Powerful. I saw this movie when it came out when I was 13 years old. Like most boys I grew up playing and glorifying war. Scenes like this changed me forever. Great movie.
+Jason Hicks Pretty much exactly the same for me. ALWAYS playing with toy guns...pretending we were in War. Everything we saw that was entertaining was also War. This was one of the first movies I can remember that made me actually hate everything about War. It's actually one of those movies that HAD to come out to actually give us some truth and realism. It is ugly and wrong as fuck, everything about War. I'm glad this Ron Kovic wrote his book so that Oliver Stone could bring it to the big screen in such a powerful way. The movie is haunting, sad, but uplifting knowing people out there feel the same way about War that I do. To this day it sticks with me.
Ron Kovic is a symbol of courage and what he went through nobody could understand that war changes everything I wondered what would have happened if Kennedy served 4 yrs and I wondered what the 60s 70s would have been like then! Sad that this soilders were treated so badly and betrayed by their own families and country! These men deserve something and its not easy being in a war and pretending to be a soilder as a kid and playing with guns and falling down pretending you got shot and then actually being in a war itself a totally different thing! War always brings out the bad never good always the bad!
0:28 That line always makes me shudder. The way the father knows what's coming, but tries to stop Kovic from speaking the truth about his son. Or maybe he doesn't want his wife and daughter-in-law to hear it. It's a poignant line that could mean a few different things, depending on how you view it.
Another interesting thing is that we only see the mother and wife reaction, the father is never shown again, even the line itself is said out of the frame, makes you wonder, maybe he didn't want to hear something different than the official story about his son dying quickly and as a hero.
Such a powerful scene. It brought me to tears the first time I watched the movie. Cruise's character first having the courage to be vulnerable and telling the truth about his terrible mistake to this family not knowing how they might react, then the mother almost unexpectedly saying "I understand the pain you must be going through". Showing that she despite having just learned this terrible news, was willing to have empathy for him and forgive him. Such an incredibly sad but brilliant scene, and the acting was just great from all actors involved.
earlier in the scene they showed different members of the family and that they all been in the service. the old man in this scene (the father of the deceased soldier tom cruiser character killed) was in guadalcanal PTO 1942. his father france WW1. anyone that was in guadalcanal knows how chaotic and crazy combat can be.
Born On The 4th of July A Few Good Men Rain Man Jerry Maguire Interview With The Vampire Magnolia Collateral Risky Business And many more... The few haters that say he can't act are delusional.
I think that you are probably right. The mother and father were able to forgive him......In the beginning you think he wants to be forgiven by the family, but you can tell that after being forgiven by them, what he really wants is to be forgiven by himself.
This is my all time favorite movie. Tom Cruise reflects the deep mental anguish of a crippled war veteran who just wanted to serve his country, in this unforgettable performance.
Tom Cruise was amazing this**** He had guts to tell the family what had happened and this is the most important piece in the flim b/c it showed the aftermath of Vietnam and how BADLY the soilders were treated**** Ron Kovic is a true hero to me, and Tom Cruise should have won an oscar for this**** BEYOND AMAZING AND SO REAL!
I kind of wonder if it’s better to just let the family believe he died a hero fighting the enemy, even though it’s a lie maybe it’s better. Instead now they have to live life knowing he died in a mistake, granted in the fog of war.
Strong cases could also be made for Morgan Freeman and Robin Williams in Driving Miss Daisy and Dead Poets Society respectively. Might just be the year when the judges were most spoilt for choice.
After Wilson’s wife told him that she cannot forgive him, Ron looks at Wilson’s parents, especially to his mom, and begs with his look as if he is sayin “at least you forgive me”. That’s very sad
Wilson’s mother is more understanding than Wilson’s Wife, perhaps, plus what Wilson’s wife said to Ron was cold blooded, like as if Ron needed to hear that, and then what Wilson’s Mother said was more understanding
His best movie in his entire catalog. As a Veteran ive been thru many life changing & life threating events. Tom captures all of that and more.Not a fan of his other movies but i respect the man. He does is homework. SEMPER FORTIS / SEMPER FIDELIS.
Saw this movie in the old Apollo theatre in Vienna, huuuge screen. What a movie, Oliver Stone is a genius. Tom Cruise at his best, I guess in none of his other movies you can see such a great performance.
An Oscar hättens eam dafür geben müssen. Er war nie wieder sooo gut. Vor allem nach dem Top Gun Schmarrn so einen kritischen Film bringen...das hat was.
When she said we understand the pain you are going through. That look in his eyes towards her felt like she could never understand what he went through.
Um, she's a mother who lost her only son. How could she NOT understand real pain? Personally, I always read the look in Ron's eyes as incredulity and astonishment at this woman's ability to understand and forgive him. The fact that the mother of the man he killed could reach out to him with sympathy and kindness when he was expecting something worse.
Although "Born On the Fourth of July" was a true story, this scene never happened in real life. Oliver Stone added it for dramatic purposes. It's hard to tell though, because it feels too awful to be untrue.
It shames me to this day that Tom Cruise did not get this Oscar. I've seen this film countless times and his acting was absolute perfection. Academy, you've made a lot of blunders but this was the worse.
I went to high school with Lili Taylor. She dated my cousin. It blew my mind seeing her on the big screen. She is brilliant. This scene burned itself into my soul in the 80s when I saw it on the screen and I’ve never forgotten it.
@@mohsinpervez My Left Foot is an excellent movie. This movie was more personal to us Americans because of Vietnam, but I agree DDL was deserved of that Oscar that year.
How. the. hell. did Tom Cruise not win an Academy Award for this performance? Dustin Hoffman as "Rain Man" was cute an all, but this is a masterclass in depth and power.
He lost to DDL I believe. DDL might be my favorite actor but I think cruise might have even topped him here. Thr role has ridiculous amount of depth to it. He goes through like 5 changes
Ich bin auch der Meinung Mister Cruise hätte schon längst einen Oscar verdient, aber irgendwie akzeptieren die Ammis ihn nicht als Scientologe bzw. haben irgendwie Angst vor diesen Anhängern, genau wie in anderen Ländern. Aber als Schauspieler ist er einfach unangefochten Klasse !!!!!!!!!
You're an idiot if this is the only respect you have for him. His filmography is unbelievable. Wtf? You guys hating on cruise are delusional. Ever hear of Magnolia, Collateral, A few Good Men, interview with a vampire, The Firm, Jerry Mcguire, Vanilla Sky, Etc etc etc etc etc
Don't ever let anyone tell you that Tom Cruise isn't a fine actor. He takes me apart limb by lomb in this scene. He had not had the career that I would have liked to have seen for him, but that's his business. He is an actor of talent.
Geezuz just wanted to show my wife a few great Tom Cruise scenes ...this scene got me feeling like i swallowed sawdust and drank it down with dry oatmeal. Eyes all shrink wrapped in tears .... and she was like ... yea good stuff 😂
The USA had no business being in Vietnam. I 've realized war is just a game that the rich like to play. Fighting on your own soil is justified to protect your country. Fighting a battle 3000 miles away because of a purported idealogical threat is ridiculous. Vietnam must have torn the soul of the nation. How could America go from the relative calm and joyfulness of the 50's to division and hatred of the 60's and 70's?
The allies there, which at the time South Vietnam. A non - communist country was under threat of the communists from the North. It was relevant for the US to have its business to go to Vietnam. It’s no different from Korea back in the early ‘50s.
chowdary bhavaneni Yes. Especially starting the 1960s, it got more serious and our buddies South were in the threat of being taken over rather than in the ‘50s.
borinakoune it’s called stoping Soviet expansionism and protecting our way of life. If the soviets had taken more and more countries under their sphere of influence, sooner or later it ends up on our front door step in the US. What we did was necessary as we deemed the NV an existential threat to the United States.
The last scene of the film to be shot - in a race against time as the sun was going down - was the wheelchair fight between Tom Cruise and Willem Dafoe
What do you mean? With most Americans believing a cosmic Jewish zombie came back to life you shouldn't really criticize a guy for believing in Scientology.
I almost feel like he should’ve just dealt with the pain himself and let the family think their boy died a hero. He confessed to let the family know the truth but also to deal with his own guilt. Maybe he needed to deal with it on his own and let the family belief their boy died KIA against the enemy .
Uncle Sam really owes a huge debt to these veterans for what they were made to put up with. What was more disgusting was how they were thrown under the bus after the war began to be more unpopular. The soldiers were unfairly being demonized, when many of them were just kids who could not even escape the draft if they wanted to.
@@DMalltheway I am so sorry to hear that sir. A lot of people say that the Vietnam war was not only oppressive to the Vietnamese but to the Americans as well. A lot of young boys ended up mutilated and having their lives ruined because of a war that the American public did not ask for or wanted.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. John 3:16-17
That line always bothered me. Like holy shit, I can understand if he murdered him out of cold blood, but this was a freak accident and the man is obviously haunted by it and feels the need to bring it to the family. And you refuse to forgive him?
@@Reedster49 She lost a husband she loved and her child lost a father. That's very hard to forgive. I honestly can't blame her for being unable to forgive him in that moment. Why should she? Kovic's been dealing with that truth for years, she just had a few seconds to take it in.
Guys anyone knows the name of the whistle soundtrack that follows this incredible scene ? the demonstration scene right after this one .. please i can't find it anywhere ..
It's an old civil war tune, check out the Dixie songs, I think. It's also featured on Michael Moore's slacker movie, so just look up the soundtrack for that movie.
Great & heart breaking acting by Tom Cruise but why did Wilson's family need to know that he was killed by friendly fire? It's not tragic enough that he died in combat in VietNam? Kovic had to twist the knife in their souls by telling them he killed him?! Kovic's CO had the right mindset when he brought him that information: "it gets confusing out there, you are mistaken, you didn't kill him!" In the fictional movie Courage Under Fire, Denzel Washington's character also unburdens his soul on the family of the commander of the friendly tank crew that he mistakenly obliterated. We, the viewers, are supposed to think it's oh so noble that they told the tragic truth. No! It's freakin cruel. Easing one's own conscience while hurting other people in the process is Not virtuous.
this is called death by friendly fire because during the Vietnam War there were many cases of this kind, for me the worst massacre of American soldiers was making the Hamburger Hill was the most absurd battle of the US military
I know this shows the flaws in his thinking,but it was the most pointless confession. It tormented the dead boy's parents, who had previously some peace knowing he died in war. It was ruinous to all concerned and achieved nothing.
He needed to tell someone the truth. The Army covered it up, and he was plagued with guilt for getting away with what amounted to murder. And it doesn't matter who shot their son, that family's son is still dead.
Powerful. I saw this movie when it came out when I was 13 years old. Like most boys I grew up playing and glorifying war. Scenes like this changed me forever. Great movie.
+Jason Hicks Completely agree, one of the best war movies because it reveals the truth about it
+Jason Hicks Pretty much exactly the same for me. ALWAYS playing with toy guns...pretending we were in War. Everything we saw that was entertaining was also War. This was one of the first movies I can remember that made me actually hate everything about War. It's actually one of those movies that HAD to come out to actually give us some truth and realism.
It is ugly and wrong as fuck, everything about War. I'm glad this Ron Kovic wrote his book so that Oliver Stone could bring it to the big screen in such a powerful way. The movie is haunting, sad, but uplifting knowing people out there feel the same way about War that I do. To this day it sticks with me.
Ron Kovic is a symbol of courage and what he went through nobody could understand that war changes everything I wondered what would have happened if Kennedy served 4 yrs and I wondered what the 60s 70s would have been like then! Sad that this soilders were treated so badly and betrayed by their own families and country! These men deserve something and its not easy being in a war and pretending to be a soilder as a kid and playing with guns and falling down pretending you got shot and then actually being in a war itself a totally different thing! War always brings out the bad never good always the bad!
I was the same age when this movie came out. It changed my life too.
Same, although I was 10 when this came out
I feel so bad for him I can only imagine. Incredible acting by cruise.
0:28 That line always makes me shudder. The way the father knows what's coming, but tries to stop Kovic from speaking the truth about his son. Or maybe he doesn't want his wife and daughter-in-law to hear it. It's a poignant line that could mean a few different things, depending on how you view it.
Yea the old man new what was coming.
Another interesting thing is that we only see the mother and wife reaction, the father is never shown again, even the line itself is said out of the frame, makes you wonder, maybe he didn't want to hear something different than the official story about his son dying quickly and as a hero.
joaquinlucom123 We do see him briefly, but he’s pretty stone-faced. I’ve never been sure what he’s thinking or feeling in the scene, honestly.
something are just best left unsaid.
@@joeswanson733 Exactly! How does it help the family knowing their son/husband was killed by friendly fire?
Such a powerful scene. It brought me to tears the first time I watched the movie. Cruise's character first having the courage to be vulnerable and telling the truth about his terrible mistake to this family not knowing how they might react, then the mother almost unexpectedly saying "I understand the pain you must be going through". Showing that she despite having just learned this terrible news, was willing to have empathy for him and forgive him.
Such an incredibly sad but brilliant scene, and the acting was just great from all actors involved.
earlier in the scene they showed different members of the family and that they all been in the service. the old man in this scene (the father of the deceased soldier tom cruiser character killed) was in guadalcanal PTO 1942. his father france WW1. anyone that was in guadalcanal knows how chaotic and crazy combat can be.
Well everyone has made mistakes and she’s learning to accept that
Except Kovic never did it in real life. This was completely fictional.
This is the Tom Cruise that people should remember.
tom cruise should have won an Oscar for this.
Born On The 4th of July
A Few Good Men
Rain Man
Jerry Maguire
Interview With The Vampire
Magnolia
Collateral
Risky Business
And many more...
The few haters that say he can't act are delusional.
@@aldrichdeguzman8771 the last samurai and the first mission impossible
@@shamshirhussain8198 Why the first one?
@@tiaaaron3278 They're all great tbh i really liked fallout. I said the first one as it was the most iconic and started the whole franchise
I don't think there is any worse feeling in life than being forgiven by others for something you can't forgive yourself for
I think that you are probably right. The mother and father were able to forgive him......In the beginning you think he wants to be forgiven by the family, but you can tell that after being forgiven by them, what he really wants is to be forgiven by himself.
This is my all time favorite movie. Tom Cruise reflects the deep mental anguish of a crippled war veteran who just wanted to serve his country, in this unforgettable performance.
Tom Cruise was amazing this**** He had guts to tell the family what had happened
and this is the most important piece in the flim b/c it showed the aftermath of Vietnam and how BADLY the soilders were treated**** Ron Kovic is a true hero to me, and Tom Cruise should have won an oscar for this**** BEYOND AMAZING AND SO REAL!
Angel Simone in reality, Kovick never actually did this
I kind of wonder if it’s better to just let the family believe he died a hero fighting the enemy, even though it’s a lie maybe it’s better. Instead now they have to live life knowing he died in a mistake, granted in the fog of war.
A disgrace that Cruise wasn't handed the Oscar for this brilliant performance.
Very true. But he was up against Daniel day Lewis that year for my left foot.
Cruise won a Golden Globe for best actor
He was perfect for the Kovic role. As good as Charlie Sheen was in Platoon he couldn't have done as good a job as Cruise did in this movie!
Strong cases could also be made for Morgan Freeman and Robin Williams in Driving Miss Daisy and Dead Poets Society respectively. Might just be the year when the judges were most spoilt for choice.
He wasnt.
This movie is over 30 years old.
Get OVER it.
Ron Kovic will always be a hero to me! He was courageous and Tom Cruise should have won an oscar for this
Damn right-!!
Do you know who he lost it to?
After Wilson’s wife told him that she cannot forgive him, Ron looks at Wilson’s parents, especially to his mom, and begs with his look as if he is sayin “at least you forgive me”. That’s very sad
Wilson’s mother is more understanding than Wilson’s Wife, perhaps, plus what Wilson’s wife said to Ron was cold blooded, like as if Ron needed to hear that, and then what Wilson’s Mother said was more understanding
His best movie in his entire catalog. As a Veteran ive been thru many life changing & life threating events. Tom captures all of that and more.Not a fan of his other movies but i respect the man. He does is homework. SEMPER FORTIS / SEMPER FIDELIS.
This is the pain, sorrow and regret that soldiers feel
but not the governments who send them to be torn up
Cruise at top level “cruise control” in terms of acting, delivery and sheer transcendence. A powerful scene in a classic war drama biopic.
Saw this movie in the old Apollo theatre in Vienna, huuuge screen. What a movie, Oliver Stone is a genius. Tom Cruise at his best, I guess in none of his other movies you can see such a great performance.
An Oscar hättens eam dafür geben müssen. Er war nie wieder sooo gut. Vor allem nach dem Top Gun Schmarrn so einen kritischen Film bringen...das hat was.
Maybe "Rain Man", but Dustin Hoffmann rightly stole the show there. This to me, was Cruise's best film though.
When she said we understand the pain you are going through. That look in his eyes towards her felt like she could never understand what he went through.
Um, she's a mother who lost her only son. How could she NOT understand real pain?
Personally, I always read the look in Ron's eyes as incredulity and astonishment at this woman's ability to understand and forgive him. The fact that the mother of the man he killed could reach out to him with sympathy and kindness when he was expecting something worse.
No he was shocked that she could respond with empathy.
not only that her husband was on guadalcanal in 42... im pretty sure he had night terrors or some kind of ptsd.
0:28 We don’t have to hear this Ron.😢😢😢
I agree Mark, Best Tom performance in his whole life, underrated film for most of americans
Ron Kovic is a true hero. How hard this was.
Amen
Is there a law against giving this man an Oscar? WTF? This is such great great acting
The mother, played by Jayne Haynes, is a-MAZING!
This is such a powerful scene. Tom Cruise was robbed of an Oscar.
He did great in this and Rain Man
No family member would ever say anything negative regarding friendly fire it’s unavoidable in time of war …….
Although "Born On the Fourth of July" was a true story, this scene never happened in real life. Oliver Stone added it for dramatic purposes. It's hard to tell though, because it feels too awful to be untrue.
Ron Kovic co-wrote the script with Stone, too. Maybe it was his idea, for whatever reason. Either for closure, creative inspiration, who knows.
Trivia: This NEVER happened in real life. But it was shown because to get the audience to understand of this was how he felt.
What??
@@renanmesquita8527 Yeah bro. I ain’t mailing things up. You can even look it up with the trivia on this movie.
@@BmorePatriot mailing
@@dreamdiction I meant to say making. You got me there Bruh ‘cause I didn’t noticed till now. 🤔
@@BmorePatriot I came to this clip because in my memory I see "Robert Mitchum" as the actor playing the part of Wilson's father, but I was wrong.
This movie changed my view on war.I would never volunteer to join the army except when I'm drafted.
It shames me to this day that Tom Cruise did not get this Oscar. I've seen this film countless times and his acting was absolute perfection. Academy, you've made a lot of blunders but this was the worse.
A harrowing scene that proved Cruise's acting chops with aplomb.
My favorite Tom Cruise movie. Of all the others, this is the one I see over and over again.
I went to high school with Lili Taylor. She dated my cousin. It blew my mind seeing her on the big screen. She is brilliant.
This scene burned itself into my soul in the 80s when I saw it on the screen and I’ve never forgotten it.
I cant imagine the pain Ron Kovic went thru. That is brutal.
WHY DIDN'T HE GET THE OSCAR FOR THIS???
no ddl was far better
@@mohsinpervez My Left Foot is an excellent movie. This movie was more personal to us Americans because of Vietnam, but I agree DDL was deserved of that Oscar that year.
Tom Cruise had to go up against Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot. Very steep competition
Daniel Day Lewis did a great job in My Left Foot, but Tom Cruise is the one who deserves that Oscar that year truly.
i agree saw both toms role more varied
DDL was just too good in My Left Foot, like really too good.
his father must've been in war, and probably in his shoes.
It’s a shame he did not win a Oscar for this film.
How. the. hell. did Tom Cruise not win an Academy Award for this performance? Dustin Hoffman as "Rain Man" was cute an all, but this is a masterclass in depth and power.
He lost to DDL I believe. DDL might be my favorite actor but I think cruise might have even topped him here. Thr role has ridiculous amount of depth to it. He goes through like 5 changes
@@el34glo59Disagree, DDL nailed My Left Foot to the coffin, one of the best performances in history.
The whole movie is full of great scenes, but this is something special. So powerful.
Fantastic scene. This film alone is the only respect I have for Cruise.
Scene with Jason Robards in Magnolia was pretty intense too.
Ich bin auch der Meinung Mister Cruise hätte schon längst einen Oscar verdient, aber irgendwie akzeptieren die Ammis ihn nicht als Scientologe bzw. haben irgendwie Angst vor diesen Anhängern, genau wie in anderen Ländern. Aber als Schauspieler ist er einfach unangefochten Klasse !!!!!!!!!
There are plenty of others. Magnolia, Interview with the Vampire, Jerry Maguire, Eyes Wide Shut, Vanilla Sky, The Last Samurai, etc...
You're an idiot if this is the only respect you have for him. His filmography is unbelievable. Wtf?
You guys hating on cruise are delusional.
Ever hear of Magnolia, Collateral, A few Good Men, interview with a vampire, The Firm, Jerry Mcguire, Vanilla Sky, Etc etc etc etc etc
AMAZING! Just release and cry. The grandma gets me everytime.
great movie. tom cruise really delivers in this one.
and this folks is how we know that tom cruise is an excellent actor
This film is so painful to watch.
Don't ever let anyone tell you that Tom Cruise isn't a fine actor. He takes me apart limb by lomb in this scene.
He had not had the career that I would have liked to have seen for him, but that's his business. He is an actor of talent.
Geezuz just wanted to show my wife a few great Tom Cruise scenes ...this scene got me feeling like i swallowed sawdust and
drank it down with dry oatmeal. Eyes all shrink wrapped in tears .... and she was like ... yea good stuff 😂
I love you Tom Cruise and I love you Ron Kovick..
The USA had no business being in Vietnam. I 've realized war is just a game that the rich like to play. Fighting on your own soil is justified to protect your country. Fighting a battle 3000 miles away because of a purported idealogical threat is ridiculous. Vietnam must have torn the soul of the nation. How could America go from the relative calm and joyfulness of the 50's to division and hatred of the 60's and 70's?
The allies there, which at the time South Vietnam. A non - communist country was under threat of the communists from the North. It was relevant for the US to have its business to go to Vietnam. It’s no different from Korea back in the early ‘50s.
Good explanation of the 50s and 60s
chowdary bhavaneni Yes. Especially starting the 1960s, it got more serious and our buddies South were in the threat of being taken over rather than in the ‘50s.
borinakoune it’s called stoping Soviet expansionism and protecting our way of life. If the soviets had taken more and more countries under their sphere of influence, sooner or later it ends up on our front door step in the US. What we did was necessary as we deemed the NV an existential threat to the United States.
Calm and joyfulness of the 1950s? The Korean War? The race riots? Macarthyism politics? Leaded gasoline? The Soviet nuclear threat?
The last scene of the film to be shot - in a race against time as the sun was going down - was the wheelchair fight between Tom Cruise and Willem Dafoe
even tho Tom Cruise is a wack job nowadaze w/ the Scientology nonsense and what not...he did some of his best work in this picture I thought...
What do you mean? With most Americans believing a cosmic Jewish zombie came back to life you shouldn't really criticize a guy for believing in Scientology.
+gdub454 Couldnt agree more...
It's obvious no one cares about what he does with this personal life with Scientology, his movies continue to be blockbusters, so...
@@nocucksinkekistan7321 Hey that’s uncalled for. Scientology is a very different thing than what I would call religion.
Yea. That’s some excellent acting. That’s as good as it gets.
Insane scene
Anyone who’s been to true combat knows it really wasn’t his fault
One of the most moving scenes in movie history
Yet another time Cruise got a cheated out of an Oscar.
Daniel Day-Lewis was better in My Left Foot, simple as that. You need to watch that movie.
@@DMalltheway I've seen it & no he wasn't.
I almost feel like he should’ve just dealt with the pain himself and let the family think their boy died a hero. He confessed to let the family know the truth but also to deal with his own guilt. Maybe he needed to deal with it on his own and let the family belief their boy died KIA against the enemy .
After doing my service and a few tours on top. For some reason I can't watch movies like this despite how much I like them before I served...
tubekyle2 watch it kid, you have been brainwashed by the USA!
@@pureluck8767WTF is that supposed to mean?!, you pinko!
Uncle Sam really owes a huge debt to these veterans for what they were made to put up with. What was more disgusting was how they were thrown under the bus after the war began to be more unpopular. The soldiers were unfairly being demonized, when many of them were just kids who could not even escape the draft if they wanted to.
Yup and were called cowards who escaped to Canada.
@@DMalltheway I am so sorry to hear that sir. A lot of people say that the Vietnam war was not only oppressive to the Vietnamese but to the Americans as well. A lot of young boys ended up mutilated and having their lives ruined because of a war that the American public did not ask for or wanted.
War is not the answer
War is hell on earth
Powerfull scene!!!
Happy 4th of July 2024 🇺🇸!
Friendly fire, its part of the muck and mire of war. My Father wouldn't have blamed anyone it been one of his sons.
It was a horrible accident
This clip is missing 70% of the Scene..
Yikes talk about a sticky situation
His finest hour
That Woman is cold.
The mans in a wheelchair the rest of his life, and can't even have children of his own. I think his debt was paid and then some.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. John 3:16-17
his Oscar was stolen
Will never be another movie like this.... absoutely brillant and timeless.....
Keep in mind this never happened in real life
Pain huh. I wonder how great
She has to forgive him it was an accident
In-fucking-tense.
Makes one wonder about the career Cruise might have had.
This film outta be required material in schools. But then again if it was we wouldn’t have an army left lol
jesus christ if this really happened, mr kovic had more guts than most men. I couldn't have done this
He never did that. This was Oliver Stones idea
Lili Taylor!
You can forgive, ma'am. You choose not to...and as hard as it is to forgive, I don't blame you. But don't bring the lord bullshit into this.
That line always bothered me. Like holy shit, I can understand if he murdered him out of cold blood, but this was a freak accident and the man is obviously haunted by it and feels the need to bring it to the family. And you refuse to forgive him?
@@Reedster49 She lost a husband she loved and her child lost a father. That's very hard to forgive. I honestly can't blame her for being unable to forgive him in that moment. Why should she? Kovic's been dealing with that truth for years, she just had a few seconds to take it in.
@@JimmySteller Maybe she shouldn't forgive her husband for going over
@@el34glo59Maybe he was drafted and forced to go
Yeah, and I would say, well, I don’t forgive you for what you said to me, a little bit ago, but you don’t see me complaining about it
his best acting here so realistic evocative
Guys anyone knows the name of the whistle soundtrack that follows this incredible scene ? the demonstration scene right after this one .. please i can't find it anywhere ..
It's an old civil war tune, check out the Dixie songs, I think.
It's also featured on Michael Moore's slacker movie, so just look up the soundtrack for that movie.
This didn't happen in real life. So why did they do it?
Because to show how he felt. It shows how Rob Kovic felt and to help the audience see what he felt.
Fake news....
It was Oliver Stone materializing what Ron always wanted to do.
Because it’s an incredible scene and it makes the movie better (?)
To piss you off I guess. Jesus some people lol
Someone should post the scene where he breaks his legs. I know it's suppose to be serious but.... I just think it's so funny. Lol
SHUT UP!!!
Agreed, it's very funny.
Omg
Did this incident involving Kovic accidentally killing this man actually happen?
Yes but he never did what this scene showed, completely fictional.
It happened. It was at night though.
Great & heart breaking acting by Tom Cruise but why did Wilson's family need to know that he was killed by friendly fire? It's not tragic enough that he died in combat in VietNam? Kovic had to twist the knife in their souls by telling them he killed him?! Kovic's CO had the right mindset when he brought him that information: "it gets confusing out there, you are mistaken, you didn't kill him!" In the fictional movie Courage Under Fire, Denzel Washington's character also unburdens his soul on the family of the commander of the friendly tank crew that he mistakenly obliterated. We, the viewers, are supposed to think it's oh so noble that they told the tragic truth. No! It's freakin cruel. Easing one's own conscience while hurting other people in the process is Not virtuous.
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I don't think he should've told them, it just made them feel worse. They don't need to hear that
I'd rather know a terrible truth than believe a nice lie.
this is called death by friendly fire because during the Vietnam War there were many cases of this kind, for me the worst massacre of American soldiers was making the Hamburger Hill was the most absurd battle of the US military
I never got why he killed him
Because he saw a gun wielding silhouette running and screaming at him
Hey, that's the mom from the conjuring right . Forgot her name but that's definitely her, i think 🤔
Yes Lily Taylor...
@DruzenjeSplit-nn2um I thought so 😊
I know this shows the flaws in his thinking,but it was the most pointless confession. It tormented the dead boy's parents, who had previously some peace knowing he died in war. It was ruinous to all concerned and achieved nothing.
they wouldve rather believed whatever it was they were told, he shouldve kept it between himself and christ
He needed to tell someone the truth. The Army covered it up, and he was plagued with guilt for getting away with what amounted to murder. And it doesn't matter who shot their son, that family's son is still dead.
He needed to tell someone. Don't you understand?
Imagine, if Americans were grown ups instead of children.........
Imagine, if you had a set of balls instead of a mangina.........
roastbeef1967 We're the fuckin' arsenal of freedom, bitch🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸