The soldier is dead but only his eyes seemed to be alive described the son, that scene haunts me whenever I think of the film I think of that scene.
Anyone else ?
"And then I was being chased my an improperly filled in bubble screaming 'None of the above!' ".
I hate to spoil the scene for you, but that soldier was alive at the time. (At first I thought the same thing you did.)
Peter Lawford's character John Ashwood II says that he awoke in a trench with two other soldiers: the Canadian who was dead (he was on the right with his eyes closed), and an American (on the left) who was seriously wounded.
John said that the American couldn't move, so it seemed as if only his eyes were alive. However, we do see his lips move slightly, and later John tells his mother what the American soldier said about fighting for a "peace that sticks".
Well yes, I do agree-- that was a very affecting scene.
But what haunts me much more is the horrified look on the face of the baby playing John II when Irene is holding him and watching the parade of American soldiers. The child's eyes are fairly popping out of his head--looks like he's seeing a ghost...and when Irene squishes her face hard against his, his expression actually intensifies. Poor kid, not sure what his problem was; one can only hope the wages the child earned were enough to pay for his therapy.
Good film though, I watched it today. Agree with those who say it was written for a niche audience and did it's job extremely well. Today's Hollywood is lightyears away....
I went to Wikipedia and checked on the battle at Dieppe. It was a Canadian mission in 1942 (thus not a place to land during D-Day) with British support and 50 American Rangers involved. It was a disaster...
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