The Thin Red Line

[INFORMATION]

[AUTHOR]Extracted by SubRip

[SOURCE]DVD Zone ?

[PRG]

[FILEPATH]

[DELAY]

[CD TRACK]

[COMMENT]

[END INFORMATION]

[SUBTITLE]

[COLF]&HFFFFFF,[STYLE]bd,[SIZE]18,[FONT]Arial

What's this war in the heart of nature?

Why does nature vie with itself?.

The land contend with the sea?

Is there an avenging power in nature?

Not one power, but two?

I remember my mother when she was dying.

Looked all shrunk up and grey.

I asked her if she was afraid.

She just shook her head.

I was afraid to touch the death seen in her.

I couldn't find nothing beautiful or up liftingabout her going back to God.

I heard people talk about immortality,but I ain't seen it.

I wondered how it'd be when I died.

What it'd be like to know that this breath nowwas the last one you was ever gonna draw.

I just hope I can meet it the same way she did.

With the same... calm.

Cos that's where it's hidden -the immortality I hadn't seen.

Kids around here never fight.

Sometimes.

Sometimes when you see them playing

they always fight!

- Is she afraid of me?- Little bit.

- Are you afraid of me?- Yes.

- Why?- Cos you look...

You look as an army!

- I look army?- Yes.

Well, that don't matter.

It doesn't matter.

- Baby's tired.- Yes.

If she swims, she wants, she will sleep.

All right, come on. Turn around.

Go, go, go, go. Go!

Come on, go.

Go, go, go, go!

Witt, patrol boat!

She's American.

What's it doing out here all alone?

You haven't changed at all, have you, Witt?

You haven't learned a thing.

All a man has to do is leave it to you,you'll put your head in the noose for him.

How many times you been AWOL?

Been in the army, what? Six years now?

Ain't it time you smartened upand stopped being such a punk recruit?

I mean, if you're ever gonna.

We can't all be smart.

No, we can't, and that's a shame.

Look at you.

Truth is,you can't take straight duty in my company.

You'll never be a real soldier,not in God's world.

This is C Company,of which I'm First Sergeant. I run this outfit.

Captain Staros, he's the CO, but I'm the guywho runs it. Nobody's gonna foul that up.

You're just another mouth for me to feed.

Normally, you'd be court-martialled.

But I worked a deal for ya.

Gotta consider yourself lucky.

I'm sending you to a disciplinary outfit.

You'll be a stretcher-bearer.You'll be taking care ofthe wounded.

I can take anything you dish out.

I'm twice the man you are.

In this world...

a man himself is nothing.

And there ain't no world but this one.

You're wrong there, Top.

I seen another world.

Sometimes I thinkit was just... my imagination.

Well,

then you've seen things I never will.

We're living in a world that's blowing itselfto hell as fast as everybody can arrange it.

In a situation like that all a man can dois shut his eyes and let nothing touch him.

Look out for himself.

I might be the best friend you ever had.

You don't even know it.

He hates you worse than poison.

I never felt he hated me, cos I don't hate him.

I love Charlie Company.

They're my people.

They call it "The Rock".

Nobody wants this island.Japs just put an airfield there.

Fighting's confined to this area.

This is their road to Australia, and this is theirway of controlling the sea lanes to America.

If we're gonna stop the Japs' advance into theSouth Pacific, we've gotta do it right there.

The Marines have done theirjob.Now it's our turn.

Worked myass off.

Brown-nosed the generals.

Degraded myself

for them andmyfamily.

For myhome.

- I admire you, Colonel. I do.- Thank you, sir.

Most men your agewould have retired by now.

It's OK.

We need general officerswith maturity and character like you.

We've got good sergeantsand good lieutenant colonels.

But once a man gets those eagles,he can't wait to get that star.

He becomes a politician, right?

Goes along to get along.

So goddamn hard to stay upright.

- You said it there, sir.- With the Admiral watching, which he will be.

- There's always someone watching.- Yeah.

Like a hawk.

Always someone ready to jump in,if you're not.

- D'you have a son, Colonel?- Yes, sir.

Good. We don't want our sons or grandsonsfighting this war 30 years from now, do we?

- No, sir, we sure don't.- Then you crush 'em without mercy.

You dig them out ofthe hillsand protect that airfield.

Yes, sir.

You wonder why... Why did the Japsput an airfield there of all places?

I guess we don't know the bigger picture,if there is such a thing.

- What do you think?- Well, sir, I never ask myselfthat question.

You're a humble man.

Nobody wants that island... but you.

How much do you want it?

As much as I have to, sir.

All theysacrifiicedforme

poured outlike water on the ground.

All lmighthave given forlove's sake.

Too late.

Died...

slow as a tree.

D'you feel it?

Yes, sir.

Thank you, sir.

Take topside to the signalbridge.

The closeryou are to Caesar,the greater the fear.

I just can't helphow damn scared I am, sarge, all right?

I can't help it. I got...

My stepdaddy took a blockand beat me when I was real little

and I was scaredand I used to run, I used to hide.

Hell, I slept in the chicken coopa whole lot of nights.

And I never thoughtit'd get no worse than that.

But I'm living by the... by the minute here.I'm counting the seconds.

Hell, we're gonna be landing soonand there's gonna be air raids.

We're probably gonna diebefore we get offthe beach.

This place is...It's like a big floating graveyard.

- What's your name, kid?- I wanna own an automobile when I get out.

- What's your name?- Edward, Edward B Train.

Train?

The only things that are permanentis, is dying and the Lord. That's it.

That's all you gotta worry about. This warain't... gonna be the end of me or you neither.

- Think we'll catch an air raid?- How in the hell should I know?

All's I know are them crew guys saidthey didn't catch no air raid the last time.

On the other hand,time before last they nearly got blew up.

What d'you want me to tell you?

You're a big help, Tills.Nothing. Tell me nothing.

Tell you something.

We're sitting out here on this oceanlike a couple offuckin' ducks in these boats.

I already know that.

Well, brood on it, Tills.

Brood on it.

- Ain't you watching the fun?- I ain't interested.

- Yeah, I guess it is pretty crowded.- Wouldn't be interested, even if it wasn't.

Well, I'm on my way to get me that pistol.

Yeah? Well, have fun.

Yeah, have fun.

You'll wish you had one once we get ashoreand run into some ofthem samurai sabres.

Open this door! Open this goddamn door!

Open the door!

You all learn to deal these cards...

All right. Here I am sleeping, yeah.

All right, ladies.Is this a sewing circle or a card game?

All right, jack's high, jack to bet.Robert's got two jacks.

I never bargained for nothing like this when Isigned up for this man's army before the war.

How was I supposed to know there wasgonna be a f***in' war, huh? Answer me that.

All I know is Charlie Company'salways getting screwed. Always.

Rate this script:5.0 / 1 vote