They approached Malick's former agent, Mike Medavoy, who was setting up his own production company, Phoenix Pictures, and he agreed to give them $100,000 to start work on The Thin Red Line.
Razgovarali su s njegovim bivšim agentom Mikeom Medavoyem koji je baš u to vrijeme kretao sa svojom vlastitom produkcijskom kompanijom Phoenix Pictures pa je on pristao dati im 100 tisuća dolara za početak rada na Tankoj crvenoj liniji.