The Thin Red Line (1998): Difference between revisions
The Thin Red Line (1998): Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Thin Red Line (1998): Difference between revisions
The [[M1 Garand]] is the primary rifle of Charlie Company in the film and is used by Pvt. Witt ([[Jim Caviezel]]), Pvt. Bell ([[Ben Chaplin]]), Pvt. Coombs ([[Matt Doran]]), PFC Beade ([[Nick Stahl]]), Pvt. Ash ([[Thomas Jane]]) and PFC Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]).
The [[M1 Garand]] is the primary rifle of Charlie Company in the film and is used by Pvt. Witt ([[Jim Caviezel]]), Pvt. Bell ([[Ben Chaplin]]), Pvt. Coombs ([[Matt Doran]]), Pfc. Beade ([[Nick Stahl]]), Pvt. Ash ([[Thomas Jane]]) and Pfc. Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]).
[[Image:TRL 101.jpg|thumb|none|600px|PFC Beade ([[Nick Stahl]]) holds the M1 Garand as Charlie Company lands on the beach on Guadalcanal.]]
[[Image:TRL 101.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pfc. Beade ([[Nick Stahl]]) holds the M1 Garand as Charlie Company lands on the beach on Guadalcanal.]]
[[Image:TRLM1Garand-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|PFC Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]) fires his M1 Garand at Japanese soldiers on the hill top.]]
[[Image:TRLM1Garand-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pfc. Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]) fires his M1 Garand at Japanese soldiers on the hill top.]]
[[Image:Doll M1Garand.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Over-the-shoulder view of PFC Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]) firing his M1 Garand.]]
[[Image:Doll M1Garand.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Over-the-shoulder view of Pfc. Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]) firing his M1 Garand.]]
[[Image:TRLM1Garand-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Witt ([[Jim Caviezel]]) and another soldier fire their M1 Garands.]]
[[Image:TRLM1Garand-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Witt ([[Jim Caviezel]]) and another soldier fire their M1 Garands.]]
[[Image:TRLM1Garand-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Bell ([[Ben Chaplin]]) with his M1 Garand.]]
[[Image:TRLM1Garand-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Bell ([[Ben Chaplin]]) with his M1 Garand.]]
[[Image:TRLM1Garand-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|PFC Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]) fires his M1 Garand.]]
[[Image:TRLM1Garand-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pfc. Doll ([[Dash Mihok]]) fires his M1 Garand.]]
[[Image:TRLM1Garand-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Witt ([[Jim Caviezel]]) fires his M1 Garand during the assault on Hill 262.]]
[[Image:TRLM1Garand-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Witt ([[Jim Caviezel]]) fires his M1 Garand during the assault on Hill 262.]]
[[Image:TRLM1Garand-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Bell ([[Ben Chaplin]]) with his M1 Garand during the assault on Hill 262.]]
[[Image:TRLM1Garand-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Bell ([[Ben Chaplin]]) with his M1 Garand during the assault on Hill 262.]]
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==M1911A1==
==M1911A1==
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 US soldier also has an M1911A1 as their sidearm, although only few soldiers such as Sgt. Gaff ([[John Cusack]]) are seen using them.
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 US soldier also has an M1911A1 as their sidearm, although only few soldiers such as Sgt. Gaff ([[John Cusack]]) are seen using them.
The Thin Red Line is a 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). The film is a fictional account of the US Army's fight to capture an entrenched Japanese position during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II. The film was shot in Queensland, Australia. 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). Another 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. Despite the film's seven Academy Award nominations, this film is often overlooked because it was released in the same year as 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 US soldier also has an M1911A1 as their sidearm, although only few soldiers such as Sgt. Gaff (John Cusack) are seen using them.
Several US 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.
