The very last scene shows a coconut sprouting on the beach. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_b78b8584 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_b7c53a22 | type |
Blood Knight | |
The Thin Red Line / int_b7c53a22 | comment |
Blood Knight: The excessively savage Dale. Queen in the book goes on a rampage during a battle and gleefully murders his way through the Japanese, only stopping when his rifle jams. LTC Tall is glad to finally have the opportunity to command troops in a real war, and urges his soldiers to attack the enemy with fierce aggression. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_b7c53a22 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_b8e3f20a | type |
Demoted to Extra | |
The Thin Red Line / int_b8e3f20a | comment |
Demoted to Extra: Adrien Brody was cast in the lead role. You'd be forgiven for not noticing he was even in the movie. Many others also have smaller roles in one or both films than they did in the book (such as Doll in the second film). | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_b8e3f20a | |
The Thin Red Line / int_b9af5ef3 | type |
The Film of the Book | |
The Thin Red Line / int_b9af5ef3 | comment |
The Film of the Book: Two of them. Both are pretty faithful to the source material. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_b9af5ef3 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_bdb5c651 | type |
Real Men Love Jesus | |
The Thin Red Line / int_bdb5c651 | comment |
Real Men Love Jesus: Capt. Staros, who prays for his men's safety before battle. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_bdc94cd9 | type |
Compressed Adaptation | |
The Thin Red Line / int_bdc94cd9 | comment |
Compressed Adaptation: Witt's character (Prewitt) dies in From Here to Eternity, Dash Mihok's character (Pfc. Doll) is the focus of the 1968 film by Cinemascope, and Pvt. Train was meant to be an Audience Surrogate. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_bdc94cd9 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_be30e493 | type |
Undignified Death | |
The Thin Red Line / int_be30e493 | comment |
Undignified Death: Sgt. Keck accidentally pulls the pin off his own grenade while it's still strapped to him, mortally wounding him in his butt and private parts. He curses himself for making a stupid mistake, and begs his comrades to pretend that he died gloriously in combat. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_be30e493 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_be991863 | type |
The Neidermeyer | |
The Thin Red Line / int_be991863 | comment |
The Neidermeyer: Lt. Col. Tall (Nick Nolte), a "Captain Queeg"-like character, only more effective. True to form, he is pitted against Capt. Staros. Downplayed in that he secretly has a low opinion of himself, as revealed in the internal monologue. Band in the book is a Glory Hound through and through, and once placed in command of Charlie Company he gets men killed with his incompetence and his quest for glory, and places Fife in the rifle squad out of spite. This winds up getting him removed from his position by his superiors and Band leaves Guadalcanal disgraced, yet refusing to admit he did anything wrong. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_be991863 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_becbd1d4 | type |
Jungle Warfare | |
The Thin Red Line / int_becbd1d4 | comment |
Jungle Warfare: Most of the film is centered around US Army troops patrolling in the vast jungles of Guadalcanal, battling the elements, disease, the jungle itself, and of course, the Imperial Japanese Army. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_becbd1d4 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_bef696dd | type |
Mind Screw | |
The Thin Red Line / int_bef696dd | comment |
Mind Screw: If "all men got one big soul", then every soldier's internal monologue is really the same character trapped in a different body. But only Witt realizes this. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_bef696dd | |
The Thin Red Line / int_c3585f4a | type |
Boom, Headshot! | |
The Thin Red Line / int_c3585f4a | comment |
Boom, Headshot!: In the book this is how Pvt. Earl dies. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_c3585f4a | |
The Thin Red Line / int_c3ae004a | type |
Re-Cut | |
The Thin Red Line / int_c3ae004a | comment |
Re-Cut: The original cut was five hours. In addition to the stars who were cut out of the film, George Clooney and John Travolta's parts were meant to be bigger. Probably the most reduced role was that of Adrien Brody, who played Corporal Fife. In the script, his role was advertised as the lead and had the most dialogue. Brody though that the role would provide him with his big break. However, in the final version, Brody only has one line of dialogue and is barely on screen at all. Brody was upset with the change. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_c3ae004a | |
The Thin Red Line / int_c4c9bb40 | type |
Inner Monologue | |
The Thin Red Line / int_c4c9bb40 | comment |
Private Train invokes this in one of his inner monologues: | |
The Thin Red Line / int_c4c9bb40 | featureApplicability |
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The Thin Red Line / int_c4c9bb40 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
The Thin Red Line / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: The narration paraphrases a lot of poets. | |
The Thin Red Line / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
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The Thin Red Line / int_c75df49a | |
The Thin Red Line / int_ce70175b | type |
Sociopathic Soldier | |
The Thin Red Line / int_ce70175b | comment |
Sociopathic Soldier: Dale, although he does have a Heel Realization in the film (in the book, not so much). | |
The Thin Red Line / int_ce70175b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_ce70175b | |
The Thin Red Line / int_cf92fea8 | type |
Cassandra Truth | |
The Thin Red Line / int_cf92fea8 | comment |
Cassandra Truth: Bead’s claims to have killed a Japanese soldier are treated with skepticism until Welsh goes to check the body. | |
The Thin Red Line / int_cf92fea8 | featureApplicability |
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The Thin Red Line / int_cf92fea8 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_d028e0da | type |
An Arm and a Leg | |
The Thin Red Line / int_d028e0da | comment |
An Arm and a Leg: In the book Marls has his hand severed by bomb shrapnel. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_d028e0da | |
The Thin Red Line / int_d1ebedfb | type |
Armchair Military | |
The Thin Red Line / int_d1ebedfb | comment |
Armchair Military: Brigadier General Quintard (John Travolta) and captain Charles Bosche (George Clooney). Quintard shows hints of being aware of this, commenting how hard it can be to understand the actions of the japanese from where he's at. | |
The Thin Red Line / int_d1ebedfb | featureApplicability |
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The Thin Red Line / int_d1ebedfb | |
The Thin Red Line / int_d29e7760 | type |
Southern-Fried Private | |
The Thin Red Line / int_d29e7760 | comment |
Southern-Fried Private: Southern-accented Witt is of the highly-articulate variety. | |
The Thin Red Line / int_d29e7760 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_d29e7760 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_d3354565 | type |
Medal of Dishonor | |
The Thin Red Line / int_d3354565 | comment |
Medal of Dishonor: Invoked when Welsh angrily threatens an officer who wants to give him a medal for the below-mentioned Mercy Kill, as its pretty clear this trope would be in effect in Welsh's eyes. | |
The Thin Red Line / int_d3354565 | featureApplicability |
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The Thin Red Line / int_d3354565 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_d397657d | type |
Hoist by His Own Petard | |
The Thin Red Line / int_d397657d | comment |
Hoist by His Own Petard: Keck accidentally blows himself up with his own grenade. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_d397657d | |
The Thin Red Line / int_d60d12e4 | type |
Harbinger of Impending Doom | |
The Thin Red Line / int_d60d12e4 | comment |
Harbinger of Impending Doom: The Navy cruiser arrives off the coast of the Melanesian paradise looking for Witt and Train. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_d60d12e4 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_db212ca9 | type |
Did I Just Say That Out Loud? | |
The Thin Red Line / int_db212ca9 | comment |
Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Doll has a couple moments of this while volunteering for danger. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_db212ca9 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_db911ee | type |
Field Promotion | |
The Thin Red Line / int_db911ee | comment |
Field Promotion: happens everywhere in the book, the most notable examples being John Bell and "Skinny" Culn), two NCOs who get a commission. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_db911ee | |
The Thin Red Line / int_dc057cf3 | type |
Adaptation Name Change | |
The Thin Red Line / int_dc057cf3 | comment |
Adaptation Name Change: Capt. James "Bugger" Stein becomes Capt. James "Bugger" Staros (Elias Koteas). His ethnicity is also changed from Jewish American to Greek American, making this a case of Actor-Shared Background. | |
The Thin Red Line / int_dc057cf3 | featureApplicability |
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The Thin Red Line / int_dc057cf3 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_dca70c44 | type |
Reasonable Authority Figure | |
The Thin Red Line / int_dca70c44 | comment |
Reasonable Authority Figure: Capt. Stein/Staros, who (at the cost of his career) refuses a direct order for what he deems a suicidal frontal attack. His successor, Capt. Bosche, appears to be this, too, at least in the book and a deleted scene from the film. Captain Gaff is good at thinking on his feet, and makes a "The Men First" request to Colonel Tall after taking the hill in the film. In the book he also praises the men's accomplishments and treats them as equals. | |
The Thin Red Line / int_dca70c44 | featureApplicability |
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The Thin Red Line / int_dca70c44 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e00b1dc1 | type |
Unluckily Lucky | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e00b1dc1 | comment |
Unluckily Lucky: Private Ash refers to being shot in the knee this way. | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_e00b1dc1 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e061d153 | type |
Sergeant Rock | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e061d153 | comment |
Sergeant Rock: First Sgt. Edward Welsh. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_e061d153 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e0e8cce6 | type |
Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids! | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e0e8cce6 | comment |
Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!: Private Witt is constantly taunted by his superiors for being a naive dreamer. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_e0e8cce6 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e17ca895 | type |
The Cake Is a Lie | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e17ca895 | comment |
The Cake Is a Lie: Subverted. In the book, after Gaff promises the men medals for their valor, a long time passes without anyone besides Gaff receiving a medal, they become discouraged and believe he forgot about them in the midst of the glory he received. It eventually turns out he had recommended them for medals, and it simply arrived late due to messy bureaucracy. | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e17ca895 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
The Thin Red Line | hasFeature |
The Thin Red Line / int_e17ca895 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e4965307 | type |
Composite Character | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e4965307 | comment |
Composite Character: In the film Keck (Woody Harrelson) combines elements of Keck and Big Un Cash from the book, most notably His death scene, where he dies the same way Keck did in the book but has last words similar to the ones Cash had. | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e4965307 | featureApplicability |
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The Thin Red Line / int_e4965307 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e5421161 | type |
Expy | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e5421161 | comment |
Expy: The characters are all recapitulated from Jones' previous novels. In From Here to Eternity, Witt is named Prewitt, is a boxer, and dies in that book. | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e5421161 | featureApplicability |
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The Thin Red Line / int_e5421161 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e542d889 | type |
Gorn | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e542d889 | comment |
Gorn: In the book, Bead's killing of the Japanese soldier. | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e542d889 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_e542d889 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e67ff203 | type |
Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e67ff203 | comment |
Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder: A truly crushing example with Bell and his wife. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_e67ff203 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e758e4d6 | type |
Ghibli Hills | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e758e4d6 | comment |
Ghibli Hills: The Melanesian village. | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e758e4d6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Thin Red Line / int_e758e4d6 | |
The Thin Red Line / int_e8cb930f | type |
Accidental Suicide | |
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Accidental Suicide: Sgt. Keck accidentally pulls the pin off his own grenade while it's still strapped to him, fatally blowing off chunks of his lower half. He curses himself for making a stupid mistake, and begs his comrades to pretend that he died gloriously in combat. | |
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Epic Movie | |
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Epic Movie: This movie ticks a lot of boxes: Based on a classic war novel, about a famous battle, directed by a difficult genius, all-star cast, three hours long, scored by a well-known Hollywood composer... it's got the works. | |
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Jerkass | |
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Jerkass: Welsh, Mazzi, Band, and Dale in the book. | |
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Ensemble Cast | |
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Ensemble Cast: The book has a huge cast and alternates between which of them it focuses on. | |
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Surprisingly Sudden Death | |
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Surprisingly Sudden Death: 2LT Whyte being shot by a Japanese rifleman in both the book and the film. | |
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War Is Hell | |
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War Is Hell: And apparently not just for humans. Many of the most haunting shots in the movie involve nature being destroyed and ravaged by war. One particularly gruesome scene is a close-up of a mortally scorched baby parrot, slowly twitching and dying in the burnt grass. Damn. There's also a scene in which a soldier remarks that he had seen burnt corpses of both men and dogs, and there wasn't really any difference between them. | |
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Mercy Kill | |
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Mercy Kill: A variation occurs when Welsh delivers morphine (through heavy fire) to the mortally wounded Tella, who proceeds to shoot himself up with it. | |
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Camping a Crapper | |
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Camping a Crapper: Subverted in the book. Bead is ambushed by a Japanese soldier while pooping, but messily kills the Japanese soldier in self-defense. | |
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The Dog Bites Back | |
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The Dog Bites Back: In the novel a drunk and pissed off Fife confronts Weld for stealing his job, and when Weld attempts to attack Fife by surprise, Fife proceeds to beat the ever loving shit out of him. | |
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Team Mom | |
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Team Mom: In the book, McCron has the reputation of a "mother hen". Additionally, in both the 1998 film and the book Captain Bosche refers to Welsh's role within the company as this. | |
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Beware the Nice Ones | |
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Beware the Nice Ones: In the book Bead is a rather shy fellow and something of an Extreme Doormat, but he utterly annihilates a Japanese soldier with his own bayonet. | |
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Attack! Attack! Attack! | |
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Attack! Attack! Attack!: LTC Tall's repeated orders to attack the ridgeline. | |
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Obi-Wan Moment | |
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Obi-Wan Moment: After leading them on a merry chase to give his Company time to escape, Witt gets surrounded by Japanese troops pointing their guns at him. After a long standoff he provokes them to shoot him by raising his rifle, dying without fear or regret. | |
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Death Seeker | |
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Death Seeker: Sgt. McCron (John Savage), after a Break the Cutie moment when we see him praying with his men in the hull of the landing craft. | |
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