Films Set in Oceania (Film Guide) - Cast Away, Tabu, Wake Island, the Thin Red Line, Donovan's Reef, the Bounty, Amelia, Midway (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 44. Chapters: Cast Away, Tabu, Wake Island, The Thin Red Line, Donovan's Reef, The Bounty, Amelia, Midway, Mutiny on the Bounty, Atoll K, Sanctum, South Pacific, Island of Lost Souls, Nim's Island, Gung Ho , Windtalkers, PT 109, The Hurricane, Rapa Nui, Bird of Paradise, Home of the Brave, Six Days Seven Nights, In the Wake of the Bounty, The Naked and the Dead, Mr. Robinson Crusoe, Operation Bikini, Hell in the Pacific, The Tuttles of Tahiti, Pippi in the South Seas, Lost Continent, She Gods of Shark Reef, His Majesty O'Keefe, Guadalcanal Diary, Return to Guam, Return to Paradise, Island of Lost Women, The Challenge, Kon-Tiki, Untamed Women, Ebb Tide. Excerpt: The Thin Red Line is a 1998 American war film which tells a fictional story of United States forces during the Battle of Mount Austen in World War II. It portrays men in C Company, and in particular, those soldiers played by Sean Penn, Jim Caviezel, Nick Nolte, and Ben Chaplin. The film marked director Terrence Malick's return to filmmaking after a 20-year absence. He wrote the screenplay based on the novel by James Jones. It features a large ensemble cast, including performances and cameos by notable actors, including Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, George Clooney, John Cusack, Jared Leto, and John Travolta. Reportedly, the first assembled cut took seven months to edit and ran five hours. By the final cut, all footage of the performances by Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Sheen, Gary Oldman, Bill Pullman, Lukas Haas, Jason Patric, Viggo Mortensen and Mickey Rourke had been removed. The film was scored by Hans Zimmer, with additional music from John Powell and shot by John Toll. The film grossed $98 million against its $52 million budget. Critical response was generally strong and the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Dire...