The Last Castle
[Man] Take a look
at a castle, any castle.
Now break down the key elements
that make it a castle.
They haven't changed
in a thousand years.
One, location. A site on high ground
that commands the territory...
as far as the eye can see.
Two, protection:
big walls.Walls strong enough
to with stand a frontal attack.
Three, a garrison.
Men who are trained and willing to kill.
Four, a flag.
You tell your men,
"You're soldiers
and that's our flag."
You tell them nobody
takes our flag.
[Man]
One step forward. Forward!
And you raise that flag so it flies high
where everyone can see it.
Now you've got yourself
a castle.
The only difference between
this castle and all the rest,
is that they were built
to keep people out.
This castle is built
to keep people in.
[Shouting]
- [Men Chattering]
- [Man On P.A., Indistinct]
[Rapping, Indistinct]
Ohh!
Come on. Give me the ball.
Give me the ball, man.
- Come on. Give me the f***ing ball.
- F*** you!
- [Knock On Door]
- [Softly] Sir?
[Louder]
Sir? A movement order just came in.
Give it to Captain Peretz.
- I'll take that, Sheila.
- It's a Category A transfer.
- Let me see it.
- [Arguing]
- [Man] Fallout! Fallout! Fallout!
- Play ball, man. Come on.
- [Classical]
- [Peretz] 1700 hours?
N-No, no, we're prepared.
Well, it's just
really fast. Okay.
Mm-hmm.
All right. You're sure
Okay. Thank you.
Sir?
Sir?
[Exhales]
It's the real deal.
He is coming in
at 1700 hours.
Seventeen hundred hours today?
That's what they said, sir.
I don't understand.
Apparently, he pled guilty
and got ten years.
They're expediting
his transfer as a courtesy.
Oh, as a courtesy?
after the man. Not sending him here.
My God, Eugene Irwin.
Well, we have verdict.
We have a sentence.
We have a prisoner.
We do our job...
whether we like it or not.
Puts us on our toes,
though, doesn't it?
[Man On P.A.] Escort detail
report to Gate 18 prisoner.
Escort detail meet
the prisoner on Gate A.
[Gate Buzzes]
[Inmate]
I give him a week.
- 'Til what?
- 'Til he "scrags" himself.
The court-martial didn't
put him over the edge,
- I guarantee you the shithouse will.
- A week?
- Six bundles.
- Six? Let's make it ten.
- All right. Make it ten then.
- [Man] Ah, there we go.
Ten bundles, Mr. Dellwo.
Very specific man.
- Anybody else?
- You have absolutely no idea
what you're talking about.
Come on.
We'll make it like the final four.
Ten bundles a square. Who's in?
I'm not going to bet on whether or not
a man's going to kill himself.
That's some creepy sh*t, pilot.
Besides, look at him. One week?
He's tougher than that.
[Inmate] How much tougher,
eight, ten, what?
- [Inmate] Eight.
- [Inmate #2] Anyone else?
- You're an ice-cold motherf***er, Yates.
- Hey, I'm not betting...
he's going to off himself,
I'm just playing the books.
- What about you, Cutbush?
I know you're in.
- Put me in for a week and a half.
- A week and a half?.
- Wallace?
- Go ahead.
- I have the transfer A
to the P.R.U. now.
- Copy that. P.R.U.
- [Woman] One wallet. Leather.
- Family photos?
- [Irwin] My daughter.
- Grandson.
- Would you like to keep these?
Um, that's an authorized item.
I'd appreciate that.
One set of keys. Glasses.
I'm going to need your ring.
Thank you.
Oh. Actually, you can keep that.
Academy rings are authorized.
Three stars, two sets.
Looks like that's everything.
- So, uh--
- [Knocking On Door]
- Sir? Prisoner Irwin is outside.
- Five minutes.
Five minutes.
You can put that down if you want.
- You talking to me?
- Yes.
I know what you're thinking.
Do I salute you, or do you salute me?
Well, the answer is neither.
My men salute me, of course,
and each other according to rank.
But there is no saluting
by the general prison population.
Are you hungry?
- No.
- Are you sure? Mondays are
- Always a cause for celebration.
- Indeed.
Indeed. May I
offer you some lemonade?
- Thank you.
- Just be a minute, sir.
- Prisoner Aguilar--
- If you'll step over here, I'll give you...
a basic layout
of the facility.
The building we're in now
is the administration building.
That building there
houses the tiers.
That's where you
and the other inmates will live.
The building next to it is the laundry,
where I've had you assigned.
Oh, that is
the old blockhouse wall.
It's all that's left of
the original prison from the 1870s.
I could've removed it, but I thought
it was important to keep a sense of history,
so I asked the men
to rebuild it.
- They seem to enjoy it.
It's a matter of some pride now.
- [Knock On Door]
- Sir?
- Yes? Please, on the table there.
Please.
[Peretz]
Come on. Let's go.
I personally meet with
every new inmate here at the prison.
Usually downstairs.
And I ask them a question.
What do you expect from
your time here at the castle?
Nothing.
Just to do my time and go home.
Perfect.
That is the perfect answer.
And now I have what may seem
under the circumstances,
a bizarre request.
I have a collection of most
of the seminal books on warfare,
including The Burden of Command.
And I was wondering if you would
do me the honor of signing it?
- Certainly.
- Thank you.
- Captain Peretz.
- Yes, sir?
Two minutes.
- That's impressive.
- Yeah. It's a great collection, isn't it?
Yeah, sure.
That's a minie ball
from Shiloh, used in battle.
Grant lost 13,000 men
at Shiloh.
Suppose this got one of'em?
Never know. Do you?
I mean, do you
collect anything?
[Irwin]
No.
Just a few coins from some of
the countries I've traveled to.
My father didn't care
for military collections.
Any man with a collection like this
is a man who's never set foot
on a battlefield.
To him, a minie ball from
Shiloh is just an artifact.
And to a combat vet,
it's a hunk of metal...
that caused some poor bastard
a world of pain.
I must have misshelved it...
your book.
We'll do it another time.
No, please, please. Allow me.
Sir, lights out in five.
Do I hold the lock?
No. No. We are--
We're through here.
Prisoner Aguilar, what are you doing?
You do not salute this man.
This man has no rank.
Saluting amongst prisoners is prohibited.
Y-Yes, sir.
Bu-But I was saluting you.
- Take the prisoners
to their cells, Captain.
- Yes, sir.
Thank you for
your hospitality, Colonel.
You're welcome.
[Man On P.A.] Inmates,
one step to the rear... halt!
[Man]
Shut the doors!
You're gonna be in cell 345.
- You get to shower every other day.
- [Prisoners Chattering]
- Okay, hold up.
- You f***! I'm going to kill you!
- [Guard] Shut up, Beaupre.
- [Shouting Continues]
[Peretz] Do not cross
the yellow line while in formation.
During the day you're free to be in
this area we're walking in right now.
- Showers on both sides.
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