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23/12/1998 Drama, History, War 2h 51m
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Every man fights his own war.

Overview

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.

  1. Terrence Malick

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jim Caviezel

    Pvt. Robert Witt

  2. Nick Nolte

    Lt. Col. Gordon Tall

  3. Sean Penn

    1st Sgt. Edward Welsh

  4. Ben Chaplin

    Pvt. Jack Bell

  5. Elias Koteas

    Capt. James Staros

  6. John Cusack

    Capt. John Gaff

  7. Dash Mihok

    Pfc. Don Doll

  8. John C. Reilly

    Sgt. Maynard Storm

  9. Woody Harrelson

    Sgt. William Keck

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine
Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-12
Yeah, this is pretentious. And what makes it worse is that in all of it's art house pomp, it doesn't come across so much as anti-war as it does anti- stopping the Japanese and Germans from their genocidal bid for world domination.

It was like they were saying that they are devoutly on the left... so much so that they support the axis powers if only because the alternative is the United States and Democracy and that is somehow more... fascist(?).

I don't know, the film suffers from schizophrenia and the message gets lost when you realize that it's a World War II story and not a Vietnam st...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$52,000,000.00

Revenue
$98,126,565.00

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