Just little stuff like that are the reasons why the Academy didn't give it their vote. Seconds later, Charlie asks for it and Slade refers to it as his gun. Slade tells Charlie that his gun is not a gun, but a weapon or a piece. If you want to see a masterful movie that contains one of what I consider to be the best performance by an actor ever(the real best being Charles Sheen in Major League 2)see Scent of a Woman. If you want to see what Academy voters are swayed by, see Unforgiven. He takes several stupid lines in the speech and makes them forceful. Pacino's character comes to his own realizations and ultimately his climax in the speech. It seems a bit trite and cliche ridden, but the final speech is good. When I first saw this, I thought the ending ruined it. The actor who played the rich boy George is funny too. Chris O'Donnell, as Charlie Simms, is good. As he says, Slade did stuff just to do stuff. Charlie has what Slade attempted to achieve his whole life: integrity. I was laughing my $ss off when he drove the Fararri, yelling hoo-ha! at every turn. He became even more lonely and sarcastic. But then he lost his sight because of his mere stupidity and fondness for booze. We can sense that this man has always been lonely. We can tell that he likes him in fact as a son. We can tell he doesn't think that Charlie is a moron. We're not supposed to like him, but we do. Whenever I ask anyone about this movie, those who have seen it 99% of the time answer with a hearty hoo-ha! As for the performances: Pacino, I dare say, gave his best performance ever. The line from this one is hoo-ha! I don't know why for sure Pacino says that. Movies often have lines that become part of our culture. ![]() It's gonna make you proud one day, I promise you. You hold this boy's future in your hands, committee. It's a path made of principle that leads to character. Now I have come to the crossroads in my life. Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of. I'm not a judge or jury, but I can tell you this: He won't sell anybody out to buy his future! And that, my friends, is called integrity. I don't know if Charlie's silence here today is right or wrong. Be careful what kind of leaders you're producing here. Well, when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall. Frank Slade: I'm not finished! As I came in here, I heard those words, "Cradle of Leadership". And Harry, Jimmy, Trent, wherever you are, fuck you too! You hurt this boy, you're gonna be Baird bums, the lot of ya. You think you're merely sending this splendid foot solder back home to Oregon with tail between his legs, but I say you are executing his SOUL! And why? Because he's not a Baird man. But there is nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit. Their arms torn out, their legs ripped off. Frank Slade: FLAMETHROWER to this place! Out of order? Who the hell do ya think you're talking to? I've been around, ya know? There was a time I could see. If I were the man I was five years ago, I'd take a. I'd show you, but I'm too old, I'm too tired, I'm too fucking blind. I'll show YOU "out of order"! You don't know what "out of order" is, Mr. You know how I know? Someone here, and I'm not gonna say who, offered to buy it. What kind of a show you guys are putting on here today? I mean, the only class in this act is sitting next to me, and I'm here to tell ya this boy's soul is intact. A vessel for seagoing snitches, and if you think you're preparing these minnows for manhood, you better think again, because I say you are killing the very spirit this institution proclaims it instills. Their spirit is dead, if they ever had one. I don't know who went to this place, William Howard Taft, William Jennings Bryan, William Tell, whoever. Frank Slade: No, I'm just gettin' warmed up. ![]() And what are you doing? You're gonna reward George and destroy Charlie. Here's Charlie facing the fire and there's George hiding in Big Daddy's pocket. Anything short of that, we're gonna burn you at the stake"? Well, gentlemen, when the shit hits the fan, some guys run and some guys stay. What the hell is that? What is your motto here? "Boys, inform on your classmates, save your hide. He desn't need to labeled, "Still worthy of being a Baird man". Mr Simms, I will give you one last opportunity to speak up. You are in the Baird School, not a barracks. Frank Slade: This is such a crock of SHIT. Simms, you are a cover-up artist and you are a liar. I'm going to recommend to the disciplinary committee that you be expelled. He's the only party to this incident who is still worthy of calling himself a Baird man. Simms, because you know what I am going to do. Willis's testimony is not only vague, it is unsubstantiated.
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