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Movie connections for
The Thin Red Line (1998) More at IMDbPro »

Version of
The Thin Red Line (1964)
References
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Sanshô dayû (1954)
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)
Farewell to the King (1989)
Referenced in
The Book That Wrote Itself (1999)
 -  talked about in the movie
Magnolia (1999)
George Washington (2000)
Das Experiment (2001)
"Undergrads: New Friends (#1.4)" (2001)
 -  The title of the war movie Brody shows Nitz is clearly taken from this real-life movie
"Family Guy: The Thin White Line (#3.1)" (2001)
 -  title reference
Windtalkers (2002)
The Hell in the Pacific (2003) (VG)
 -  Many of the map layouts and imagery utilized in HitP was referenced directly from popular documentaries, historical WW2 photography, national archives, and feature films like The Thin Red Line.
"Saturday Night Live: Bernie Mac/Good Charlotte (#28.16)" (2003)
 -  Referenced by Gene Shalit
"State of Play: (#1.4)" (2003)
 -  videotape on shelf
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tracy Morgan (2004) (V)
 -  referenced on weekend update oscar nominations review
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
 -  One of the films on the list
Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005) (V)
 -  Video case is shown.
99 francs (2007)
 -  a caucasian man lost among aborigenes with the same Melanesian song played in the background
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness (2008) (V)
 -  Mentioned.
Featured in
"HBO First Look: The Thin Red Line (#5.13)" (1998)
 -  clips
The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999) (TV)
"Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Best of the '90s" (2000)
 -  #2 on Scorsese's list.
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown
Spoofed in
The Thin Pink Line (1998)
Poloiset ja pimeyden sydän (2001)
 -  The whole short film is based on the river sequence of the Thin Red Line.

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