Yup a lot of officers got caught in that log jam between wars. Eisenhower stayed a major for 16 years. A lot left the military altogether.

The worst kind of officer, hated worldwide by soldiers of all armies.

excellent synopsis

I just noticed that Nolte is wearing a silver oak leaf for Lt. Col. I had assumed he was full bird Col...so Quintard's "We need General officers like you" was an extra fat carrot.

@@captasparagus6908 I just looked up Eisenhower's promotion history and he didn't even make Brigadier General until September 1941. So a few months before Pearl Harbor he's a 1 star General and then in a year and half after that he's a 5 star General of the Army.

Yep. It was AWESOME. I loved the guy who played SOROS too. They played off each other like Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson.

Nolte definitely should've gotten a supporting nomination for this role. Has to be one of his top performances.

Thank you for serving! God bless you

True, I'd say Cavisel, Penn, Koteas deserve them as well. The film and acting was that good.

I agree,but this performance beat Nolte's contribution for the Best Rant Oscar,that year. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pq5geKqr17Soho0.html

Greatest WWII movie ever in my book.

UnSelfRighteous .Monk the drugs caused that.

So stupid that academics didn't nominate him. Hell, even LotR(where absolutely everyone played top level and there wasn't lead actor) has had actor nomination.Sad that that movie didn't have any awards. It deserved it much more than Shakespeare :(

He was angry and i loved it. Hahab

It’s to show his tunnel vision on his own career, he’s so hellbent on how he’s been passed over that he ignores reality to receive the opportunity to never be passed over again.

This is also a nod to robert duvalls character in apocalypse now

​@@tadeusharrison2441Also a nod to Sergeant Barnes in Platoon

He just wanted to look sharp in front of the eyes of their commander haha :D

@@-RunninNGunnin- Probably checking his sights, i used to do that a lot in the field. Especially with the LDS sight on british rifle, making sure the view is clear, sight hasn't moved etc etc, not nice to find out its not good when your in a fight. every good soldier checks all his equipment regularly in time like this

Let’s got get them sons of bitches

I thought that part was a very brilliant detail

My year late response: This movie established Hans Zimmer as the next legendary movie soundtrack composer. He's pretty much in John William's territory now.

H Zimmer is epic. Huge. Gy-normous. Nolte and him should golf together.

Yeah it's amazing he did get the Oscar. Such a believable performance

Yeah. That was probably the best scene of the movie for me. Pretty much captures the human condition perfectly.

"Have you ever had a man die in your arms, sir?"

He was a killer of Japanese, they couldn’t risk it.

He got nominated for a different movie that year, Affliction.

Because Hollywood is a bunch of pussies. Most believable combat scene I have yet to see.

Because it’s just a typical Nolte performance. His rage moments sound exactly the same in “Blue Chips” when he played a Basketball coach.

fIrSt PlAtOoN i CaN sEnD uP, sIr, OvEr.

all about yelling... makes me feel like the soldiers around him

years later here... but I get why you say that about Travolta's character, I just think it's purposeful. At this point, it is early in the war yet, so the Travolta character likely would have won his rank in peacetime, through politicking, and by pleasing the right people. As opposed to winning it through actual combat command. And so in this scene that character is relying on what had always worked for him, mainly manipulation. Even though these men are headed into the maw of death, he still can't inspire or empower, his nature is too self-serving.

Very correct ; it was brilliant casting. The army was full of these types early on.

You can see how Travolta winds him up manipulating him with the carrot of becoming a general. People didn't like Travolta in this but I think he's perfect as a poltician who is a master manipulator. Always lots of those in wartime.

@@captasparagus6908 Good acting boils down to how believable one is in a role and how the actor or actress makes an audience feel. In this case Travolta had only one scene and I just didn't find him believable as a general. He was too recognizable and just seemed like a cameo by Travolta pretending to a general. Having him in just that one scene was distracting to me and I could not separate him from his character.

@@protamine4 Yes I can see that. Hugo Weaving played Elrond in Lord of the Rings but the recognition factor killed it for me. I kept expecting Elrond to say "Mister Anderson!". I think the Travolta scene would be better if Travolta was an unknown actor and the Clooney/voiceover scene better if Clooney wasn't shown.

We've all been there.

Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler is for me the biggest miss in Oscar history. And that Shawshank Redemption didn't get a single one... But Nolte is fantastic, too. Privat Ryan steel all the Oscars in that year.

i agree he is callous but realistic as well

Actually he's an inexperienced colonel bucking for general and getting men killed to do it. I'm a Marine Corps veteran and this is what we call a fuck story. He totally disregarded the boots on ground advice of Captain Staros which caused the needless death of his men. I was infantry and there's a flanking opportunity then take it. Colonel Tall initially was giving rear guard orders to a frontline situation. He didn't court martial Staros because he knew he was right.

In war you need men like this, even though they cost lives.

"Sitting at home is not going to do anything! You have to attack attack attack!!" Playing CoD "sitting at home" visibly gave you superior tactical skills, that's for sure...

@@lambdee7006 Listening Captain Staros and outflanking with air support, job done with fewer losses and we would never more heard Nolte's shouting like a dumbass

***** LoL of course

Saving Private Ryan's D-Day invasion is nothing short of amazing. But the film as a whole pales in comparison to this masterpiece, imo.

This movie has way too many artsy/boring scenes.

Egan Yi "Saying facts" lol since when are opinions facts? You're as dense as the war mongering propaganda loving idiots who feed off war

"way too artsy" LOL fuck outtah here. TTRL focuses more on the soldier. The brotherhood. The mental state of soldiers. Not some bullshit story about finding one soldier in the middle of Europe because his brothers died. Both are great movies, but as a Veteran, I definitely give the nod to TTRL for being much much better. Civilians wouldnt understand.

Not sure why nolte is the villain.. He was only being aggressive.. Sitting at home is not going to do anything..

He's not the villain, he did what was necessary, that island had to be took to win the war.

@@Urov. Some doesn't seem to understand that Cl. made huge mistakes here. He decided not to take count of Staros' remarks and he unnecessarily sacrificed men by leading a frontal attack instead of what Staros recommanded. If Staros didn't disobey, more men would have died. Then he tooks as his in an condescending way Staros' original plan to focus on a lateral manoeuvral. What a waste and a stupid commander..

@@bjbchessemperor875 this is correct. The CL was trying to exercise tactical control without visibility to the situation. Staros is aware of the tactical situation and knows that an assault from a covered position straight up the middle will put his men directly in the firing lines. It’s exactly what the Japanese want. Staros is younger and more agile than the colonel. He is trained to fire and maneuver, which means to keep his base of fire moving and lines spread out so the enemy cannot predict where an assault will come from, and concentrate fire in one place. The CL’s orders violate doctrine and staros is right to refuse the order. This is why the CL doesn’t court marshal him - an inquiry would reveal that staros was acting to protect his men from an incompetent leader.

This conflict reminds me Platoon 1986 where both characters(good guy and antagonist) have had pros and cons

Throwing your men into a machine gun doesn't save lives

While I like noltes aggressive tactics.. You have to remember.. He didn't properly hydrate his men.. So nolte would get an "A" for tactics.. But an "F-", in terms of basic common sense.. Tough job.. I wouldn't want to do it!

+Zachary Thomas Yes, but it is not possible to make a perfect analysis all the time. Did you ever played the videogame "Tetris"? Time is always running out.

These kinds of silly head long charges could work in WW2, in today's military theater you would be looking at 99 percent casualty rates. Between motorized miniguns, smart bombs, rockets, smart artillery and airpower a army of 1 million wouldn't be able to have a go up that mountain.

Shouldve sent the fuckin Marines, but they were gone to prep for Bougainville.

That’s a good way to get court-martialed though

@@JoboHompkins Better judged than dead...especially so a coward can reap some glory.

Never fails to make me laugh!

What scene is that?

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Except for when John REVOLTA does his bizarre walking around not saying anything routine. WTF was THAT? Ego. Arrogance. Forced "creativity" without talent.

Melanesian Choirs - The Blessed Islands

yessss! im looking for this song? what name song when nick nolte start angry

Its in the official soundtrack. It is played more fast than on cd. But im 100% sure, OST

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