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The Thin Red Line

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The Thin Red Line	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_113480b7	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_121865ac	type	Noble Savage
The Thin Red Line / int_121865ac	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_1235f055	type	Dirty Coward
The Thin Red Line / int_1235f055	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_1237828f	type	Anyone Can Die
The Thin Red Line / int_1237828f	comment	Anyone Can Die: And they do.
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The Thin Red Line / int_13a6b7ef	type	Gaia's Lament
The Thin Red Line / int_13a6b7ef	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_1439161f	type	Heroic BSoD
The Thin Red Line / int_1439161f	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_146f8df0	type	Situational Sexuality
The Thin Red Line / int_146f8df0	comment	Situational Sexuality: Occurs several times in the book, the earliest example being between Fife and Bead.
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The Thin Red Line / int_153299b4	type	Boisterous Bruiser
The Thin Red Line / int_153299b4	comment	Boisterous Bruiser: Queen, in the book.
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The Thin Red Line / int_171c50a9	type	The Philosopher
The Thin Red Line / int_171c50a9	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_1762455b	type	Sheep in Sheep's Clothing
The Thin Red Line / int_1762455b	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_19d06ef7	type	A Father to His Men
The Thin Red Line / int_19d06ef7	comment	True to form, he is pitted against Capt. Staros.
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The Thin Red Line / int_1c3d047e	type	The Rival
The Thin Red Line / int_1c3d047e	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
The Thin Red Line / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Mazzi and Tills, although they seem to dislike each other.
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The Thin Red Line / int_1fdaf8ff	type	Ominous Latin Chanting
The Thin Red Line / int_1fdaf8ff	comment	Ominous Latin Chanting : At the beginning, the requiem "In Paradisum" from Gabriel FaurÃ©. There is also Melanesian singing at some points.
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The Thin Red Line / int_20c99f6e	type	Hidden Heart of Gold
The Thin Red Line / int_20c99f6e	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_21f7ff0f	type	Knight in Sour Armor
The Thin Red Line / int_21f7ff0f	comment	Knight in Sour Armor: Welsh.
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The Thin Red Line / int_220c23cb	type	Condescending Compassion
The Thin Red Line / int_220c23cb	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_22711892	type	It Never Gets Any Easier
The Thin Red Line / int_22711892	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_24cdd048	type	Arcadia
The Thin Red Line / int_24cdd048	comment	Arcadia: The Melanesian village; Witt's memories of life on the farm; private Bell's memories of his wife.
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The Thin Red Line / int_2612a967	type	It Has Been an Honor
The Thin Red Line / int_2612a967	comment	It Has Been an Honor: In an odd variation, Staros implies this to his men after being relieved of command.
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The Thin Red Line / int_27074b46	type	Holding Hands
The Thin Red Line / int_27074b46	comment	Holding Hands: The dying Bead asks Fife to hold his hand.
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The Thin Red Line / int_27690f66	type	Literary Allusion Title
The Thin Red Line / int_27690f66	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_289008dc	type	Incorruptible Pure Pureness
The Thin Red Line / int_289008dc	comment	Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Witt, in the 1998 film.
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The Thin Red Line / int_294ed981	type	Bilingual Bonus
The Thin Red Line / int_294ed981	comment	Bilingual Bonus: The Japanese soldiers' untranslated lines.
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The Thin Red Line / int_2ae277ab	type	Mauve Shirt
The Thin Red Line / int_2ae277ab	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_33d5b7f2	type	Adapted Out
The Thin Red Line / int_33d5b7f2	comment	Adapted Out: Several important characters do not make it into the cast of the movie.
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The Thin Red Line / int_34bfa91a	type	Auteur License
The Thin Red Line / int_34bfa91a	comment	Auteur License: To quote That other Wiki:
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The Thin Red Line / int_368c1306	type	The Men First
The Thin Red Line / int_368c1306	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_372bc105	type	Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism
The Thin Red Line / int_372bc105	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_38f1a7ed	type	Defector from Decadence
The Thin Red Line / int_38f1a7ed	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_396e1c2a	type	Face Death with Dignity
The Thin Red Line / int_396e1c2a	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_3cb1d38d	type	Bad Boss
The Thin Red Line / int_3cb1d38d	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_3f45f1e6	type	Adaptational Heroism
The Thin Red Line / int_3f45f1e6	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The Thin Red Line / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: The soldiers manage to take Guadalcanal, but many of the characters don't make it.
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The Thin Red Line / int_44606d14	type	Becoming the Mask
The Thin Red Line / int_44606d14	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_4764ce3a	type	Military Moonshiner
The Thin Red Line / int_4764ce3a	comment	Military Moonshiner: Nellie Coombs in the novel.
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The Thin Red Line / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
The Thin Red Line / int_47fea76b	comment	Butt-Monkey: Almost nothing seems to go right for Fife.
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The Thin Red Line / int_483152c4	type	The Resenter
The Thin Red Line / int_483152c4	comment	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 Fifeâ€™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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The Thin Red Line / int_48c99e19	type	Death by Adaptation
The Thin Red Line / int_48c99e19	comment	Death by Adaptation: In the 1964 film, Welsh dies in a Heroic Sacrifice moment. Witt survived the novel, but isnâ€™t as luck in the 1998 film.
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The Thin Red Line / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
The Thin Red Line / int_49d59be9	comment	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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The Thin Red Line / int_4b316d47	type	Break the Cutie
The Thin Red Line / int_4b316d47	comment	Break the Cutie: McCron after his squad is killed.
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The Thin Red Line / int_4fbc0887	type	Beneath the Mask
The Thin Red Line / int_4fbc0887	comment	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 Thin Red Line / int_500ecfb7	type	The Big Guy
The Thin Red Line / int_500ecfb7	comment	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_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
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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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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
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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_7eebe99c	type	The Alcoholic
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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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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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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_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_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 wasnâ€™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_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_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_e00b1dc1	type	Unluckily Lucky
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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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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.
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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.
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The Thin Red Line / int_e9784ee6	type	Epic Movie
The Thin Red Line / int_e9784ee6	comment	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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The Thin Red Line	hasFeature	Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids! / int_b91fac15
The Thin Red Line	hasFeature	Swing Low, Sweet Harriet / int_b91fac15
The Thin Red Line	hasFeature	Team Chef / int_b91fac15
The Thin Red Line	hasFeature	The Joy of X / int_b91fac15
The Thin Red Line	hasFeature	The Neidermeyer / int_b91fac15
The Thin Red Line	hasFeature	The Oner / int_b91fac15
The Thin Red Line	hasFeature	The Resenter / int_b91fac15
The Thin Red Line	hasFeature	Throw the Pin / int_b91fac15
The Thin Red Line	hasFeature	Where Is Your X Now? / int_b91fac15

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