claim: The Thin Red Line (1998 film) features a performance by an American actor.
evidence: The Thin Red Line is a 1998 American ensemble epic war film written and directed by Terrence Malick .. Terrence Malick. Terrence Malick. The Thin Red Line. The Thin Red Line ( novel ). ensemble. Ensemble cast. epic. Epic film. war film. war film. Based on the novel by James Jones , it tells a semi-fictionalized version of the Battle of Mount Austen , which was part of the Guadalcanal Campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II .. James Jones. James Jones ( author ). the novel. The Thin Red Line ( novel ). Battle of Mount Austen. Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse. Guadalcanal Campaign. Guadalcanal Campaign. Pacific Theater. Pacific War. World War II. World War II. It portrays soldiers of C Company , 1st Battalion , 27th Infantry Regiment , 25th Infantry Division , played by Sean Penn , Jim Caviezel , Nick Nolte , Elias Koteas and Ben Chaplin .. Sean Penn. Sean Penn. Jim Caviezel. Jim Caviezel. Ben Chaplin. Ben Chaplin. Elias Koteas. Elias Koteas. Nick Nolte. Nick Nolte. Although the title may seem to refer to a line from Rudyard Kipling 's poem `` Tommy '' , from Barrack-Room Ballads , in which he calls foot soldiers `` the thin red line of heroes '' , referring to the stand of the 93rd Regiment in the Battle of Balaclava of the Crimean War , it is in reality 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 ... ''. Rudyard Kipling. Rudyard Kipling. Tommy. Tommy ( Kipling poem ). Barrack-Room Ballads. Barrack-Room Ballads. stand of the 93rd Regiment. The Thin Red Line ( Battle of Balaclava ). Battle of Balaclava. Battle of Balaclava. Crimean War. Crimean War. The film marked Malick 's return to filmmaking after a 20-year absence .. It co-stars Nick Nolte , Adrien Brody , George Clooney , John Cusack , Woody Harrelson , Elias Koteas , Jared Leto , John C. Reilly , and John Travolta .. Adrien Brody. Adrien Brody. George Clooney. George Clooney. John Cusack. John Cusack. Woody Harrelson. Woody Harrelson. Elias Koteas. Elias Koteas. Nick Nolte. Nick Nolte. John C. Reilly. John C. Reilly. John Travolta. John Travolta. Jared Leto. Jared Leto. Reportedly , the first assembled cut took seven months to edit and ran five hours .. By the final cut , footage of performances by Bill Pullman , Lukas Haas , and Mickey Rourke had been removed -LRB- although one of Rourke 's scenes was included in the special features outtakes of the Criterion Blu-ray and DVD release -RRB- .. Bill Pullman. Bill Pullman. Lukas Haas. Lukas Haas. Mickey Rourke. Mickey Rourke. Criterion. The Criterion Collection. The film was scored by Hans Zimmer , and shot by John Toll .. Hans Zimmer. Hans Zimmer. John Toll. John Toll. Principal photography took place in New Zealand , and Australia in the state of Queensland .. New Zealand. New Zealand. Australia. Australia. Queensland. Queensland. The film grossed $ 98 million against its $ 52 million budget .. Critical response was generally positive and the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards  : Best Picture , Best Director , Best Adapted Screenplay , Best Cinematography , Best Film Editing , Best Original Score and Best Sound Mixing .. Academy Awards. Academy Awards. Best Picture. Academy Award for Best Picture. Best Director. Academy Award for Best Director. Best Adapted Screenplay. Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay. Best Cinematography. Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Best Film Editing. Academy Award for Film Editing. Best Original Score. Academy Award for Original Music Score. Best Sound Mixing. Academy Award for Sound. It won the Golden Bear at the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival .. Golden Bear. Golden Bear. Berlin International Film Festival. Berlin International Film Festival. Martin Scorsese ranked it as his second favorite film of the 1990s on At the Movies .. Martin Scorsese. Martin Scorsese. At the Movies. At the Movies ( U.S. TV series ). Gene Siskel called it `` the greatest contemporary war film I 've seen '' .. war film. war film. Gene Siskel. Gene Siskel. A previous film adaptation of the novel was released in 1964 .. the novel. The Thin Red Line ( novel ). A previous film adaptation. The Thin Red Line ( 1964 film )