The Thin Red Line (1998)

John Travolta: Brig. Gen. Quintard

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• Brigadier General Quintard : [pre-landing pep talk]  You have a son Colonel?

  Lt. Col. Gordon Tall : Yes sir, I do.

  Brigadier General Quintard : Good. 'Cause we don't want our sons or our grandsons fight this war 30 years from now, do we?

  Lt. Col. Gordon Tall : No sir, we sure don't.

  Brigadier General Quintard : You crush 'em without mercy. You dig them out of the hills and protect that airfield.

  Lt. Col. Gordon Tall : Yes sir.

  Brigadier General Quintard : You wonder why. Why do the Japs want an airfield there of all places? I guess we don't know the bigger picture, do we? If there is such a thing, what do you think?

  Lt. Col. Gordon Tall : Well sir, I never asked myself that question.

  Brigadier General Quintard : You're a humble man. Nobody wants that either. But you, how much do you want it?

  Lt. Col. Gordon Tall : As much as I have to, sir.

  Lt. Col. Gordon Tall : [narration]  All they sacrificed for me. Poured out like water on the ground. All I might have given for love's sake. Too late. Dying. Slow as a tree.

  Brigadier General Quintard : [all is quiet]  You feel it?

  Lt. Col. Gordon Tall : Yes sir.

  Lt. Col. Gordon Tall : [narration]  The closer you are to Caesar, the greater the fear.

• Brigadier General Quintard : The Marines had their chance now we have ours.