1 00:00:17,240 --> 00:00:19,800 (# "How High the Moon" by Pat Suzuki) 2 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:34,590 # Somewhere there's music 3 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:41,478 # How faint the tune 4 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:49,399 # Somewhere there's heaven 5 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:56,790 # How high the moon 6 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:02,919 # There is no moon above 7 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:11,869 # When love is far away, too 8 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:18,075 # Till it comes true 9 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,557 # That you love me 10 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,831 # As I love you 11 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:32,590 # Somewhere there's music 12 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:40,398 # It's where you are 13 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:47,354 # Somewhere there's heaven 14 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:54,953 # How near, how far 15 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:00,751 # The darkest night would shine 16 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:08,309 # If you would come to me soon 17 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:13,318 # Until you will 18 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,989 # How still my heart 19 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,276 # How high the moon... 20 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,714 I don't think much about the big war any more, the one called "the second one"... 21 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:33,868 ..because the small wars that came after it seem bigger now than the big war was. 22 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,834 Most people today look back at the big one with sort of fond memories. 23 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:39,712 It was, in a sense, an OK war. 24 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:44,391 We knew why we were fighting it and felt pretty proud of ourselves for being in it. 25 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,114 We liked the songs, we liked the uniforms,... 26 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,516 .. we liked the girls and we liked that everyone liked us. 27 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:53,393 So, looking back, it was one ofyour better wars,... 28 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,274 ..except ifyou were a year out of high school heading south in a troop train,... 29 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,710 ..knowing in two months you'd be in a mudhole fighting for your life. 30 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:12,598 We were in a filthy train heading for basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi,... 31 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,871 ..and on the entire trip in the train nobody washed. 32 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,434 We were preparing to fight Germany andJapan,... 33 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,313 ..but instead we were stinking up America. 34 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,710 (spitting) 35 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,795 - Hey, what the hell's with you? - You talkin' to me, garbage face? 36 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,878 - Yeah, pisshead! - Who you callin' pisshead, jerk-off? 37 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,150 Knock it off, shit brains! 38 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,119 Up your keister with a meat hook, Wykowski. 39 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,270 It was my fifth day in the army, and so far I hated everyone. 40 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,756 (whistle blows) 41 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:11,994 Where the hell are we anyway? 42 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,793 Hey, Shakespeare, where the hell are we? 43 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:16,998 West virginia. 44 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,076 No shit. Where's that near? 45 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:25,076 You don't know where West virginia is? Didn't you ever take geography? 46 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:27,156 I was sick that day. 47 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,749 Hey! Hey, what's for chow? 48 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,269 Turkey breasts and white wine. 49 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,358 - In a pig's ass. - Right, that's how they serve it. 50 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,958 You better eat, guys, cos it ain't gonna be this good in Mississippi. 51 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,275 Joseph Wykowski from Bridgeport, Connecticut, had the stomach of a goat. 52 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:01,394 He could eat anything. His favourite was Hershey bars with the wrappers still on. 53 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,954 Arnold Epstein, an intellectual from New York,... 54 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,674 .. was my only hope for intelligent conversation. 55 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:11,430 Hey, Arnold, if I wanted to become a writer, who do you recommend I read? 56 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,597 The entire third floor of the New York Public Library. 57 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:18,235 Hey, Epstein, you wanna read somethin', huh? Read this! 58 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,676 It was hard to believe they had mothers and fathers who were worried about them. 59 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:46,510 # Pardon me, boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo-Choo? 60 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:48,835 # Track 29 61 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,918 # Boy, you can give me a shine 62 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,470 - # Can you afford to board - Shut him up! 63 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,319 # The Chattanooga Choo-Choo 64 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,273 - # I've got my fare... - Wake him up, for Christ's sake. 65 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,870 - Oh! What the hell is wrong with you? - It's 2.30 in the goddamn morning! 66 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,036 - You were singin' again. - I was not! 67 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,230 You practically made a record. 68 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,079 - What was I singing? - # Chattanooga Choo-Choo 69 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,954 "Chattanooga Choo-Choo"? I don't even know "Chattanooga Choo-Choo". 70 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,116 Whoa! Goddammit! 71 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,198 - Somebody let go! - Oh! Hey, was it you, Carney? 72 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:25,199 - I'm not gonna do that when I'm singing! - Maybe you sang to cover it up. 73 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:29,279 Hey, Jerome, write this in your diary: "Major fart in West virginia." 74 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,914 Wait a minute. It's comin' from up there. 75 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,315 Hey, bombardier. 76 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,512 - Kill Germans, not Gls. - Oh, brother. 77 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:42,839 - I'm sorry. I'm not feeling very well. - Well, now we're all not feeling very well. 78 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,235 Does anyone have an Alka-Seltzer tablet? 79 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,920 Pluggin' it up ain't gonna help, Epstein. 80 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,195 (announcements over loudspeaker) 81 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,278 Boy, it's hot. This is hot. 82 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:28,473 Find your company. Company letters are over the door. Form a single line. 83 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,319 Be prepared to give your name to the men at the desk. 84 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:36,037 (man) What the hell you think you're lookin' at? You just dig. You don't stop. 85 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,076 Where are you guys from? 86 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,670 - Fort Dix, New Jersey. What's it like? - It's real rough. 87 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,759 We've been here a week. Ten guys died from malaria. We're buryin' em in here. 88 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,111 - Are you serious? - He's full of shit. It's a drainage ditch. 89 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,550 I didn't know it was gonna be this hot. This is really hot. 90 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:56,671 Hey, watch out for the pole! 91 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:03,309 Jesus! Did you see that? That pole just went down. Whack. 92 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,115 Everything falls here. Telephone poles, flagpoles. 93 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,708 Bugs eat 'em. Pretty soon we're all gonna go. 94 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,240 Never got this hot in Brooklyn. 95 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:15,510 This is like Africa hot. 96 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,438 Tarzan couldn't take this kinda hot. 97 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,240 Better get a shine on those shoes, rookie. 98 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,038 I think they've taken us to a German prison camp. 99 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,356 Detail, halt! 100 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,835 You men fall out and fall in on me. Column of twos, down here. 101 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,350 This platoon is assigned to this barracks. 102 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,552 Remain here until further instructions from your sergeant. 103 00:08:49,680 --> 00:08:54,276 You will remain on your feet. No smokin' and no goddamn tobacco-chewin'. 104 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,356 At ease. 105 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,469 He must think we're stagecoach drivers. 106 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,068 Shut your ass. These non-coms hear everything. 107 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:06,318 Perfect. It only took the army five minutes to turn Wykowski into a robot. 108 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,591 Jesus, I'm dripping wet. This place is like a steam bath. 109 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:11,756 I can't stay if it's gonna be this hot. 110 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:15,316 - I shoulda joined the navy. It's cooler. - Navy's for homos. 111 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:20,116 I pictured the army different. I pictured a lotta doughnuts and USO dances. 112 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:27,593 Hi. 113 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:29,676 How are ya? 114 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:32,996 Good to see ya. 115 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:37,313 - Hello, soldier. - Hello. 116 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,396 Hi, sarge. 117 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,276 Hm. 118 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,396 Detail, attention. 119 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,274 Sorry, men, perhaps I didn't make myself clear. 120 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:56,356 Detail, ten hut! 121 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:00,399 Good. Good. At ease, gentlemen. 122 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:08,399 My name is Toomey. Sergeant Merwin J Toomey. I'm in charge of this platoon... 123 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:12,957 ..during your ten weeks of basic training here in beautiful Biloxi, Mississippi. 124 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,311 After which, you'll be sent to some shit island in the Pacific... 125 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,750 ..or some turd pile in Northern Sicily. 126 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:23,953 In either case, returning to your mamas and papas with your balls intact... 127 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,036 ..is highly improbable. 128 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,357 I speak from experience, having served 14 months... 129 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,438 ..having donated a small portion of my brains to this conflict,... 130 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:41,838 ..the other portion being protected by a heavy steel plate in my head. 131 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:50,036 I'd like you to answer when your name is called. The answer to the question is "ho". 132 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:54,358 Not "yes", not "right", not "here", not 'sir". 133 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:58,598 Any other unacceptable form of reply, except the aforementioned "ho". 134 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:00,073 Am I understood? 135 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,919 (various utterances of "ho") 136 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,076 - Peek, David P. - Ho. 137 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:06,792 - Hennesey, James J. - Ho. 138 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:08,911 - Wykowski, Joseph T. - Ho. 139 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:11,235 - Selridge, Roy W. - Ho. 140 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:12,998 - Carney, Donald J. - Ho. 141 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,475 - Jerome, Eugene M. - Ho. 142 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,273 - Epstein, Arnold B. - Ho, ho. 143 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,671 - Are there two Epsteins in this company? - No, Sergeant. 144 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,268 - Just gimme one goddamn "ho". - Yes, Sergeant. 145 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,311 - Epstein, Arnold B. - Ho. 146 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:36,032 - One more time. - Ho. 147 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,355 - Do I make myself clear, Epstein? - Ho. 148 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,074 - Do I make myself clear, Jerome? - Ho, yes. 149 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:46,156 - Ho, what? - Ho, nothing. 150 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,231 - You havin' trouble understanding me? - Ho, no. 151 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:52,874 I mean, no, ho, Sergeant. 152 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,956 It's just plain ho. 153 00:11:55,560 --> 00:11:58,438 Hey, Fred Astaire, you tryin' to tell me somethin'? 154 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:00,994 I have to go to the bathroom, Sergeant. 155 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,908 How you gonna do that? We don't have bathrooms in the army. 156 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,395 - They had them in Fort Dix. - Not bathrooms. 157 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,272 Yes, they did. I went in them a lot. 158 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:12,358 I'm tellin' you, we don't have any bathrooms on this base. 159 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,711 - You doubt my veracity? - No, Sergeant. 160 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,149 - Then you got a problem, haven't you? - Ho, ho. 161 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:19,872 You bet your ass, ho, ho. 162 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,072 - You know why you got a problem? - Cos I have to go real bad. 163 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,670 No, son, you got a problem because you don't know army terminology. 164 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:30,110 The place where a US soldier goes to defecate, relieve himself,... 165 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:35,075 ..open his bowels, shit, fart, dump, crap and unload is called a latrine. 166 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,555 - Latrine. From the French. - (laughs) 167 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,354 Wanna tell us what's funny about that, Jerome? 168 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,950 It's just that you said all those words in one sentence, Sergeant. 169 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:50,198 Apparently, you don't understand the benefit of discipline. Do you, Jerome? 170 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,117 The benefit? Yes, I think I do. 171 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,630 Then tell it to me, Jerome. What is the benefit of discipline? 172 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:59,435 Well, it's to benefit the army's, uh,... 173 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:04,076 ..to the way that soldiers... to... whatever you say, Sergeant. 174 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,509 - Lookin' to get your ass in a sling? - No, Sergeant. It's fine the way it is. 175 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,950 The benefit of discipline is that it will win this war for us. 176 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,119 Therefore, until you learn that fact, I'll just have to keep teachin' it to you. 177 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:20,074 - Selridge, 100 push-ups. Hit the deck. - Me? I didn't say nothing. 178 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,192 Correct. We're doin' this to teach Jerome about discipline. 179 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,675 On your face, soldier! 180 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,473 You think you get my meaning now about discipline? 181 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,989 - Oh, yes, ho! - Then let's try it out. 182 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:34,715 I want another man to give me 100 push-ups. I want you to pick him. 183 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,149 Who will it be, boy? 184 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:42,400 Speak up, Jerome. Tell me the name of the man you think's most lacking in discipline. 185 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:48,151 Well, we just met on the train, Sergeant. I don't even know all their names yet. 186 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:52,637 I understand your reticence to speak. No one's gonna like hearin' his name called. 187 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:55,115 Why don't you just whisper it in my ear? 188 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,717 Wykowski? He's the biggest man in the company. 189 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:04,994 That took guts, Jerome, but if that's your wish, your wish will be obeyed. 190 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,351 Wykowski, 100 push-ups for me and your buddy here. Hit the deck. 191 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:12,758 Now who can we pick to join these men as a show of comradeship? 192 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,235 Whisper it to me, Jerome. 193 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,197 The entire platoon except yourself. 194 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:24,474 By God, that's a good choice. You won't have many friends, but I'll be one of them. 195 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,629 Tell 'em to hit the deck for ya. 196 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,558 - What, you want me to say it? - It was your idea. 197 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,358 - Platoon, hit the deck. - Shout it, boy! 198 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,914 - Platoon, hit the deck! - Tell 'em what we want! 199 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,316 - 100 push-ups! - Man asked for 150 push-ups! 200 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:45,749 You heard him, men. Now count off! 201 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:50,388 (in unison) One, two, three, four,... 202 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:54,314 ..five, six, seven, eight,... 203 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,149 ..nine, ten, eleven, twelve,... 204 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:01,955 ..thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen,... 205 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,834 ..seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty... 206 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,672 (groaning and coughing) 207 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:12,673 Watch out! Let me through! 208 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:14,756 Ah! Heads up! 209 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:23,871 If this keeps up, we'll lose this war. They'll be speaking German in Chicago. 210 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,389 (soldier) We could all go on sick call tomorrow. 211 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:31,072 You don't go on sick call with this guy unless a tank runs over you. 212 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,715 - Jesus, this thing's a slingshot. - Is this bunk taken? 213 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,913 Oh, no. I don't mind dyin', but I don't wanna get my nose blown off. 214 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:48,236 Hooray, hooray. 215 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:52,717 Oh, what could I do? I could be shot for disobeying orders. 216 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:54,956 You musta done somethin' to piss him off. 217 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,231 Nothing, I swear. He's nuts. 218 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:00,999 Maybe the humidity rusted his brain. 219 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:05,193 Yeah, that's a good choice, Jerome. I'd like to walk in my sleep with a bayonet. 220 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:08,835 I have a curvature of the spine. I can't sleep on this thing. 221 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:12,714 - The heat is getting hotter. - You girls from the big city can't take it? 222 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,991 - I can take whatever you can take. - (bugle) 223 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:20,318 - Don't tell me they're shippin' us out! - That's chow time. 224 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,193 Chow time. Wash up, change and let's move. 225 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:28,473 Maybe there's a place around here where we could eat out. 226 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:39,593 It's not bad. It just needs salt and pepper, ketchup and mustard. That's all. 227 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:43,599 If they dropped this over Germany, the country'd come out with their hands up. 228 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:48,475 I saw this stuff in the Bronx Zoo once. Gorillas were throwing it at each other. 229 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,433 You can get something else. It's a government regulation. 230 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,154 Enlisted men must be served palatable food. 231 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,875 So why don't you ask for some matzo-ball soup, Epstein? 232 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,389 I hear the army makes great matzo-ball soup. 233 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,080 It's my right to speak up. I'm seeing the sergeant. 234 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:07,591 Don't start in with him, Arnold. He's crazy. This is probably his recipe. 235 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,075 - Hey. - How ya doin'? 236 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:14,796 (Eugene) He's here for his cup of blood. 237 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:17,196 Listen, you two guys,... 238 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:21,791 ..don't give the sergeant any crap cos when he don't like you he don't like us. 239 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:25,390 Any guy that screws up in this platoon is in deep shit with me, understand? 240 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:29,274 - Who made you lieutenant colonel? - I did. I promoted myself. 241 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:33,552 If I have to do more push-ups cos of you, Jerome, you're gonna be underneath me. 242 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,911 Well, now we know who the fruits are. 243 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,191 Hey, did you guys hear what happened over at Baker Company? 244 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:44,632 Some guy went nuts. Said he was goin' home, he didn't want no part of this army. 245 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:48,116 An officer tried to stop him and the kid belted him one. 246 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,038 The guy's sure to get five to ten years in Leavenworth. 247 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,515 I thought this was Leavenworth. 248 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:56,875 - How are my boys doin'? - First-rate, sarge. 249 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:01,278 - Surprisingly interesting food, sarge. - They don't give you enough. 250 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:02,753 Not hungry, Epstein? 251 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,872 I find enough nourishment in bread and water, Sergeant. 252 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:10,198 You'll need plenty of nourishment with ten backbreakin' weeks ahead of ya. 253 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:14,313 - Starting at 5am, we're goin' on a hike. - 5am? 254 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:18,399 You'll love it. Nothin' like seein' the sun come up over a Mississippi swamp. 255 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:22,035 You boys arrived here a day late and I got to make up that time. 256 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,277 It's a reasonable request to make, isn't it? Jerome? 257 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:31,113 Well, we sort of elected Wykowski our leader. I think that he oughta answer that. 258 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:35,279 - Is that right, Wykowski? - I don't question orders, I follow them. 259 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:38,278 Good answer. A chickenshit one, but it's a good answer. 260 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,358 How about you, Epstein? Are you up? 15-mile walk? 261 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,195 - No, Sergeant. - No?! 262 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,793 Epstein's not up to it, men. Why is that, Epstein? 263 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,673 We've been on a train for three days and three nights. 264 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,997 We haven't had one good night's sleep since we left Fort Dix. 265 00:18:56,120 --> 00:18:59,157 I see. OK. Fair enough. 266 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,555 Epstein, you're excused from the hike. 267 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,672 - Thank you, Sergeant. - Get a good night's sleep... 268 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:10,318 ..as soon as you've washed and scrubbed every john, urinal and basin in the latrine. 269 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:13,159 If it doesn't sparkle when we get back,... 270 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,033 ..Wykowski and Selridge are gonna do 200 push-ups. 271 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,391 That'll put you in good with the boys, Epstein. 272 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:24,359 I'll see the rest of you men at 4.30am. 273 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:30,069 Mm! 274 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,350 Enjoy your meal now, you hear? 275 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,278 - "Enjoy your meal now, you hear?" - (laughter) 276 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:41,109 That's good. Hominy pigs and black-pea eyeballs. 277 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,196 I've got to make you men strong... 278 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:48,348 ..because tonight we're going to march the entire platoon off of a 3,000ft cliff. 279 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:50,912 Dying makes a man out of you. 280 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:56,034 I died in the war. They had me cremated. The ashes were buried here in my head. 281 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,596 - You think it's funny, Jerome? - No, I think you're funny, Wykowski. 282 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,075 You forgot to eat the aluminum tray. 283 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:05,078 Come on, sit down. 284 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,156 Get off! 285 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:11,719 I got three enemies now, Jerome. The Japs, the Germans and you! 286 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:17,072 I wasn't in on that Pearl Harbor thing. 287 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:18,553 Ha-ha. 288 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:23,269 Hold it. You still got two spoonfuls left there, soldier. 289 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:24,958 I've had enough, Corporal. 290 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:30,029 You take what you want, but you eat what you take. We don't waste food here. Eat it. 291 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:38,395 I believe the corporal said no one leaves here till the trays are empty. 292 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:41,751 I want all trays extended for inspection. Move it. 293 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:43,438 OK. 294 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:46,358 OK. 295 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:48,518 OK. 296 00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:50,678 OK. 297 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:55,830 - Somethin' wrong with your meal? - Yes. It's the first food I was afraid of. 298 00:20:55,960 --> 00:21:01,159 You'll like it a month from now cos that's how long you'll sit here. Back to your seat. 299 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:04,790 Don't approve of our cuisine, Jerome? 300 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:09,038 It's not that, Sergeant. It's a religious objection. 301 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,720 This is the week that my people fast for two days. 302 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,196 This is July, Jerome. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are in September. 303 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:20,269 I have an all-religious calendar in my barracks room. Don't try that shit on me. 304 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:23,230 It's a different holiday. 305 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:26,716 - It's called EI Malague�a. - EI Malague�a? 306 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:28,796 It's for Spanish Jews. 307 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,389 Carney, bring your food. 308 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,715 Come on. 309 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:38,276 - Put half your food onto Jerome's tray. - Yes, Sergeant. 310 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:42,234 Eat in good health, Jerome, and happy EI Malague�a to you. 311 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:44,351 Come on. 312 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:48,712 What's your story, Epstein? Don't tell me. Today is La Cucaracha. 313 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:53,038 I have a digestive disorder. It's commonly known as a nervous stomach. 314 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:57,836 I have a letter from my internist at Mount Sinai Hospital on Fifth Avenue. 315 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:03,671 You see, the trouble is you're not on Fifth Avenue now. You're in Biloxi, Mississippi. 316 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,793 Corporal, make sure that Private Epstein finishes everything on his tray,... 317 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,878 - ..including that letter. Hm? - Yes, Sergeant. 318 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,476 (Sergeant Toomey) Come on, move your ass. Come on. 319 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,115 - Move it! Come on, move it up! - Goddamn bugs! 320 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,232 Why don't they bite each other? They have more blood than us. 321 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:40,113 - (squawking) - Jesus Christ, what was that? 322 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,356 Sergeant Toomey giggling. 323 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:48,639 Oh, God, you are pitiful! You're embarrassing me... 324 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,513 ..in front of the lizards and the buzzards. 325 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,710 Bunch of lard-asses I got here. 326 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:58,435 What would you do if the Japanese army was behind ya? 327 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,713 Surrender and get some sleep. 328 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,991 Shut your ass, Jerome. I ain't doin' no push-ups in a swamp! 329 00:23:05,120 --> 00:23:09,079 Yeah, lucky Epstein, back in a nice, dry latrine listening to Jack Benny. 330 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,668 - Whoo! - Come on, move it out. 331 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:16,038 Oh, please, God, please let there be a subway near here. 332 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,037 Come on. 333 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,754 - Get your elbow outta my ass, asshole. - Shit. 334 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,235 - Watch your damn gun. - Hey, watch it. 335 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,718 Did I say stop? Who stopped this march? 336 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:32,592 Goddammit. 337 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,874 - Did you hear me call halt, Pinelli? - No, sarge. 338 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,514 - But that looks like pretty deep water. - No shit! 339 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,596 What does that mean? Selridge? 340 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:51,391 Well, it means that... that looks like pretty deep water. 341 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:55,354 Selridge, you would need three promotions to get to be an asshole. 342 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:59,473 Wykowski, how we gonna get to the other side of that obstacle? 343 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,672 Well, either someone goes in and sees how deep it is,... 344 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,439 ..or we keep lookin' for another place to cross. 345 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:08,552 That's smart. You must have been in the First World War. 346 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:13,629 All right. We need a volunteer to see just how deep that water is. 347 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,198 Jerome? 348 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,276 Yes, Sergeant? 349 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,671 - Pick a volunteer. - Oh! No. 350 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:25,829 Why me? 351 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,236 Because you said "Let's surrender so I can get some sleep." 352 00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:32,909 I hear everything, everyone, Jerome. Pick a volunteer. 353 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,512 - All right, me. I'll do it. - You don't get off that easy, boy. 354 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:41,596 Pick a volunteer! 355 00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:43,918 How about Epstein? 356 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,077 I guess you're gonna have to whisper it to me again. 357 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:48,553 Wykowski. 358 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,956 You must like him. You pick him for every shit detail, don't you? 359 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,231 You heard him, Wykowski. Into the water. 360 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,676 Those funny New York remarks are making you real popular, Jerome. 361 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:06,633 Whoa! 362 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:13,429 Guess we have to find another way round. Selridge, Carney, pull Wykowski out. 363 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,074 It was then I decided I had to get out of the army. 364 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:21,433 I thought of shooting off a body part I might not need, but I couldn"t find any. 365 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,120 - Right face. - (laughter) 366 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:26,834 Platoon, left face. Turn with the rest of "em. 367 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,236 - The guy hit me. - Well, turn with the rest of "em. 368 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:32,316 Pick it up. 369 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:34,793 Right face. 370 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:38,469 - (laughter) - Oh, come on. Quickly. 371 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,717 Pick up the gun! Do as you're told. Turn with the rest of 'em. 372 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:46,868 Left shoulder arms! Right shoulder arms! Left shoulder arms! Right shoulder arms! 373 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,639 (Costello) Why don't you make up your mind? 374 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:56,511 (Abbott) Present arms! 375 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,392 (gunfire) 376 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,913 (Costello makes noises over end theme tune) 377 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,394 (cheering, whistling) 378 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,553 It will be tough sledding again for these Yanks. 379 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,752 But the men who smashed into Salerno from the sea... 380 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:29,793 .. will take their next objective, too, whatever it may be,... 381 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,115 - ..from Naples to Berlin. - (cheering) 382 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,116 (# newsreel theme tune ends) 383 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:45,998 Anzio, Bataan, St-L�, lwo Jima.: 384 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:49,874 places they had never heard of, known, nor cared about. 385 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,309 They went there and they died there. 386 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:56,035 And now they are home, wrapped in their country's flag... 387 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,958 ..and cloaked in their eternal greatness. 388 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:20,232 Names. Yes, Polish and lrish andJewish and English names hallow this ground. 389 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:23,830 Names that make up the great America they died for. 390 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:30,308 A terrible cost, but less, tragically less, than what we must pay for final victory. 391 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:49,833 Time magazine estimates casualty rates 392 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,875 No shit! So outta the group sitting here, how much is that? 393 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,754 Of the six of us here about 4.3 of us would get it. 394 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:04,350 Oh, wow. Only 2.7 of us would live. 395 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,436 1.7, jerko. 396 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:12,475 Listen, if you knew that you were one of the guys who wasn't coming back,... 397 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:16,878 ..if you knew that right now, what would you do with the last few days of your life? 398 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:21,551 It could be anything, any fantasy. I give everybody five seconds to think about it. 399 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,638 I've thought of it. I'd be one of the 1.7 comin' back! 400 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,479 - This is morbid. - I like it. Let's play for money. 401 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,556 - For money? - Five bucks a man. 402 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,638 - The guy with the best fantasy wins. - That's nuts. 403 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:34,716 OK. All right. I'm in. 404 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,353 - OK. We need a judge. - I'll be the judge. 405 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,675 - Why you? - Because I thought of the game. 406 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:45,634 When it's my turn somebody else judges me. Ante up, everybody. 407 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,437 - Come on, Arnold. Five bucks. - I don't sell my fantasies. 408 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:51,118 (all groan) 409 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:53,196 Don't be like that, Arnold. 410 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:57,796 OK. Carney. 411 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:02,559 You're first. You're gonna be dead. Killed in action. 412 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,035 What do you wanna do with the last few days of your life? 413 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:07,871 - How much time do I have to do it in? - A week. 414 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,197 - I need ten days. - It's my game. You only get a week. 415 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,880 What are you gonna do with it, Danny? 416 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:16,718 OK. 417 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:19,434 - I'd sing at Radio City Music Hall. - (laughter) 418 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,755 Five shows a day, my own spot. 419 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,792 In the audience are 5,000 screamin', gorgeous girls... 420 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:26,797 ..and every one of 'em wants me. 421 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,117 And there's one man, the president of Decca Records,... 422 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,915 ..and he wants to give me a big contract. I have to make a choice. 423 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:38,795 - Take the record contract. I would. - Yeah, right, I take the record contract. 424 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:40,831 Hah! Moron! 425 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:45,431 He could've humped 5,000 girls and now he's got a contract that ain't worth shit! 426 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:50,429 Wrong, because now I'm a big star and everyone knows stars get all the girls. 427 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:52,630 Oh, yeah? How? You're dead! 428 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,228 Girls don't go out with dead record stars! 429 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,670 Bullshit, it's my fantasy! I can do whatever I want with it. 430 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:02,395 - What's my score, Gene? - You started off with an A minus,... 431 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:06,911 - ..but you ended up with a B. - B! Better than I ever did in school. 432 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,793 - Selridge is next. - OK, OK, here we go. 433 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:14,313 I make it with seven of the richest women in the world,... 434 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:18,194 ..and I'm so hot, each one of 'em gives me a million bucks. 435 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:22,438 So at the end of the week I got seven million bucks. Pretty good, huh? 436 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:27,312 - If you're dead, what d'you do with $ 7m? - I told you. That's why I need ten days. 437 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,396 I need a weekend to spend the money. 438 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,478 Give up, suckers. I got you all beat! 439 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:36,195 Moronic. It's beyond moronic. It's sub-moronic. 440 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:39,392 Yeah. Jerome, break their hearts and tell 'em my score. 441 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:42,751 It lacks poetry. I give Selridge a B minus. 442 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,713 - (laughter) - B minus! You give me a B minus? 443 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:49,469 This creep becomes a dead record star and he gets a B. I want my money back! 444 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,670 Touch that money and you're dead! 445 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:55,475 I was kiddin'. You think I was serious? I was kiddin'. Who's next? 446 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,117 - Hennesey. - Me? 447 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,800 - No, I'm not ready yet. - It's your turn. 448 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,711 - I'm not very good at things like this. - Come on. Just say it. 449 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,716 - I can't think of anything. - He can't think, so he's out, tough shit. 450 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,400 - Give him an F. Who's next? - No, no, OK, OK. 451 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,833 - I'd spend it with my family. - Oh! ls this guy serious? 452 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:19,757 - Asshole. - Spend it with my family! 453 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:23,031 Come on. It's my last week. I can do whatever I want, and I'd... 454 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:27,312 - Yeah, I'd like it to be with my family. - OK, what're you givin' for that crap? 455 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,796 Well, it's not that interesting, but at least it's honest. 456 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,753 - B+. - OK! That's it! 457 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,394 This game is fixed. I'm callin' the military police. 458 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,080 I get a B minus for screwin' seven millionairesses? 459 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,919 And he gets a B+ for goin' home to his mother?! 460 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,474 I wanna change my answer. I wanna visit the sick. 461 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,070 Will you knock it off, Selridge? You had your turn. 462 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:51,795 - (man) See you in the morning. - (bugle sounds the retreat) 463 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:57,313 As you were. Lights out in five minutes, boys. 464 00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,396 Better get your rest. 465 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,796 You never know what surprise is comin' up tomorrow. 466 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,030 - OK. Wykowski, you're next. - OK. 467 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:10,838 (laughter) 468 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:14,316 I always wanted to make it with a world-famous woman. 469 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:18,513 Somebody that nobody could have in this country but me, and be the only American. 470 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,551 Have you someone in mind? 471 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,875 Yeah, I got someone in mind. 472 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:26,037 - I think we're headin' for an A+. - Who's the woman, Wykowski? 473 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,469 The Queen of England. Boom! 474 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:33,116 - The Queen of England! Ugh! - Like makin' it with your grandmother! 475 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:37,233 - For a whole week? - Maybe we'd stop for tea and crumpets. 476 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,318 Apes and gorillas. I'm living with apes and gorillas. 477 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:44,638 - What's his score? Give him his score. - Give the Earl of Meatloaf his score. 478 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:49,595 This is a tough one. I find it completely unredeeming in every way,... 479 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,678 ..morally, ethically and sexually. 480 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:54,836 But it's got style. 481 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:57,599 - A minus. - A minus? You're sick, Jerome. 482 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,712 To the guy who humps the mother of the British Empire? 483 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,638 - So I'm winning, right? - Not yet. Two more to go. 484 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:07,150 Epstein's next. I wanna hear what his last week on earth would be like. 485 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:10,078 Probably wants to take an English exam at City College. 486 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,953 - (bugle) - Hurry up. They're blowin' retreat. 487 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:17,631 Come on, Arnold. It's your last week on earth. What's your secret desire? 488 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,991 I don't want to say it. If I say it, it might not come true. 489 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:25,989 I know, he wants to pass gas. He wants to bend over and blow up the whole world. 490 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,998 Will you give him a chance, please? He has one. 491 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:33,272 What is it, Arnold? What's the last thing you wanna do on this earth? 492 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:39,879 I would like to make Sergeant Merwin J Toomey... 493 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,753 ..do 200 push-ups in front of this platoon. 494 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:46,630 That's good. 495 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:51,515 - I hate to admit it, but it's good. - It's all right. 500 would've been better. 496 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,790 - I think it's terrific. A+. - Oooh! 497 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:57,276 - A+! You're crazy. Now you can't win. - I can still tie him. 498 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,358 All right, but if it's a tie, all bets are off. Nobody wins. 499 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:04,632 Fair enough. Somebody else has to judge me. Wykowski, pick a judge. 500 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,233 - OK, sure. I pick Selridge. - I love it. 501 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,909 No matter what crap he says, he gets an A+. You money is safe, boys. 502 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,793 Retreat means lights out, goddammit! 503 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,077 I've never had men do push-ups in bed before. 504 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:21,156 I could start tonight! 505 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,919 - (Wykowski) Jerome, let's hear yours. - All right. 506 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,232 OK. 507 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:41,798 I always wanted to get mine wiping out an entire battalion of Japanese marines. 508 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:45,674 Forget the medals. What do you do on your last week on earth? 509 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,709 I would lose my virginity,... 510 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:51,593 ..win the Pulitzer prize for literature... 511 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,440 ..and fall in love with the perfect girl. 512 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:58,233 Why not score a winning touchdown for Notre Dame, too? 513 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,954 Give him his score so's we can take our money back. 514 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:04,390 - I give him a C minus. - What?! 515 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:08,354 Hey, I'm not gonna let him beat me with that pissy story. I had somethin' hot. 516 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:12,268 I'm not giving A+ for falling in love. Why doesn't he visit Hennesey's family? 517 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,630 Jesus, you're a moron! 518 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,153 Go look in the latrine and see if you dropped your brain. 519 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:22,034 (Jerome whispers) Come on, Arnold, you win. It's your money. 520 00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:27,190 (Wykowski) It's always the Jews who end up with the money. Right, Roy? 521 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:31,916 - Don't know. Never met one before now. - They're easy to spot. There's one. 522 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:35,277 - There's another one. - (laughing) 523 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,359 They slide the bacon under their toast, so no one sees 'em eat it. Right, Jerome? 524 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,631 I'm not going to take that Jew crap from you any more, Wykowski. 525 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,718 I know you can probably beat the hell out of me, but I'm not... 526 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:50,197 - Sure. You'll take any shit from me. - Hey, hey, sh. 527 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,676 - Come on, let's see how tough you are. - Sh! Sh! 528 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:57,031 Wykowski, what difference does it make what religion he is? 529 00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,799 Epstein's the one who's too good to take orders. 530 00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:03,629 If he doesn't shape up, I'll bust his face whether he's got a Jew nose or not! 531 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:05,751 (Toomey) Ten hut! 532 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,793 - What the hell's goin' on here? - Nothing, Sergeant. 533 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:22,911 What do you mean "nothing", Hennesey? 534 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:28,831 I heard threats, challenges, invitation of bustin' noses of minority races. 535 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:30,998 Hm. 536 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,631 - You still tellin' me nothing's goin' on? - Yes, sir. 537 00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:41,716 I see. 538 00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:50,073 Pinelli,... 539 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:51,872 ..Sweeney,... 540 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,956 ..Davis, Polaski,... 541 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,596 ..Woolridge, hit the floor. 542 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:06,832 Give me 100 push-ups. If I can't discipline these boys, maybe the rest of you can! 543 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:12,159 - Count off! - One, two, three, four,... 544 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:16,512 ..five, six, seven, eight,... 545 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:18,232 ..nine, ten... 546 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,032 Piece of shit! 547 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:21,513 Wykowski! 548 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:23,596 (men carry on counting) 549 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:28,996 Goddammit! 550 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:36,517 I really hated myself because I didn"t stand up for Epstein, a fellowJew. 551 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,995 Maybe it was because I was afraid of Wykowski,... 552 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:42,351 ..or maybe it was because Arnold sometimes sort of asked for it. 553 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,596 But since the guys didn"t pick on me much,... 554 00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:48,156 ..l figured l'd stay neutral like Switzerland. 555 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,474 (man) Ready. Aim. 556 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:54,352 Fire! 557 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,475 (man) Cease fire! Cease fire! 558 00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:21,671 - How'd I do, Sergeant? - I can't tell. Your bullets aren't down. 559 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:26,112 This is pointless. I'll take prisoners, but I won't shoot human beings. 560 00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:29,073 Shut up, Arnold. They'll paste the targets on our faces. 561 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,839 Helluva score, Wykowski. Where'd you learn to shoot? 562 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:35,396 - Back home. - Probably killed his whole family. 563 00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:39,274 - What was that, Jerome? - I was just admiring his skill. 564 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,558 Jesus. 565 00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:53,075 - In some kind of trouble there, Jerome? - It's not me, Sergeant. It's the gun. 566 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,393 Epstein, reassemble Jerome's weapon. 567 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:00,237 Jesus Christ! 568 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,196 Deep shit, Epstein. 569 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,995 How deep in the shit would you say he was in, Jerome? 570 00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:09,872 About up to here. 571 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:13,636 (bugle) 572 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:16,316 (men groaning) 573 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:21,712 Arnold Epstein always took his punishment without complaint. 574 00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:26,391 More and more I wanted to be his friend because he never seemed to need one. 575 00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,913 Could I have less shells in my eggs this morning? 576 00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:35,676 Thank you. 577 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:38,511 Whoo-hoo! 578 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:43,395 48-hour pass. I'm gonna eat spaghetti with clam sauce for two days. 579 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,988 In Mississippi they make spaghetti with cotton. 580 00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:49,635 We are set, guys. I got the address of a place. 581 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:51,910 Yeah, what kind of place? 582 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:55,350 You wouldn't like it, Hennesey. They don't have families there. 583 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,232 - Son of a bitch! - What's wrong? 584 00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:02,639 Hey! Somebody broke into my footlocker last night. They emptied my wallet. 585 00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,593 They took my pay and every cent I had in the world - 62 bucks. 586 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:07,073 Dirty bastard! 587 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:10,351 Well, how do know someone stole it? Maybe you just lost it. 588 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:14,234 Cos I counted it before I hit the sack. I was saving it for the big weekend. 589 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:18,876 Don't think I'm not wise to who did it. It was Epstein. He wants to get back at me. 590 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,834 Maybe he's sore at you, but he's not the kind that steals money. 591 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:26,751 Hey. 592 00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:30,077 Who asked you, Hennesey, huh? What are you? 593 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,760 What are you? One of those lrish Jews? 594 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:37,314 Huh? All I did was call him a couple of names. Where I'm from we're all Polacks. 595 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:40,830 Dagos, niggers, sheenies - that stuff doesn't mean crap to me. 596 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,110 You're a Mick. What do I care? 597 00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:46,156 Yeah, half-Mick,... 598 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,236 ..half-nigger. 599 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,956 - Whoa. You serious? - Yeah. 600 00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:56,036 My father's lrish. 601 00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:59,156 My mother's Coloured. 602 00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:02,590 - You can't be. They wouldn't let you in. - I never told anybody. 603 00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:06,838 Yeah, but I guessed it. See, it was something I couldn't put my finger on,... 604 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:11,670 - ..but I knew something was wrong. - Yeah. I'm Black-lrish. 605 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:16,396 That's as Coloured as I am, but now we know how you think, don't we, 'Kowski? 606 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:17,955 Come here. 607 00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:20,958 Hey! I'm layin' for you, Hennesey, OK? 608 00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:24,231 After I get the bastard who stole my money, I'll settle with you! 609 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:26,430 (man) Ten hut! 610 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:28,516 On the double! Toomey's here. 611 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:36,629 In the past 21 days you boys have made some fine progress. 612 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,956 You're not fighting soldiers yet,... 613 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:44,471 ..but I'd match you up against some Nazi cocktail waitress any time. 614 00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:48,878 That's why I recommended this platoon receive a 48-hour pass. 615 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:53,596 But first we have to clear up the mystery... 616 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:56,359 ..of Wykowski's missing $ 62. 617 00:41:56,480 --> 00:42:01,634 As I said - I hear, smell and know everything that goes on in my barracks. 618 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:06,436 I am askin' the guilty party to place $ 62 on this here footlocker... 619 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:10,633 ..within the next 30 seconds. I offer no lenience, no forgiveness,... 620 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:14,639 ..no abstention from punishment. What I do offer is honour. 621 00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:17,718 I'm countin' down to 30. 622 00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:20,638 It is at this time that heroes are made. 623 00:42:21,240 --> 00:42:22,798 One,... 624 00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:25,951 ..two,... 625 00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:28,150 ..three,... 626 00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:29,838 ..four,... 627 00:42:30,720 --> 00:42:32,278 ..five,... 628 00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:34,638 ..six... 629 00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:43,474 There's $ 62, if anyone cares to count it. 630 00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:46,956 I don't think that'll be necessary, Private Epstein. 631 00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:00,316 Wykowski, pick up your money. 632 00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:03,596 Listen, don't count it, boy. 633 00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:06,592 Epstein. 634 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:11,876 Do you have anything to say? 635 00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:14,392 No, Sergeant. 636 00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:17,671 May I ask why you decided to return the money? 637 00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:19,472 I chose to. 638 00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:21,556 You chose to? 639 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:26,279 Knowing full well that swift and just punishment may be inflicted upon you... 640 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,312 ..when and if this is reported to the commanding officer. 641 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,396 I know it only too well. 642 00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:35,477 Last night at 0100 hours I wandered through this barracks. 643 00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:40,071 I saw carelessness, complacency. 644 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:44,432 Wykowski's wallet lying in an open footlocker, inviting... 645 00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:46,516 ..temptation and weakness. 646 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:51,148 I took your $ 62, Wykowski, returned the empty wallet to its place. 647 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:54,113 I did it to teach you a lesson, instead... 648 00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:56,435 ..l got submarined. 649 00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:59,597 Epstein, are you such a goddamn ignorant fool... 650 00:43:59,720 --> 00:44:02,792 ..to take the blame for something you were innocent of? 651 00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:05,150 The army has its logic. I have my own. 652 00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:10,274 Epstein, I'd like a word with you in private. 653 00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:13,358 The rest of you are on 48-hours' leave. Fall out! 654 00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:27,511 Why? Just tell me why. 655 00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:30,836 It's my job. 656 00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:40,032 You listen to me, you flyspeck on a mound of horseshit. 657 00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:43,428 You're takin' me on, aren't ya? 658 00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:47,553 I have a nutcracker that crunches the testicles of men that take me on. 659 00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:49,716 How do you think you can beat me? 660 00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:53,435 I'm not trying to. I just don't think it's necessary to dehumanise a man... 661 00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:55,437 ..in order to get him to perform. 662 00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:59,792 You can get better results raising our spirits than lowering our dignity. 663 00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:02,832 This isn't Sunday school. This isn't pass or fail. 664 00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:05,520 This is death shit we're talkin' about. 665 00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:10,434 Why in hell did you put back money you knew you didn't take? 666 00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:13,836 Because I knew you did. I saw you take it. 667 00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:17,839 Inventing a crime that didn't exist to enforce your theories of discipline... 668 00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:20,918 ..is Neanderthal in its conception. 669 00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:26,114 You may be the first man to reach Berlin cos I'm sending you in before everyone. 670 00:45:26,240 --> 00:45:30,358 Men do not face enemy guns because they've been treated with kindness. 671 00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:33,836 I don't want them human. I want them obedient! 672 00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:37,999 I'm tryin' to save those boys' lives, you crawlin' bookworm. 673 00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:40,395 Stand in my way,... 674 00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:43,671 ..l'll pulverise ya into chicken droppings! 675 00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:03,515 You know, I don't get you, Epstein. 676 00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:08,878 - Why do a dumb-ass thing like that? - What's the difference? 677 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,629 I knew he took the money and I knew I'd end up cleaning latrines. 678 00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:15,069 Thought I'd save everybody some time. 679 00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:17,156 Yeah, well, uh,... 680 00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:20,995 ..anyway, I owe you one. 681 00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:26,635 You stuck your neck out for us, and I like to pay back my debts. 682 00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:37,514 Hey, listen, it's not gonna come out again, so take your chance while you got it. 683 00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:39,756 Let's not be hypocritical. 684 00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:41,996 I did what I did for me, not for you. 685 00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:47,789 You know what? I'm not gonna make any more Jew cracks at you, Epstein,... 686 00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:50,878 ..cos you are a shit-heel no matter what you are! 687 00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:53,636 Let's go, Roy. 688 00:46:59,920 --> 00:47:04,835 Why is it that we come from the same background but I can't understand you? 689 00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:06,871 You're a witness. 690 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:09,912 You're always standing around watching what's happening. 691 00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:13,271 You're scribbling in your book what other people do. 692 00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:17,159 You have to get in the middle of it. 693 00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:20,352 You have to take sides. 694 00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:22,835 Make a contribution to the fight. 695 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:26,512 - What fight? - Any fight. 696 00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:28,596 The one you believe in. 697 00:47:30,240 --> 00:47:32,993 Until you do, you'll never be a writer, Eugene. 698 00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:48,631 # No, no, no! Don't go walkin' down Lovers' Lane with anyone else but me 699 00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:51,115 # Till I come marchin'... 700 00:47:51,240 --> 00:47:53,834 Hey, hubba, hubba. Look at that! Women! 701 00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:56,633 Hey, honey, you got 34 friends? 702 00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,991 Hey, 'Kowski, maybe the Queen of England's in town! 703 00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:04,399 Hey, don't blow smoke on me. I'll stink from tobacco. 704 00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:07,910 Stop worryin'. Nothin' can penetrate that Aqua velva. 705 00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:12,678 Hey, Carney, are you goin'... to Selridge's place? 706 00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:15,314 Yeah, sure, why not? What about you? 707 00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:18,989 Maybe. Thought I'd look around first, see if I can meet a nice girl. 708 00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:21,759 No chance. There's 14,000 Gls on leave in Biloxi... 709 00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:24,872 ..and only 12 Catholic girls, all handcuffed to nuns. 710 00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:26,956 Why don't you come with us? 711 00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:30,874 This isn't your first time, is it? 712 00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,798 I mean, you've done it before, right? 713 00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:37,071 Yeah, sure. Are you kidding? Five or six times. 714 00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:40,869 Well, if you did it before,... 715 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:43,355 ..why are you doing it again? 716 00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:46,950 What do you mean? You're kidding me, right? 717 00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:50,231 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm kiddin'. I'm kiddin'. 718 00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:52,351 Couldn't you tell? 719 00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:31,560 Looks like a bad day to fall in love. 720 00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:45,840 Let's get some ice cream before we go to the place. 721 00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:47,916 All right. 722 00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:50,636 (wolf-whistling) 723 00:49:56,760 --> 00:50:00,196 - They're not bad. - If you wait your turn, you'll be too old. 724 00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:02,436 - You comin'? - Yeah, we're comin'. Right? 725 00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:04,630 Hey, you bet. Let me at 'em! 726 00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:06,512 (laughing) 727 00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:12,993 - This is it. Peachtree Street. - Kind of a crummy neighbourhood. 728 00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:16,112 She ain't sellin' stocks and bonds. I don't believe this guy. 729 00:50:16,240 --> 00:50:19,038 Gene, can you lend me ten bucks in case I wanna go twice? 730 00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:21,355 Twi... You mean she charges every time... 731 00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:23,596 Yeah, she has a cash register on her bed. 732 00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:27,269 - Will you come on? - How does she know you had one? 733 00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:32,520 Your eyes spin around and when they stop on two pineapples, you had one! 734 00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:38,591 21. This is it. 735 00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:53,913 - Looks like a place that sells radio parts. - What did we bring this guy for? 736 00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:56,429 - Let's toss for who goes first. - I go first. 737 00:50:56,560 --> 00:51:00,838 Yeah, I meant the rest of us will toss. Naturally you go first. 738 00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:06,156 A half an hour he's been in there! 739 00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:09,158 If he doesn't hurry up, I'm gonna pass my peak. 740 00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:12,113 Hey, what if she's ugly? I mean, really ugly? 741 00:51:12,240 --> 00:51:14,390 Close your eyes and think of a cheerleader. 742 00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:18,069 I don't wanna close my eyes. That's the same as doing it to yourself. 743 00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:21,988 Not if you're feelin' someone underneath you, or on top of you. 744 00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:25,669 On top of me? Who would be on top of me? 745 00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:27,995 She would. She could be anywhere. 746 00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:31,271 Under a table, on a chair or an ironing board. 747 00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:33,118 On an ironing board? 748 00:51:33,240 --> 00:51:36,471 What kind of a girl is this? I thought we were going to a regular place. 749 00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:38,556 Don't you know anything? 750 00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:43,553 Maybe not in actual experience, but I have all the information I need. 751 00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:47,912 You don't know shit, Jerome. Do you know how many positions there are? 752 00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:52,955 - American or worldwide? - (laughs) This guy is a riot! 753 00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:56,356 For five bucks, how many positions are there? 754 00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:58,755 - Lemme think. - You want me to tell you? 755 00:51:58,880 --> 00:52:02,190 - No. - There are 17 acceptable positions. 756 00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:05,835 Acceptable? What is there, an Olympic committee that votes on positions? 757 00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:08,155 I can't believe this guy is from New York. 758 00:52:08,280 --> 00:52:11,317 Besides, you're wrong. There's 52 positions. 759 00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:14,910 52?! You're crazy! Where did you ever get that from? 760 00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:17,600 I saw a dirty deck of cards once. 761 00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:20,755 This jerk is worse than Epstein. 762 00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:24,236 - You owe me five bucks. - Hey, listen, twerp,... 763 00:52:24,360 --> 00:52:26,669 ..you're lucky if you do one position. 764 00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:28,995 I'm not doing anything on an ironing board. 765 00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:32,078 Why not? You'll get your shirt pressed for free. 766 00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:34,995 Well? Tell us. Tell us! 767 00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:37,475 She wants to see me again after the war. 768 00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:41,238 (Selridge laughs) 769 00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:43,954 See you fellas at the USO. 770 00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:47,672 OK, whose turn is it? 771 00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:51,236 You go ahead. I just had lunch. I don't wanna get cramps. 772 00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:53,032 Yeah. 773 00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:56,311 I'll try and leave a little somethin' for you guys. 774 00:52:57,640 --> 00:52:59,596 Hey, how you doin'? 775 00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:15,596 If you're nervous about this, we don't have to do this. There's that dance at the USO. 776 00:53:15,720 --> 00:53:20,077 Oh, no, I wanna do it. I don't mean I wanna do it. I think I should do it. 777 00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:22,236 I mean, eventually I have to do it, right? 778 00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:24,316 Well, yeah, eventually. 779 00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:29,190 Look, why don't we go to the dance? We can always come back later. 780 00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:32,073 Yeah. We could always come back later. 781 00:53:40,520 --> 00:53:44,399 - Don't tell the guys I didn't do it. - They'll know. They'll see it on your face. 782 00:53:44,520 --> 00:53:47,239 No, they won't. I'm a good actor. I can act like I did it. 783 00:53:47,360 --> 00:53:49,316 Come on, let's just go. 784 00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:53,352 My cap. Shit! I left my cap upstairs. 785 00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:55,436 Well, go get it. 786 00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:01,153 - You're through already? That was fast. - (chuckles) 787 00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:04,829 I never even made it to the bed. I knew I hit my peak too soon. 788 00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:17,189 You the only one left, honey? 789 00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:19,993 What? Oh, yeah, I guess I am. 790 00:54:20,680 --> 00:54:24,832 Well, let's get goin', sugar. I got some navy boys comin' at two. 791 00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:33,356 very pleased to meet you. 792 00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:51,676 Hey, come on, kid. I ain't got all day. 793 00:54:59,720 --> 00:55:02,393 - It's chilly in here, isn't it? - Yeah(!) 794 00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:04,670 About 96 degrees! 795 00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:10,709 Keep your shorts on if you want, but I've a rule against wearin' army shoes to bed. 796 00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:12,273 Oh. 797 00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:14,709 I was just about to take them off. 798 00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:17,195 I always take them off. 799 00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:19,880 You don't mind a little perfume, do ya, honey? 800 00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:25,313 There was a boy this mornin' with a gallon of Aqua velva. Nearly drove me crazy. 801 00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:28,238 Oh, that's OK. You could even spray some on me. 802 00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:36,950 Gee, that smells good. 803 00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:41,756 If you'd like a bottle for your girlfriend, I sell 'em $ 5 apiece. 804 00:55:41,880 --> 00:55:45,156 - You sell perfume, too? - I sell hard-to-get items. 805 00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:47,748 Silk stockings, black panties. 806 00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:51,031 - You interested? - Do you carry men's clothing? 807 00:55:52,720 --> 00:55:55,473 Oh, that's cute. You're cute, honey. 808 00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:59,712 Is this your first time? 809 00:55:59,840 --> 00:56:01,831 My first time? 810 00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:04,235 Are you kidding? That's funny. 811 00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:06,157 No. 812 00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:08,794 It's my second time. 813 00:56:08,920 --> 00:56:11,150 First time they were closed. 814 00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:14,272 You don't smoke cigarettes either, do ya? 815 00:56:14,400 --> 00:56:18,359 - How d'you know that? - Looked like your face was on fire. 816 00:56:18,480 --> 00:56:22,029 You wanna look older, why don't you try a moustache? 817 00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:26,233 - What's your name? - Rowena. What's yours? 818 00:56:26,360 --> 00:56:28,316 - It's Eug... - Eug? 819 00:56:28,440 --> 00:56:30,271 It's a huge name. 820 00:56:30,400 --> 00:56:32,994 It's Jack Bobby Lou Mulgreevy. 821 00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:36,032 - Where you from, Bobby Lou? - Texarkana. 822 00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:38,913 - Is that right? - (drawls) Yes, ma'am. 823 00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:41,634 Is that Texas or Arkansas? 824 00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:44,672 - Arkansas, I think. - You think? 825 00:56:44,800 --> 00:56:48,349 Well, we left there when I was two and moved to Georgia. 826 00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:50,835 Really? You a Cracker? 827 00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:54,191 - What's a Cracker? - Someone from Georgia. 828 00:56:54,320 --> 00:56:56,595 Oh, yeah, I'm a Cracker. 829 00:56:56,720 --> 00:56:58,676 Whole family's crackers. 830 00:56:59,720 --> 00:57:02,280 - Were you born in Biloxi? - No. Gulfport. 831 00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:04,675 I still live there with my husband. 832 00:57:05,480 --> 00:57:07,835 Your husband! You're married? 833 00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:11,589 - God, he'll kill me if he finds me here. - No, he won't. 834 00:57:11,720 --> 00:57:15,474 - Does he know that you're a... - Why, sure he does. That's how we met. 835 00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:17,352 He's in the Coast Guard. 836 00:57:17,480 --> 00:57:20,119 He was one of my best customers. He still is. 837 00:57:21,280 --> 00:57:23,430 You mean you charge your own husband? 838 00:57:23,560 --> 00:57:26,120 I mean he's my best lover. 839 00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:32,440 You gonna do it from there, cowboy, cos I'll have to make some adjustments. 840 00:57:32,560 --> 00:57:36,633 - I was just waiting for you to get ready. - I'm always ready, sugar. 841 00:57:38,160 --> 00:57:40,754 You wanna pull down the window shade? 842 00:57:40,880 --> 00:57:42,632 Sure. 843 00:57:57,440 --> 00:58:00,113 You scared, honey, first time an' all? 844 00:58:00,240 --> 00:58:03,630 - A little, I guess. - Don't fret about it. 845 00:58:03,760 --> 00:58:07,673 When it's a boy's first time it makes it feel like it's my first time. 846 00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:17,755 D'you like the left side or the right? 847 00:58:17,880 --> 00:58:21,316 If we do it right, hon, we're gonna use both sides. 848 00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:22,998 You come to Mama now. 849 00:58:25,360 --> 00:58:28,432 Would it be OK if we didn't use the word "Mama"? 850 00:58:28,560 --> 00:58:31,950 It makes me think of my mother and that sort of kills it, you know? 851 00:58:32,080 --> 00:58:33,832 Sure. 852 00:58:39,240 --> 00:58:41,151 That's a boy. 853 00:58:41,280 --> 00:58:43,236 There, now. 854 00:58:44,640 --> 00:58:46,596 Come on. 855 00:58:48,320 --> 00:58:52,154 OK, honey, do your stuff. 856 00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:54,157 What stuff is that? 857 00:58:54,280 --> 00:58:58,319 Whatever you like to do. Didn't anyone ever teach you anything? 858 00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:03,150 Well, my brother showed me a few things. You look a lot different from my brother. 859 00:59:03,280 --> 00:59:05,316 Oh, you're sweet. 860 00:59:05,440 --> 00:59:07,954 I went to high school with a boy like you. 861 00:59:08,080 --> 00:59:10,116 Had the biggest damn crush on him. 862 00:59:11,480 --> 00:59:14,040 Listen, don't be offended,... 863 00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:17,311 ..but this doesn't have to be the greatest experience of my life. 864 00:59:17,440 --> 00:59:19,908 I really just wanted to get it over with. 865 00:59:20,040 --> 00:59:23,555 Well, you just let Rowena take care of everything, honey. 866 00:59:23,680 --> 00:59:27,639 All you gotta do is put your arms around me. Come on. 867 00:59:29,320 --> 00:59:31,276 That's it. 868 00:59:36,200 --> 00:59:40,079 There, now, you're doin' fine. 869 00:59:40,200 --> 00:59:42,589 - You got your knee on my stomach. - I'm sorry. 870 00:59:42,720 --> 00:59:44,915 Let's get those shorts off. 871 00:59:45,040 --> 00:59:48,237 That's better. Now, isn't that better? 872 00:59:48,360 --> 00:59:50,999 Oh. Oh, God! 873 00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:52,712 Oh! 874 00:59:52,840 --> 00:59:53,909 Oh, God! 875 00:59:54,040 --> 00:59:56,395 Relax, hon. Nothin' to it, sugar. 876 00:59:56,520 --> 00:59:59,273 You're not breathin'. Breathe! 877 00:59:59,400 --> 01:00:01,311 My nose is running. 878 01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:03,271 No, I'm OK. 879 01:00:03,400 --> 01:00:05,834 Don't stop, baby, you're gettin' there. 880 01:00:05,960 --> 01:00:07,313 Oh. 881 01:00:07,440 --> 01:00:09,032 Oh, jeez. 882 01:00:09,160 --> 01:00:10,798 Oh, my God! 883 01:00:10,920 --> 01:00:13,070 Oh. Oh... 884 01:00:14,920 --> 01:00:17,480 You did it, babe! 885 01:00:17,600 --> 01:00:19,875 I did it. I did it. 886 01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:20,876 (# jazz tune) 887 01:00:28,200 --> 01:00:30,760 - Not too close, please. - Oh, forgive me. 888 01:00:34,120 --> 01:00:38,955 - You girls always wear white gloves? - It's proper attire for a lady at a dance. 889 01:00:39,080 --> 01:00:42,072 In the old days a man would hold a handkerchief in his hand... 890 01:00:42,200 --> 01:00:44,634 ..so as not to touch the bare back of his partner. 891 01:00:44,760 --> 01:00:47,718 No kiddin'? Next time I'll come here in a tank. 892 01:00:52,240 --> 01:00:55,312 You can't get near these girls unless you're a priest. 893 01:00:55,440 --> 01:00:56,998 Aw, who wants to? 894 01:00:57,120 --> 01:01:00,271 - Nothin' better than what we had. Right? - Right, yeah. 895 01:01:00,400 --> 01:01:03,358 That Rowena's a real roller coaster, ain't she? 896 01:01:05,840 --> 01:01:07,432 Hey, there. 897 01:01:07,560 --> 01:01:09,516 (clicks tongue) 898 01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:13,029 - Hey. Hi, guys, what's cookin'? - How'd it go? 899 01:01:13,160 --> 01:01:16,357 How'd it go? It was fine as wine. Sorta chatty, know what I mean? 900 01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:19,040 Chatty? First time in the sack with a pro was chatty? 901 01:01:19,160 --> 01:01:21,879 Real smooth. Second time was swing, swing, swing. 902 01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:25,959 - Second time? You paid twice? - No, it was a freebie. On the house. 903 01:01:26,080 --> 01:01:30,915 - Why would she give you a free one? - Maybe I was her one millionth customer. 904 01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:32,996 Think I'll look around. 905 01:01:35,240 --> 01:01:36,992 Bullshit artist. 906 01:01:37,120 --> 01:01:39,076 Let's get outta here. 907 01:01:48,760 --> 01:01:50,716 (# jazz tune ends) 908 01:01:54,720 --> 01:01:56,676 (# slow tune starts) 909 01:01:57,640 --> 01:01:59,596 Would you care to dance? 910 01:02:01,240 --> 01:02:04,516 - What? - I said would you care to dance? 911 01:02:05,080 --> 01:02:07,799 Oh. I don't dance very well. 912 01:02:07,920 --> 01:02:11,674 - I bet you do. - No, I swear. I never dance. 913 01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:15,634 - Then why did you come to a dance? - It's a good question. 914 01:02:15,760 --> 01:02:17,751 I like to listen to music... 915 01:02:17,880 --> 01:02:22,158 ..and I was hoping that I'd meet somebody I could talk to. I like to talk. 916 01:02:23,080 --> 01:02:25,310 Well, we could talk while we dance. 917 01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:29,550 OK. Sure. 918 01:02:32,680 --> 01:02:34,636 Watch your toes. 919 01:02:39,720 --> 01:02:41,676 Well, you're doin' fine. 920 01:02:43,000 --> 01:02:45,594 - Are you countin'? - A little. 921 01:02:45,720 --> 01:02:47,836 I can see your lips movin'. 922 01:02:47,960 --> 01:02:50,713 My lips don't move, my feet don't move. 923 01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:55,919 - Is that perfume you're wearin'? - Perfume? 924 01:02:57,240 --> 01:02:59,276 It's ladies' perfume. 925 01:02:59,400 --> 01:03:02,312 I smelt it before. Two of the other soldiers had it on. 926 01:03:02,440 --> 01:03:06,228 Oh, yeah. It's... it's for my mother. 927 01:03:06,360 --> 01:03:09,113 The lady on the counter sprayed it on me. 928 01:03:10,160 --> 01:03:12,230 Do you think it's too strong? 929 01:03:12,360 --> 01:03:16,478 Well, yours is a little different. Yours has a little Aqua velva in it. 930 01:03:16,600 --> 01:03:19,160 Well, that's me underneath. 931 01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:22,909 - What's your name? - Eugene Morris Jerome. 932 01:03:23,040 --> 01:03:26,032 If you want the short version, it's Eugene. 933 01:03:26,160 --> 01:03:29,675 - What's your name? - Daisy. Daisy Hannigan. 934 01:03:29,800 --> 01:03:33,554 Dai... No kiddin'? That's a beautiful name. 935 01:03:34,400 --> 01:03:37,073 Daisy is my favourite character in literature. 936 01:03:37,200 --> 01:03:40,476 - Daisy Miller or Daisy Buchanan? - Buchanan. 937 01:03:40,600 --> 01:03:44,229 The Great Gatsby is one of my all-time favourite books. 938 01:03:44,360 --> 01:03:48,512 - I've never read Daisy Miller. Is it good? - Oh, it's wonderful. 939 01:03:48,640 --> 01:03:52,633 You look surprised. We do read in the South, you know. 940 01:03:52,760 --> 01:03:54,830 I know. 941 01:03:54,960 --> 01:03:57,713 - You have a funny look on your face. - I do? 942 01:03:57,840 --> 01:03:59,432 Uh-huh. 943 01:03:59,560 --> 01:04:01,835 It's like a birthday look. 944 01:04:01,960 --> 01:04:04,520 - Today isn't your birthday, is it? - No. 945 01:04:05,720 --> 01:04:08,712 Something special happened to you today, am I right? 946 01:04:08,840 --> 01:04:10,398 Yeah. 947 01:04:10,520 --> 01:04:13,876 - Can you tell me about it? - I don't think so. 948 01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:19,355 - I might put it in my memoirs, though. - Oh. 949 01:04:19,480 --> 01:04:23,439 - Do you keep a journal every day? - Yes. Since I was 14. 950 01:04:23,560 --> 01:04:26,233 I write down everything that happens to me. 951 01:04:26,360 --> 01:04:30,319 - Do you like writin'? - Yeah. It's what I hope to be one day. 952 01:04:32,480 --> 01:04:34,755 Will you write about dancin' with me tonight? 953 01:04:34,880 --> 01:04:37,348 Yeah, probably. 954 01:04:37,480 --> 01:04:42,838 Great. Then if you ever become a famous writer, I'll be immortalised! 955 01:04:43,840 --> 01:04:46,400 (# "How High the Moon" by Pat Suzuki) 956 01:04:55,920 --> 01:05:03,508 # Somewhere there's music 957 01:05:03,640 --> 01:05:10,876 # How faint the tune 958 01:05:12,240 --> 01:05:18,873 # Somewhere there's heaven 959 01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:26,350 # How high the moon 960 01:05:27,640 --> 01:05:32,430 # There is no moon above 961 01:05:33,200 --> 01:05:42,472 # When love is far away, too 962 01:05:42,600 --> 01:05:49,073 # Till it comes true 963 01:05:49,200 --> 01:05:53,671 # That you love me 964 01:05:53,800 --> 01:05:57,156 # As I love you 965 01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:04,155 # Somewhere there's music 966 01:06:05,320 --> 01:06:11,793 # lt's where you are... 967 01:06:11,920 --> 01:06:14,229 The sisters are lookin' at me. 968 01:06:14,360 --> 01:06:17,591 We're not allowed to spend too much time with one boy. 969 01:06:17,720 --> 01:06:22,111 The song isn't over yet. I'm entitled to one song, right? 970 01:06:22,240 --> 01:06:25,596 Can l... You want me to get you a Coke or something? 971 01:06:27,040 --> 01:06:29,156 It's way on the other side of the room. 972 01:06:29,280 --> 01:06:31,475 The song would be over when you got back. 973 01:06:31,600 --> 01:06:34,558 Yeah. Let the next guy get you a Coke. 974 01:06:36,600 --> 01:06:40,479 - Do you live in Biloxi? - No. We go to school in Gulfport. 975 01:06:40,600 --> 01:06:44,639 Gulfport, really? No kidding? I know a girl from Gulfport. 976 01:06:44,760 --> 01:06:47,558 Really? Who is she? Maybe I know her. 977 01:06:47,680 --> 01:06:50,148 Oh, no, I don't think so. 978 01:06:50,280 --> 01:06:52,635 She's in the clothing business. 979 01:06:54,720 --> 01:06:57,075 Well, I really have to go. 980 01:06:58,280 --> 01:07:00,840 It was very nice meetin' you, Eugene. 981 01:07:03,160 --> 01:07:05,754 Are you gonna be back here next weekend? 982 01:07:05,880 --> 01:07:08,792 No, we only come in once a month. 983 01:07:08,920 --> 01:07:11,480 Maybe I could come out to Gulfport. 984 01:07:12,400 --> 01:07:15,358 Well, we're really not allowed to make dates. 985 01:07:15,480 --> 01:07:19,598 Well, it wouldn't be a date if I was just to bump into you, would it? 986 01:07:19,720 --> 01:07:22,473 Well, it would be if I went to confession. 987 01:07:23,800 --> 01:07:28,476 Especially if I told you I went to St Mary's on Piermont Street. 988 01:07:28,600 --> 01:07:30,955 - Goodbye, Eugene. - Goodbye, Daisy. 989 01:07:32,360 --> 01:07:37,309 Eugene, you didn't say one wrong thing in that whole conversation. 990 01:07:48,200 --> 01:07:49,952 Ever have one of those perfect days? 991 01:08:16,880 --> 01:08:20,429 I can't believe what this creep's been writin' about us. 992 01:08:21,320 --> 01:08:23,276 Listen to this. 993 01:08:24,360 --> 01:08:27,477 "No matter how lunatic I think Sergeant Toomey is,... 994 01:08:27,600 --> 01:08:29,750 ..each day he goes a little further." 995 01:08:29,880 --> 01:08:35,716 "Yesterday he made Epstein unscrew the top of this head and take his brains out." 996 01:08:35,840 --> 01:08:38,832 I fooled him. I only took out my mucous membranes. 997 01:08:39,760 --> 01:08:41,716 Hubba, hubba! 998 01:08:43,320 --> 01:08:45,550 What a weekend. What did you guys do? 999 01:08:45,680 --> 01:08:50,117 - Hennesey, listen. You're in this, too. - Yeah, what is it? 1000 01:08:50,240 --> 01:08:53,596 "The Secret and Private Memoirs of Eugene M Jerome." 1001 01:08:55,600 --> 01:08:56,953 He let you read that? 1002 01:08:57,080 --> 01:08:59,878 No. We'll ask him if it's all right when we get through. 1003 01:09:00,000 --> 01:09:02,514 When we get through! 1004 01:09:02,640 --> 01:09:05,029 You have no right. It's like opening his mail. 1005 01:09:05,160 --> 01:09:10,439 Bullshit! It's private things about all of us. It's public domain like in the newspapers. 1006 01:09:10,560 --> 01:09:14,678 Newspapers are published. Unpublished memoirs are the writer's sole property. 1007 01:09:14,800 --> 01:09:19,032 You know, I thought all Jews were doctors. I didn't know they were lawyers, too. 1008 01:09:19,160 --> 01:09:21,913 - I'm not a Jew any more, Wykowski. - What do you mean? 1009 01:09:22,040 --> 01:09:24,600 I converted to Catholicism yesterday. 1010 01:09:24,720 --> 01:09:27,234 In six weeks I hope to become a priest. 1011 01:09:27,360 --> 01:09:31,478 And my first act of service to the Holy Father is to have you excommunicated,... 1012 01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:33,556 ..so get off my ass. 1013 01:09:34,920 --> 01:09:37,832 That's good. That's funny. He got you that time, 'Kowski. 1014 01:09:37,960 --> 01:09:39,757 Shut up! 1015 01:09:39,880 --> 01:09:42,553 I thought you were Eugene's friend, Epstein. 1016 01:09:42,680 --> 01:09:47,071 He left his locker open. Why'd he leave something so private in an open locker? 1017 01:09:47,200 --> 01:09:50,715 It has no logic to it. I have no interest in illogical things. 1018 01:09:50,840 --> 01:09:54,310 Well, you tell Gene I had nothin' to do with this, you hear? 1019 01:09:54,440 --> 01:09:56,396 Go on, keep readin'. 1020 01:09:57,520 --> 01:10:02,071 "One night a sudden scream from Selridge calling out the name Louise." 1021 01:10:02,200 --> 01:10:04,839 "Is Louise his girlfriend or his mother?" 1022 01:10:04,960 --> 01:10:08,316 - He's full of crap! - Yeah, well, who's Louise? 1023 01:10:08,440 --> 01:10:12,513 My mother. But he's full of it. I never called my mother Louise. 1024 01:10:12,640 --> 01:10:14,676 Poor baby wants his mother. 1025 01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:16,756 Hey, it's him. 1026 01:10:20,840 --> 01:10:23,593 Two in one day. Two in one day. Can you believe it? 1027 01:10:23,720 --> 01:10:26,154 - Two what? - Two fantasies came true. 1028 01:10:26,280 --> 01:10:29,397 - I lost my virginity and I fell in love. - With Rowena? 1029 01:10:29,520 --> 01:10:31,636 I can't wait for her to meet your parents. 1030 01:10:31,760 --> 01:10:34,593 Her name is Daisy. Daisy Hannigan. 1031 01:10:34,720 --> 01:10:37,678 Every time I say it I get tiny little heart attacks. 1032 01:10:37,800 --> 01:10:41,998 Not enough to kill ya. Just enough to keep you from walking straight. 1033 01:10:44,960 --> 01:10:46,712 Hey. 1034 01:10:47,520 --> 01:10:51,069 - Anybody seen my notebook? - What notebook is that? 1035 01:10:53,360 --> 01:10:55,715 The one I'm always writing in. 1036 01:10:57,120 --> 01:10:59,076 Arnold, have you seen it? 1037 01:11:00,320 --> 01:11:02,880 Why did you leave your locker open? 1038 01:11:03,920 --> 01:11:07,151 Because I lost the key down the shower drain. 1039 01:11:07,280 --> 01:11:10,670 There was nothing valuable in there except my notebook. 1040 01:11:10,800 --> 01:11:12,916 I thought I could trust the guys here. 1041 01:11:13,040 --> 01:11:16,476 Hey, that's funny, Jerome, cos we thought we could trust you, too. 1042 01:11:16,600 --> 01:11:18,556 What does that mean? 1043 01:11:21,440 --> 01:11:23,476 "One night a scream from Selridge... 1044 01:11:23,600 --> 01:11:25,670 - Hey! Gimme that! - ..calling out Louise!" 1045 01:11:25,800 --> 01:11:28,837 - "Is Louise his girlfriend or mother?" - You have no right! 1046 01:11:28,960 --> 01:11:32,316 Yeah? And you got no business writing down my dreams. 1047 01:11:32,440 --> 01:11:36,194 - Give it back. Nobody is interested. - Not even in what he thinks about you? 1048 01:11:36,320 --> 01:11:40,518 - Give it to me! - You want an arm broken, it's up to you. 1049 01:11:40,640 --> 01:11:44,394 - 'Kowski, please don't read that. - If it gets boring, I'll stop. 1050 01:11:44,520 --> 01:11:48,593 "I can't make Don Carney out yet. Basically he's OK and I like him." 1051 01:11:50,680 --> 01:11:53,513 "But there's something about him you can't count on,... 1052 01:11:53,640 --> 01:11:58,191 ..and if I was ever in real trouble Don Carney's the last one I'd turn to." 1053 01:12:00,680 --> 01:12:05,037 Well... Iet's just hope you don't have to count on me. 1054 01:12:05,160 --> 01:12:07,071 It doesn't mean anything. 1055 01:12:07,200 --> 01:12:10,158 - I get a thought and I write it down. - Let him go, Selridge. 1056 01:12:10,280 --> 01:12:12,840 Wanna take his place? I don't care whose arm I break. 1057 01:12:12,960 --> 01:12:16,396 OK, you ready for the best part? Here's the best part. 1058 01:12:16,520 --> 01:12:18,476 "Wykowski is pure animal." 1059 01:12:19,360 --> 01:12:23,035 "He masturbates in bed four or five times a night." 1060 01:12:23,160 --> 01:12:26,994 "He has no shame about it and his capacities are enormous." 1061 01:12:27,120 --> 01:12:30,237 "sometimes when he has a discharge he announces it to the room: 1062 01:12:30,360 --> 01:12:33,750 "Number five torpedo fired, loading number six."' 1063 01:12:33,880 --> 01:12:36,838 Hey, Epstein, can I sue him for defamation of... 1064 01:12:37,440 --> 01:12:38,998 - What is it? - Character? 1065 01:12:39,120 --> 01:12:43,193 Only if his intent is to prove malice, and in your case it's not possible. 1066 01:12:43,320 --> 01:12:45,276 - Read more. - Where was l? 1067 01:12:45,400 --> 01:12:48,153 You just fired number five. 1068 01:12:48,280 --> 01:12:51,750 "Despite Wykowski's lack of culture, sensitivity... 1069 01:12:51,880 --> 01:12:54,758 ..or the pursuit of anything minutely intellectual,... 1070 01:12:54,880 --> 01:13:00,557 ..his greatest strength is his earnest belief that he belongs on the battlefield." 1071 01:13:00,680 --> 01:13:03,433 "He is clearly the best soldier in the pl... 1072 01:13:05,000 --> 01:13:07,434 ..in the platoon, dependable under pressure." 1073 01:13:07,560 --> 01:13:12,509 "It wouldn't surprise me if Wykowski came out of the war with the Medal of Honor." 1074 01:13:14,080 --> 01:13:16,150 You really mean that, Jerome? 1075 01:13:16,280 --> 01:13:18,510 I told you, I don't mean any of it. 1076 01:13:18,640 --> 01:13:21,837 Right now I would describe you in three words: a yellow bastard! 1077 01:13:21,960 --> 01:13:26,988 Yeah, well, they don't give the Medal of Honor to yellow bastards. Let him go, Sel. 1078 01:13:33,120 --> 01:13:36,476 What do you write this down for? You'll make a lotta guys unhappy. 1079 01:13:36,600 --> 01:13:39,433 What I write in my book is my business. Give it to me. 1080 01:13:39,560 --> 01:13:42,358 Don't I get to hear my life story? 1081 01:13:42,480 --> 01:13:44,948 Arnold, I beg you! 1082 01:13:45,080 --> 01:13:46,957 Don't read that! 1083 01:13:47,080 --> 01:13:49,514 They're my private thoughts! 1084 01:13:49,640 --> 01:13:53,189 - If you take them, you steal from me. - I gather it's unflattering. 1085 01:13:53,320 --> 01:13:57,598 Don't you know me by now, Gene? I can't be unflattered. I'm past it. 1086 01:13:57,720 --> 01:14:00,712 However, if you don't want me to read it, I won't read it. 1087 01:14:00,840 --> 01:14:05,516 But I don't think we'll be able to be truly honest with each other from now on. 1088 01:14:10,680 --> 01:14:13,240 Put it back when you're through. 1089 01:14:14,720 --> 01:14:16,676 (clears throat) 1090 01:14:17,600 --> 01:14:19,556 Well, don't we get to hear it? 1091 01:14:28,880 --> 01:14:34,318 "Arnold Epstein's constant pursuit of truth, logic and reason fascinates me... 1092 01:14:34,440 --> 01:14:37,796 ..in the same proportion as his obstinacy and unnecessary heroics... 1093 01:14:37,920 --> 01:14:39,876 ..drive me to distraction." 1094 01:14:41,240 --> 01:14:44,789 "But I love him for it, in the same manner that I love Joe DiMaggio... 1095 01:14:44,920 --> 01:14:48,959 ..for making the gesture of catching a long fly ball to centre." 1096 01:14:49,080 --> 01:14:53,073 "seemed like the last miracle performed by God in modern times." 1097 01:14:54,280 --> 01:14:57,636 "But often I hold back showing my love and affection for Arnold... 1098 01:14:57,760 --> 01:15:00,672 ..because I think he might misinterpret it." 1099 01:15:00,800 --> 01:15:04,952 "It just happens to be my instinctive feeling that Arnold... 1100 01:15:07,120 --> 01:15:09,076 ..is... 1101 01:15:10,280 --> 01:15:12,236 ..homosexual,... 1102 01:15:12,360 --> 01:15:15,113 ..and it bothers me that it bothers me." 1103 01:15:22,080 --> 01:15:24,036 (bugle sounds the retreat) 1104 01:15:30,960 --> 01:15:33,872 Do you see why I find life so interesting? 1105 01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:39,154 Because here is a man who in three weeks has come to the brilliant conclusion... 1106 01:15:39,280 --> 01:15:42,556 ..that a cretin like Wykowski is going to win the Medal of Honor... 1107 01:15:42,680 --> 01:15:46,434 ..and that his most esteemed and dearest friend is a fairy. 1108 01:15:48,280 --> 01:15:50,236 (Toomey) Lights out! 1109 01:16:13,800 --> 01:16:18,749 It is my opinion that no one here gets a wink of sleep tonight. Good night, fellas. 1110 01:16:43,480 --> 01:16:48,031 The weekends I spent with Daisy made the weeks in the army even more unbearable. 1111 01:16:49,520 --> 01:16:51,909 I knew this romance wouldn"t survive the war... 1112 01:16:52,040 --> 01:16:55,555 ..or the differences in our backgrounds or our futures,... 1113 01:16:55,680 --> 01:16:58,433 ..but I didn"t let Daisy know I felt that way. 1114 01:17:02,160 --> 01:17:06,711 I wanted every hour we spent together to be perfect, and it was,... 1115 01:17:06,840 --> 01:17:09,400 ..because I think she knew it, too. 1116 01:17:41,760 --> 01:17:44,593 Who the hell turned this light out? 1117 01:17:44,720 --> 01:17:46,676 - Oh, Christ! - Who's there? 1118 01:17:51,560 --> 01:17:54,074 Goddammit, Lindstrom! 1119 01:17:54,200 --> 01:17:59,479 Why didn't you tell the army what you were, save the trouble of a court martial? 1120 01:17:59,600 --> 01:18:02,114 The other soldier with Lindstrom... 1121 01:18:02,240 --> 01:18:05,391 ..flew out that window with the dexterity of a paratrooper. 1122 01:18:05,520 --> 01:18:10,640 He was seen but not identified entering our latrine window a few minutes later. 1123 01:18:10,760 --> 01:18:15,515 Unlike the missing $ 62, this time it wasn't me. 1124 01:18:17,840 --> 01:18:20,593 So... who the hell was it? 1125 01:18:23,200 --> 01:18:26,476 Private Lindstrom, a nervous young man,... 1126 01:18:26,600 --> 01:18:30,593 ..will surely crack under the strain of interrogation. 1127 01:18:30,720 --> 01:18:35,635 Therefore, if the guilty party in this room wishes to admit his indiscretion,... 1128 01:18:35,760 --> 01:18:39,116 ..he will not only lessen his sentence in Leavenworth Prison,... 1129 01:18:39,240 --> 01:18:42,835 ..but save this company what I promise will be pain and humiliation... 1130 01:18:42,960 --> 01:18:45,315 ..beyond the endurance of man. 1131 01:18:50,560 --> 01:18:56,271 I take it honour and integrity are traits not to be found anywhere in this company. 1132 01:18:56,400 --> 01:18:58,311 - Jerome? - Yes, Sergeant. 1133 01:18:58,440 --> 01:19:01,318 What would you do in my place? 1134 01:19:01,440 --> 01:19:04,352 I'm not in your place, Sergeant. 1135 01:19:04,480 --> 01:19:08,268 I know you write down everything you see in that book of yours. 1136 01:19:08,400 --> 01:19:11,949 Is there anything happened tonight that might be of interest to me? 1137 01:19:12,080 --> 01:19:13,752 I was asleep, Sergeant. 1138 01:19:13,880 --> 01:19:16,952 If you weren't, you wouldn't tell me anyway, would you? 1139 01:19:17,080 --> 01:19:19,514 No, I don't think I would. 1140 01:19:19,640 --> 01:19:23,189 Got me another Epstein on my hands, don't l? 1141 01:19:25,920 --> 01:19:29,674 OK, men, all base privileges are cancelled. 1142 01:19:30,760 --> 01:19:33,877 All weekend passes, likewise, cancelled. 1143 01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:36,958 The moral of this story is when you get real horny,... 1144 01:19:37,080 --> 01:19:40,834 ..do unto yourself what you would otherwise do unto others. 1145 01:19:42,840 --> 01:19:44,796 Dismissed. 1146 01:19:47,480 --> 01:19:49,755 - What we gonna do about this? - Don't say it. 1147 01:19:49,880 --> 01:19:52,440 Hey, I don't have to say it. 1148 01:19:52,560 --> 01:19:55,791 We all know who he's talkin' about. You even wrote it in your book. 1149 01:19:55,920 --> 01:19:58,957 Yeah. I also wrote down that you're an animal. 1150 01:19:59,080 --> 01:20:01,594 If I'm right, then you should be in the cavalry. 1151 01:20:01,720 --> 01:20:05,315 - Yeah? - Hey, this is none of our business. 1152 01:20:05,440 --> 01:20:08,193 Let's just let the army take care of this. 1153 01:20:20,200 --> 01:20:23,829 I'm sorry, Arnold. I swear to God I'm sorry I ever wrote it. 1154 01:20:24,720 --> 01:20:28,156 Actually, I'm enjoying it. Sounds like an Agatha Christie story: 1155 01:20:28,280 --> 01:20:30,236 Sodomy on the Orient Express. 1156 01:20:30,680 --> 01:20:35,151 Hey, Epstein, let's see if you'll be laughin' at Leavenworth. 1157 01:20:36,480 --> 01:20:38,630 And he calls me a cretin. 1158 01:20:38,760 --> 01:20:42,196 I don't see the big deal. A guy should be able to do what he wants,... 1159 01:20:42,320 --> 01:20:44,880 ..just as long as he doesn't do it to me. 1160 01:20:46,160 --> 01:20:47,912 That's a mistake, Gene. 1161 01:20:48,040 --> 01:20:52,989 Once you start compromising your thoughts you're a candidate for mediocrity. 1162 01:20:58,840 --> 01:21:02,799 There's nothing we can do about it tonight. Let's hit the sack. 1163 01:21:08,240 --> 01:21:12,631 I learnt a very important lesson that night.: people believe whatever they read. 1164 01:21:12,760 --> 01:21:15,957 Something magical happens once it's put down on paper. 1165 01:21:16,080 --> 01:21:20,073 They figure no one would go to the trouble of writing it down if it wasn"t the truth. 1166 01:21:20,200 --> 01:21:22,794 Responsibility was my new watchword. 1167 01:21:54,400 --> 01:21:56,277 Hey, MPs. 1168 01:21:56,400 --> 01:21:58,630 That Lindstrom guy must've talked. 1169 01:21:58,760 --> 01:22:01,752 Jesus, you mean they'll pull the guy out in front of everyone? 1170 01:22:01,880 --> 01:22:03,836 (whistle blows) 1171 01:22:40,680 --> 01:22:43,148 When the following soldier's name is called,... 1172 01:22:43,280 --> 01:22:48,195 ..he's requested to accompany the military police back to headquarters. 1173 01:22:48,320 --> 01:22:50,276 Hennesey, James J. 1174 01:22:52,160 --> 01:22:54,435 Wha... What's it about? 1175 01:22:58,520 --> 01:23:02,069 That's a matter for you to discuss with the authorities. 1176 01:23:02,760 --> 01:23:04,716 Come on, son. 1177 01:23:44,160 --> 01:23:48,790 Hennesey was the only guy in the platoon who stood up for both Epstein and me. 1178 01:23:48,920 --> 01:23:53,596 That fact didn't even occur to me until I saw him being driven off to prison. 1179 01:23:55,000 --> 01:23:56,274 (sounds the retreat) 1180 01:24:16,280 --> 01:24:17,918 Boy, it's hot. 1181 01:24:20,520 --> 01:24:22,875 Hey, come on. Let's go get a beer. 1182 01:24:30,960 --> 01:24:32,916 Arnold? 1183 01:24:36,800 --> 01:24:38,756 Don't you wanna go? 1184 01:24:40,320 --> 01:24:42,993 Why do you think I'm a homosexual? 1185 01:24:43,120 --> 01:24:44,997 I don't know. 1186 01:24:45,120 --> 01:24:48,669 Maybe it's because you never once talked about a girl. 1187 01:24:49,480 --> 01:24:54,349 I never talked about dogs, either. Does that make me a cocker spaniel? 1188 01:24:54,480 --> 01:24:57,313 I know. I'll never do it again. 1189 01:24:58,120 --> 01:24:59,997 (Toomey) Epstein? 1190 01:25:03,640 --> 01:25:05,596 Is it Epstein? 1191 01:25:07,080 --> 01:25:08,911 Or "Epsteen"? 1192 01:25:09,040 --> 01:25:11,600 - "Epsteen". - "Epsteen"? 1193 01:25:15,200 --> 01:25:18,670 I wonder if I may have a word with you in private, please? 1194 01:25:19,400 --> 01:25:21,914 Jesus. He's drunk as hell. 1195 01:25:22,400 --> 01:25:25,153 Did you hear what I said... Epstein? 1196 01:25:27,120 --> 01:25:31,432 Your insignificant presence is requested in my chambers. 1197 01:25:32,880 --> 01:25:35,952 - You OK, sarge? - Get outta here, Jerome,... 1198 01:25:36,080 --> 01:25:38,640 ..before I start hatin' you again. 1199 01:25:38,760 --> 01:25:42,594 If I kill the both of you, they can still only hang me once. 1200 01:25:43,600 --> 01:25:46,034 Let's go, Epstein. 1201 01:25:47,400 --> 01:25:50,437 We've got some bills to pay up, you and l. 1202 01:25:50,560 --> 01:25:52,755 You and me. 1203 01:25:52,880 --> 01:25:55,394 Move your ass, sonny! 1204 01:25:55,520 --> 01:25:59,593 - You don't wanna do this, sarge. - But I do. I really, really do. 1205 01:26:00,960 --> 01:26:03,428 - It's all right, Gene. - No, it isn't. 1206 01:26:03,560 --> 01:26:06,358 Unless you wanna write in your memoirs that you're dead,... 1207 01:26:06,480 --> 01:26:08,710 ..l'd move out if I were you, Gene, buddy. 1208 01:26:08,840 --> 01:26:10,990 Epstein, let's go, goddammit. 1209 01:26:11,120 --> 01:26:15,671 Don't do it, Arnold. He won't do anything as long as I'm a witness. 1210 01:26:17,840 --> 01:26:20,149 OK. Fine with me. 1211 01:26:20,280 --> 01:26:22,316 Epstein, go clean the latrine. 1212 01:26:31,320 --> 01:26:33,311 Into my room, Jerome. 1213 01:26:33,440 --> 01:26:36,398 You're now about to move up to the front lines. 1214 01:26:37,160 --> 01:26:38,513 Come on. 1215 01:26:55,600 --> 01:26:59,673 - Have a drink, Jerome. - I don't drink whiskey, Sergeant. 1216 01:26:59,800 --> 01:27:02,075 - You will tonight. - Why? 1217 01:27:02,200 --> 01:27:04,156 Because I say so. 1218 01:27:06,520 --> 01:27:08,272 OK. 1219 01:27:20,880 --> 01:27:22,996 I don't like you, Jerome. 1220 01:27:23,120 --> 01:27:25,350 I never did. Never will. 1221 01:27:25,480 --> 01:27:28,597 I won't even like you after the war. 1222 01:27:28,720 --> 01:27:31,075 Well, I probably won't come up all that often. 1223 01:27:31,200 --> 01:27:33,156 Probably won't. 1224 01:27:34,200 --> 01:27:36,156 Take a slug. 1225 01:27:43,440 --> 01:27:45,396 Tell me, Jerome,... 1226 01:27:46,920 --> 01:27:51,516 ..if a piss-drunk sergeant has a loaded .45 pointed at the head... 1227 01:27:51,640 --> 01:27:56,111 ..of a piece of dung that the piss-drunk sergeant hates and despises,... 1228 01:27:56,240 --> 01:27:58,549 ..how would you describe the situation? 1229 01:27:58,680 --> 01:28:01,069 Delicate. Extremely delicate. 1230 01:28:01,200 --> 01:28:02,155 Right. 1231 01:28:02,520 --> 01:28:07,833 He's going nuts! He's... he's... he's gonna kill him! I'm telling you! 1232 01:28:08,360 --> 01:28:14,515 I'll be honest with you, Jerome. It was my intention of gettin' Epstein in here,... 1233 01:28:15,280 --> 01:28:17,840 ..puttin' this pistol to his ear,... 1234 01:28:19,160 --> 01:28:23,711 ..blowin' a tunnel through his head, but you'll do just as well. 1235 01:28:23,840 --> 01:28:25,592 I'm sorry to hear that. 1236 01:28:25,720 --> 01:28:30,475 There's somethin' about you New York boys riles my ass. 1237 01:28:34,560 --> 01:28:39,111 - You don't appreciate the army, do you? - There are some things I like. 1238 01:28:39,240 --> 01:28:41,196 Such as? 1239 01:28:42,520 --> 01:28:45,956 Mail. I like getting my mail. 1240 01:28:47,120 --> 01:28:48,473 You shittin' me? 1241 01:28:48,600 --> 01:28:52,115 Piece of dung would never shit a piss-drunk sergeant with a loaded .45. 1242 01:28:52,240 --> 01:28:55,676 Don't test me, Jerome. I'll bury ya. 1243 01:29:07,960 --> 01:29:11,430 You know what the irony of this situation is, Jerome? 1244 01:29:11,560 --> 01:29:15,599 The irony is that despite the fact... 1245 01:29:15,720 --> 01:29:19,429 ..you hate every disciplined bone in my body,... 1246 01:29:19,560 --> 01:29:21,915 ..you're gonna miss me when I go. 1247 01:29:22,720 --> 01:29:25,075 Are you going somewhere, Sergeant? 1248 01:29:26,960 --> 01:29:28,632 Dickerson. 1249 01:29:29,200 --> 01:29:31,156 veterans hospital. 1250 01:29:32,720 --> 01:29:34,676 0700 tomorrow morning. 1251 01:29:36,480 --> 01:29:39,199 I know how much you boys are gonna miss me. 1252 01:29:39,320 --> 01:29:42,630 Don't make a fuss or anything. No gifts, you understand? 1253 01:29:43,520 --> 01:29:47,069 Well, the guys'll be disappointed, but I'll explain why. 1254 01:29:48,560 --> 01:29:51,120 Ingratitude. 1255 01:29:51,240 --> 01:29:55,597 The army is gonna replace my steel plate with sterling silver. 1256 01:29:55,720 --> 01:30:00,271 That means I'll be able to hawk my head in any pawnshop in this country. 1257 01:30:01,960 --> 01:30:03,757 That's a joke, Jerome. 1258 01:30:03,880 --> 01:30:06,075 I know. I love army humour. 1259 01:30:06,200 --> 01:30:08,270 How long will you be gone, Sergeant? 1260 01:30:08,400 --> 01:30:13,190 They don't send you back from a veterans hospital, boy. You become a veteran. 1261 01:30:13,320 --> 01:30:15,550 I'm tryin' to tell you... 1262 01:30:15,680 --> 01:30:19,798 ..my active career in the US Army has been terminated. 1263 01:30:19,920 --> 01:30:22,229 I'm finished. You understand? 1264 01:30:22,360 --> 01:30:25,352 Retired before 40. That's sad, isn't it? 1265 01:30:25,920 --> 01:30:29,196 - You find that sad, Jerome? - Yes, it is sad. 1266 01:30:32,040 --> 01:30:34,713 One night, from my room here,... 1267 01:30:34,840 --> 01:30:38,469 ..l heard that game you played with the men in the barracks. 1268 01:30:39,360 --> 01:30:43,717 How each man could have his own fantasy with only a week to live. 1269 01:30:44,800 --> 01:30:48,156 I wanna play that game, Jerome. Here's my five bucks. 1270 01:30:49,480 --> 01:30:52,153 You tell me if I win. 1271 01:30:52,280 --> 01:30:57,434 - You can't win, Sergeant. Game's over. - Not yet. Not till I've had my turn. 1272 01:30:57,560 --> 01:30:59,312 Right? 1273 01:31:02,000 --> 01:31:03,956 You know what I would do... 1274 01:31:05,080 --> 01:31:07,116 ..with my last week on earth? 1275 01:31:07,880 --> 01:31:12,749 I want to take one army misfit, dumb-ass, subhuman, useless son of a bitch... 1276 01:31:12,880 --> 01:31:14,836 ..and turn him... 1277 01:31:15,480 --> 01:31:19,837 ..into an obedient, disciplined soldier this army could be proud of. 1278 01:31:20,800 --> 01:31:24,509 I got two in this company - you and Epstein. 1279 01:31:26,440 --> 01:31:28,954 But Epstein's hopeless. 1280 01:31:29,080 --> 01:31:31,514 You're my last hope, Jerome. 1281 01:31:31,640 --> 01:31:34,438 You're gonna make my fantasy come true. 1282 01:31:34,560 --> 01:31:36,994 None of them came true. It was just a game. 1283 01:31:37,400 --> 01:31:40,153 Right. Except tonight's the real thing. 1284 01:31:41,400 --> 01:31:43,994 And I don't have a week to do it in. 1285 01:31:44,120 --> 01:31:46,554 We're gonna do it now, soldier. 1286 01:31:47,560 --> 01:31:51,235 - On your feet, dogface! - Sergeant, you're not in any condition... 1287 01:31:51,360 --> 01:31:53,316 On your feet! 1288 01:31:55,240 --> 01:31:57,196 Ten hut! 1289 01:32:05,280 --> 01:32:09,831 A crime has been committed in this room tonight, Jerome. 1290 01:32:10,960 --> 01:32:15,158 A noncommissioned officer has threatened the life of an enlisted man,... 1291 01:32:15,280 --> 01:32:18,238 ..brandishing a loaded weapon at him without provocation... 1292 01:32:18,360 --> 01:32:21,238 ..while under the influence of alcohol. 1293 01:32:21,640 --> 01:32:23,596 I am that officer, Jerome. 1294 01:32:23,720 --> 01:32:28,919 It is your unquestioned duty to report this incident to the proper authorities. 1295 01:32:30,080 --> 01:32:32,674 That's OK. I didn't mind. 1296 01:32:32,800 --> 01:32:35,519 As I'm piss-drunk and dangerous,... 1297 01:32:35,640 --> 01:32:39,030 ..it's also your duty to relieve me of my loaded weapon. 1298 01:32:40,480 --> 01:32:43,631 I could just leave and I would never talk about it. 1299 01:32:43,760 --> 01:32:46,320 Take my weapon, goddammit. 1300 01:32:46,440 --> 01:32:49,830 What do you mean "take it"? How am I supposed to take it? 1301 01:32:49,960 --> 01:32:54,476 Demand it, you weasel bastard. I'll blow your puny brains out. 1302 01:32:54,600 --> 01:32:56,556 OK. OK. Um... 1303 01:32:58,040 --> 01:33:00,474 - May I have your gun, Sergeant? - Pistol, turdhead! 1304 01:33:00,600 --> 01:33:03,068 May I have your pistol, Sergeant? 1305 01:33:03,200 --> 01:33:06,351 - Force it out of my hand. - Force it out of your hand? 1306 01:33:08,120 --> 01:33:11,271 - How am I supposed to force it out? - Grab my wrist, if you dare. 1307 01:33:11,400 --> 01:33:16,030 - I can't. You're stronger than I am. - Grab it or I'll shoot, goddamn you! 1308 01:33:31,000 --> 01:33:32,558 OK. 1309 01:33:32,680 --> 01:33:34,875 OK. Thank you. 1310 01:33:35,000 --> 01:33:38,151 Now, why don't you just... 1311 01:33:38,280 --> 01:33:41,033 ..try to get a good night's sleep? 1312 01:33:42,040 --> 01:33:45,237 To properly charge me, you need witnesses. 1313 01:33:45,360 --> 01:33:47,920 Assemble the men outside the barracks. 1314 01:33:48,040 --> 01:33:51,635 Well, l... I took your gun. Aren't you satisfied? I am. 1315 01:33:51,760 --> 01:33:56,436 It's regulations. As long as you obey regulations, I win the bet. 1316 01:33:57,840 --> 01:33:59,796 Assemble the men. 1317 01:34:05,200 --> 01:34:07,156 Oh. 1318 01:34:07,280 --> 01:34:08,952 Hi, fellas. 1319 01:34:09,840 --> 01:34:12,035 Um... 1320 01:34:12,160 --> 01:34:16,233 Would you come outside for a minute? Sergeant wants to speak to us. 1321 01:34:35,920 --> 01:34:39,071 Men, as you can see,... 1322 01:34:41,320 --> 01:34:43,959 ..l'm piss-drunk. 1323 01:34:44,080 --> 01:34:48,790 I've also just threatened to blow Private Jerome's brains out. 1324 01:34:48,920 --> 01:34:52,196 Private Jerome has relieved me of my weapon,... 1325 01:34:52,320 --> 01:34:55,312 ..placed me under arrest. You're all witnesses. 1326 01:34:55,440 --> 01:34:58,910 Before takin' me to headquarters to file charges,... 1327 01:34:59,040 --> 01:35:04,398 ..l'd just like to add that Private Jerome has displayed outstanding courage... 1328 01:35:04,520 --> 01:35:08,433 ..and carried out his duty in the manner of a first-class soldier. 1329 01:35:08,560 --> 01:35:12,348 I am puttin' him up for commendation. I'm ready to go, Jerome. 1330 01:35:12,480 --> 01:35:15,950 I think that's a decision that should be left to the men, Sergeant. 1331 01:35:16,080 --> 01:35:17,752 Is that right? 1332 01:35:17,880 --> 01:35:19,518 That's right. 1333 01:35:19,640 --> 01:35:20,993 Hm. 1334 01:35:24,120 --> 01:35:26,076 Private Epstein,... 1335 01:35:26,800 --> 01:35:30,588 ..in your opinion should we drop the charges or not? 1336 01:35:32,480 --> 01:35:34,710 No. No charges. 1337 01:35:35,760 --> 01:35:39,958 I think the sergeant should get company punishment like the rest of us. 1338 01:35:42,000 --> 01:35:46,516 - Would that be all right, Sergeant? - My two misfits are in charge, huh? 1339 01:35:46,640 --> 01:35:51,873 Fine. Handle this any way you want, as long as justice is served. 1340 01:35:52,000 --> 01:35:54,070 You name it, Epstein. 1341 01:35:54,200 --> 01:35:56,634 I think justice would be served... 1342 01:35:56,760 --> 01:35:59,194 ..if you gave us 200 push-ups. 1343 01:35:59,720 --> 01:36:02,314 very decisive. 1344 01:36:02,440 --> 01:36:04,954 That's a disciplined soldier for you, men. 1345 01:36:05,600 --> 01:36:07,556 Thank you. 1346 01:36:10,280 --> 01:36:12,635 - Hit the dirt? - Hit the dirt! 1347 01:36:16,400 --> 01:36:17,753 - Count off? - What? 1348 01:36:17,880 --> 01:36:20,838 - Tell me to count off! - Right. Count off! 1349 01:36:20,960 --> 01:36:22,757 Yes, Private Epstein. 1350 01:36:22,880 --> 01:36:25,678 One, two, three,... 1351 01:36:25,800 --> 01:36:28,394 ..four, five, six,... 1352 01:36:28,520 --> 01:36:31,717 ..seven, eight, nine, ten,... 1353 01:36:31,840 --> 01:36:35,071 ..eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen,... 1354 01:36:35,200 --> 01:36:40,149 ..fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty... 1355 01:36:43,520 --> 01:36:45,670 We never saw Sergeant Toomey again. 1356 01:36:45,800 --> 01:36:49,110 Our new sergeant was a sane, logical and decent man. 1357 01:36:49,240 --> 01:36:53,756 After four weeks with him we realised how much we missed Sergeant Toomey. 1358 01:36:53,880 --> 01:36:57,634 One should never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity. 1359 01:36:58,520 --> 01:37:02,433 I told Daisy I was shipping out and that this was the last time we'd have together. 1360 01:37:02,560 --> 01:37:05,950 She said "I know you'll find another girl some day, Gene,... 1361 01:37:06,080 --> 01:37:10,153 ..but you"Il never forget me because we"Il always be each other's first love. " 1362 01:37:10,280 --> 01:37:14,239 Long after the war I ran into Daisy in New York. She still looked great. 1363 01:37:14,360 --> 01:37:16,669 She married a doctor from New Orleans. 1364 01:37:16,800 --> 01:37:19,189 Her name is now Daisy Horowitz. 1365 01:37:19,320 --> 01:37:22,073 Ah, well, Biloxi was beautiful. 1366 01:37:23,280 --> 01:37:27,910 We were going to the Battle of the Pacific and there was no one who wasn't scared. 1367 01:37:28,040 --> 01:37:32,875 Then they dropped a bomb on Hiroshima and six days later the war was over. 1368 01:37:33,280 --> 01:37:38,354 So when you get down to it the only action we ever saw was up in Rowena's place. 1369 01:37:38,480 --> 01:37:40,755 Sure, we were glad our lives were spared,... 1370 01:37:40,880 --> 01:37:44,634 ..but the guys who came before us and the ones who didn't make it back home... 1371 01:37:44,760 --> 01:37:47,320 ..haunted me for the rest of my life. 1372 01:37:49,880 --> 01:37:52,519 Roy Selridge decided to make the army his career,... 1373 01:37:52,640 --> 01:37:55,438 ..and 18 years later he was still a buck private. 1374 01:37:55,560 --> 01:37:57,949 I guess he never really did hit his peak. 1375 01:37:58,840 --> 01:38:02,674 Joseph Wykowski became a high-school football coach in Albany, New York. 1376 01:38:02,800 --> 01:38:07,237 He's married with six kids, weighs 280 pounds and has an ulcer. 1377 01:38:07,360 --> 01:38:10,238 He's on a low-fat cottage cheese diet. 1378 01:38:11,320 --> 01:38:16,189 Don Carney became a school teacher and he's someone the kids can really count on. 1379 01:38:16,320 --> 01:38:20,233 He never got married, and he enjoys singing in his church choir. 1380 01:38:21,800 --> 01:38:26,271 Epstein became a lawyer and eventually the District Attorney of Brooklyn. 1381 01:38:26,400 --> 01:38:29,631 The Mafia calls him "The most feared man in New York. " 1382 01:38:31,640 --> 01:38:37,237 As for me, I finally found the perfect girl, I got married and had two great daughters. 1383 01:38:37,360 --> 01:38:41,911 I became a writer. I wrote a few plays and ljust finished one called "Biloxi Blues". 1384 01:38:42,040 --> 01:38:46,556 Everything in it is true, except Rowena never gave me a second one for free. 1385 01:38:46,680 --> 01:38:50,434 Maybe l"Il leave that out if they ever make it into a movie. 1386 01:38:51,920 --> 01:38:55,151 As I look back now, a lot ofyears later,... 1387 01:38:55,280 --> 01:38:59,193 ..l realise my time in the army was the happiest time of my life. 1388 01:38:59,320 --> 01:39:01,436 God knows not because I liked the army,... 1389 01:39:01,560 --> 01:39:04,472 ..and there sure was nothing to like about a war. 1390 01:39:04,600 --> 01:39:07,478 I liked it for the most selfish reason of all.: 1391 01:39:07,600 --> 01:39:09,431 because I was young. 1392 01:39:09,560 --> 01:39:12,438 We all were. Me and Epstein and Wykowski,... 1393 01:39:12,560 --> 01:39:14,630 ..Selridge, Carney, Hennesey... 1394 01:39:14,760 --> 01:39:16,830 ..and even Sergeant Toomey. 1395 01:39:16,960 --> 01:39:19,269 I didn't really like most of those guys then,... 1396 01:39:19,400 --> 01:39:22,551 ..but today I love every damn one of them. 1397 01:39:23,720 --> 01:39:25,676 Life is weird, you know? 1398 01:40:12,280 --> 01:40:16,034 (# "Goodbye, Dear, l"Il Be Back in a Year" by Dick Robertson) 1399 01:40:20,520 --> 01:40:24,274 # Goodbye, dear, l"Il be back in a year 1400 01:40:24,400 --> 01:40:28,757 # Cos l"m in the army now 1401 01:40:29,640 --> 01:40:33,076 # They took my number out of a hat 1402 01:40:33,200 --> 01:40:37,955 # And there's nothing a guy can do about that 1403 01:40:38,080 --> 01:40:42,517 # But when I get back l"Il be all tanned and brown 1404 01:40:42,640 --> 01:40:46,633 # And we'll buy that cottage just outside of town 1405 01:40:46,760 --> 01:40:50,878 # So goodbye, dear, I'll be back in a year 1406 01:40:51,000 --> 01:40:55,357 # Don't forget that I love you 1407 01:41:40,720 --> 01:41:44,554 # Goodbye, dear, I'll be back in a year 1408 01:41:44,680 --> 01:41:49,037 # Cos I'm in the army now 1409 01:41:49,920 --> 01:41:53,515 # Don't I look handsome dressed up like this? 1410 01:41:53,640 --> 01:41:58,316 # Stop your cryin' and give your soldier a kiss 1411 01:41:58,440 --> 01:42:02,718 # They may send me out to the old Philippines 1412 01:42:02,840 --> 01:42:06,958 # But, sweetheart, you'd still be the girl of my dreams 1413 01:42:07,080 --> 01:42:11,392 # So goodbye, dear, I'll be back in a year 1414 01:42:11,520 --> 01:42:15,957 # Don't forget that I love you