Kirk Acevedo's scene in Thin Red Line with Sean Penn

[sixamsedna]

This scene was so gut wrenching, it is on the same level as Giovanni Ribisi's in SPR. Both are brutally real and devastatingly sad

[TheCapitalistdog]

Joe Toye!

[Joehand87]

8 people still have a spark in them

[Blompl]

fatality quality :)

[Joehand87]

always seemed strange to me that Penn's character would do such a brave and selfish act, considering he preaches to Witt the whole movie that all a man can do is look out for himself. I think this shows that, deep down, Penn's character WANTS to believe in a goodness, and help others, but has just seen things which test his faith.

[darthkynreeve]

@Joehand87 Could be, but if you are right, this scene just plunges him more into his jaded outlook of life. He risks his life trying to save the kid, he has a chance to do good, but the only thing he can do is drug him up and offer one last goodbye. The look of despair on his face is like crying "No one can do any good in this world".

[LeeuPL]

Is the music on the video on the OST from that film?

[imsoundtrack]

@LeeuPL no it's not...this small piece of music was the reason i bought the ost from this movie 10 years ago....but it doesent matter cause it turn to be one of my favourite soundtracks...but still i wiss i could find it.....

[SantinRubbs]

awesome!

[go0fy11137]

This scene always makes me choke up. Sgt Welsh (Sean Penn) is a hero for doing this for Private Tella (Kirk Acevedo), easing his suffering by giving him all of the morphine at once. But I respected Welsh even more for basically telling Captain Staros to go fuck himself when he starts mentioning medals and recommendations for risking his life for a wounded man. To Welsh, none of that shit matters, unlike Nick Nolte's character who ordered the frontal attack so he could get his "Star". Fuck him.