Director: Terrence Malick, Script: Terrence Malick, Novel: James Jones, Editor: Leslie Jones, Saar Klein, Billy Weber, Music: Hans Zimmer, Principal Cast: Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, Jim Chaviezel, Ben Chaplin, Nick Nolte, John Cusack, Elias Koteas, Jared Leto, George Clooney, John Travolta, Woody Harrelson, Sound: Paul "Salty" Brincat, Producer: John Roberdeau, Grant Hill, Robert Michael, Executive Producer: George Stevens Jr., Associate Producer: Sheila Davis Lawrence, Michael Stevens, Production: Fox 2000 Pictures in co-production with Geisler-Roberdeau, Phoenix Pictures
Awards: Australian Screen Sound Guild ASSG Award (Best Foreign Funded Film Soundtrack) 1999
A dozen stars, almost three hours running time, extended action sequences – after a hiatus of twenty years, Malick returned to the motion picture business with an accomplished film that took his work to an all-new level. The film follows Charlie Company into the battle for Guadalcanal, which marked one of the turning points in the Pacific sea war in the year 1942/43. Despite all brilliantly staged action scenes, Malick's focus is more on philosophical matters and on depicting the indiscriminate nature of war. Starring, amongst others, George Clooney, John Travolta, Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, and Adrien Brody.