左麟右李

　　Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister In time he has a family and many friends, but he also finds friction with a few of his parishioners A young doctor grates at what he feels is the parson#39;s interference in the scientific treatment of patients, and a mine owner resents Grey#39;s protection of an old sharecropper whose small plot of land stands in the way of his continued mining Grey must face a public health crisis and a lynch mob as a result, all seen and described through the eyes and memory of Grey#39;s young nephew John

　　Deep into Hell Week, a favored pledgee is torn between honoring his code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing

　　1942年第二次世界大战已进入白热化阶段南太平洋上日美双方展开激烈角逐人性的底线在炮火声中被彻底摧毁隶属美军的查理步兵连接到一项艰巨的任务他们受命登陆瓜达康纳尔岛Guadalcanal夺回日军占领的210阵地日军占尽地利优势防守固若金汤然军令 如山即使刀山火海查理步兵连的将士们也要奋勇向前这群年轻的小伙子为了所谓的正义投入这个残酷的血肉战场……
　　本片根据美国作家詹姆斯·琼斯James Jones1962年的同名小说改编并荣获1999年柏林国际电影节金熊奖和荣誉提及；1999年芝加哥影评人协会最佳摄影奖；2000年澳大利亚影评人协会最佳外语片奖；2000年电影旬报最佳外语片导演奖