The Thin Red Line (1998): Difference between revisions
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[[Image:25thDivSoldiers M1Garand.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two soldiers cover a Japanese prisoner with M1 Garands.]]
[[Image:25thDivSoldiers M1Garand.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two soldiers cover a Japanese prisoner with M1 Garands.]]
[[Image:TRL 102.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Ash ([[Thomas Jane]]) with the M1 Garand resting on his leg while holding an M1911A1.]]
[[Image:TRL 102.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Ash ([[Thomas Jane]]) with the M1 Garand resting on his leg while holding an M1911A1.]]
[[Image:TRLM1Garand-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Coombs ([[Matt Doran]]) with an M1 Garand.]]
[[Image:TRLM1Garand-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Coombs ([[Matt Doran]]) with an M1 Garand crouching in the river.]]
[[File:M1 Garand bayonet second.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1 Garand with M1 bayonet - .30-06]]
[[File:M1 Garand bayonet second.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1 Garand with M1 bayonet - .30-06]]
[[Image:TRLM1Garand-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Bell ([[Ben Chaplin]]) in rage fires his M1 Garand, fitted with a bayonet.]]
[[Image:TRLM1Garand-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Bell ([[Ben Chaplin]]) in rage fires his M1 Garand, fitted with a bayonet.]]
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Several U.S. soldiers are seen using [[Mk 2 hand grenade|MK II Hand Grenades]] in the film. At one point we see Sgt. Keck ([[Woody Harrelson]]) straightening the folds on the pin of his grenade, which proves to be a fatal mistake on his behalf when the pin pulls too easily while still attached to his belt.
Several U.S. soldiers are seen using [[Mk 2 hand grenade|MK II Hand Grenades]] in the film. At one point we see Sgt. Keck ([[Woody Harrelson]]) straightening the folds on the pin of his grenade, which proves to be a fatal mistake on his behalf when the pin pulls too easily while still attached to his belt.
[[Image:MK2 grenade DoD.jpg|thumb|none|200px|MK II hand grenade.]]
[[Image:MK2 grenade DoD.jpg|thumb|none|200px|MK II hand grenade.]]
[[Image:TRLMkIIgrenade-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A MK II grenade hanging on Capt. Staros' ([[Elias Koteas]]) jacket.]]
[[Image:TRLMkIIgrenade-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An MK II grenade hanging on Capt. Staros' ([[Elias Koteas]]) jacket.]]
[[Image:TRLMkIIgrenade-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A MK II grenade hanging on Pvt. Sico's ([[Robert Roy Hofmo]]) jacket as he fakes sickness to avoid fighting.]]
[[Image:TRLMkIIgrenade-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An MK II grenade hanging on Pvt. Sico's ([[Robert Roy Hofmo]]) jacket as he fakes sickness to avoid fighting.]]
[[Image:TRLMkIIgrenade-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Keck ([[Woody Harrelson]]) tries to pull an MK II grenade off his belt but grabs it by the pin. By straightening the pin's folds that hold it in place better, the pin pulled out all too easily. Note how the spoon is flying off.]]
[[Image:TRLMkIIgrenade-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Keck ([[Woody Harrelson]]) tries to pull an MK II grenade off his belt but grabs it by the pin. By straightening the pin's folds that hold it in place better, the pin pulled out all too easily. Note how the spoon is flying off.]]
[[Image:TRLMkIIgrenade-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Keck ([[Woody Harrelson]]) realizes how screwed he is.]]
[[Image:TRLMkIIgrenade-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Keck ([[Woody Harrelson]]) realizes how screwed he is.]]
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The issued sidearm of the Japanese Imperial Army is the [[Nambu Type 14 Pistol]]. One soldier is seen using it to commit suicide when refusing capture after Hill 262 is taken. Later in the film, we see Pfc. Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]) showing off a Nambu pistol to fellow soldiers in a personnel transport truck, likely taken off a dead Japanese soldier on the Hill.
The issued sidearm of the Japanese Imperial Army is the [[Nambu Type 14 Pistol]]. One soldier is seen using it to commit suicide when refusing capture after Hill 262 is taken. Later in the film, we see Pfc. Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]) showing off a Nambu pistol to fellow soldiers in a personnel transport truck, likely taken off a dead Japanese soldier on the Hill.
[[Image:NambuType14Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Nambu Type 14 - 8mm.]]
[[Image:NambuType14Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Nambu Type 14 - 8mm.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A sitting Japanese holds up his pistol as a sign to surrender what is misinterpreted because a U.S. soldier is shot in front of him.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A sitting Japanese holds up his pistol as a sign to surrender what is misinterpreted by the U.S. next to him because another soldier is shot in front of him.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu14-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier shoots himself in the chest with his Nambu Type 14 pistol.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu14-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Japanese soldier shoots himself in the chest with his Nambu Type 14 pistol.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu14-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pfc. Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]) shows off a captured Nambu Type 14 pistol and his chums are celebrating, all except a glum-looking Sgt. Becker ([[Don Harvey]]) on the far right.]]
[[Image:TRLNambu14-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pfc. Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]) shows off a captured Nambu Type 14 pistol and his chums are celebrating, all except a glum-looking Sgt. Becker ([[Don Harvey]]) on the far right.]]
The Thin Red Line is the 1998 World War II film directed by Terrence Malick and is the second movie adaptation of the James Jones novel, the first being a 1964 film of the same name. This film features a very accurate, almost complete arsenal of genuine WWII Japanese weapons, a stark contrast to the original film where not a single Japanese weapon was seen. The film is a fictional account of engagement by the U.S. Army to capture an entrenched Japanese position during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II. The majority of the film was shot in Queensland, Australia, in the South Pacific, far more accurate to the location of the Solomon Islands than the original film's filming in Spain. One of the notable characters in the film is Cpt. Staros (Elias Koteas), an intelligent, sensitive Army captain who refuses to send his men to their certain death on a futile frontal assault on a fortified Japanese position, which puts him at odds with the ambitious Lt. Col. Tall (Nick Nolte). Other notable characters include the cynical and shrewd 1st. Sgt Welsh (Sean Penn), Pvt. Bell (Ben Chaplin) who is heavily devoted to his wife, and Pvt. Witt (Jim Caviezel), a deserter who hates the Army, but loves the men of Charlie Company enough to rejoin them during the battle. The film's title derives a quote from Jones's book which reads, "they discover the thin red line that divides the sane from the mad... and the living from the dead..." Despite its seven Academy Award nominations, this film is often overlooked due to its release in the same year as Steven Spielberg's World War II film Saving Private Ryan.
The following weapons were used in the film The Thin Red Line:
Pfc. Doll (Dash Mihok) steals an M1911A1 hanging from a bunk in the ship carrying Charlie Company to the island. He notably uses it when he charges a Japanese machine gun emplacement and fires it at them. Basically, every other U.S. soldier also has an M1911A1 as their sidearm, although only a few soldiers such as Captain Gaff (John Cusack) are seen using them.
Several U.S. soldiers are seen using MK II Hand Grenades in the film. At one point we see Sgt. Keck (Woody Harrelson) straightening the folds on the pin of his grenade, which proves to be a fatal mistake on his behalf when the pin pulls too easily while still attached to his belt.
The issued sidearm of the Japanese Imperial Army is the Nambu Type 14 Pistol. One soldier is seen using it to commit suicide when refusing capture after Hill 262 is taken. Later in the film, we see Pfc. Doll (Dash Mihok) showing off a Nambu pistol to fellow soldiers in a personnel transport truck, likely taken off a dead Japanese soldier on the Hill.
