When Trumpets Fade (1998 TV Movie)

Dylan Bruno: Sgt. Talbot

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• Sgt. Talbot : You know it's amazing really when you stop to think about it. Whole platoon fingers its way into the Factory and one guy makes it out to talk about it. You got twenty-five or thirty guys dead or dying and you walk out without a scratch on you.

  Pvt. David Manning : It's my lucky day.

  Sgt. Talbot : Yeah lucky. That's one way of looking at it.

  Pvt. David Manning : But not the only way, right Talbot?

  Sgt. Talbot : There isn't anything sacred with you, is there Manning?

  Pvt. David Manning : Warm dry feet.

  Sgt. Talbot : How'd you manage to get out Manning? Did you get cut off from the rest of your platoon? Trees get pretty thick out there? Did you get lost? Come on, what happened?

  Pvt. David Manning : You got something in that vat of yours, just spill it.

  Sgt. Talbot : Alright. Look it's like this. See, your routine isn't as seamless as you think it is. Always hanging back a little bit, never volunteering. Doing just enough to keep out of trouble, but never enough to really help out.

  Pvt. David Manning : [Sarcastic]  I'm kind of an emotional guy.

  Sgt. Talbot : [Grabs Manning's shoulder]  Get one thing fucking straight, man. There is no hang-back now. You got a glob of greenies looking at you to keep 'em alive and if I find out that one of them answers the last muster because of your yellow streak, I will personally put a bullet in your brain.

• Sgt. Talbot : [Points gun at Manning's head]  You executed Baxter!

  Pvt. David Manning : You're damn right I did! He ran, you'd have done the same thing!

  Medic Chamberlain : Put the gun down, Talbot!

  Sgt. Talbot : Shut up!

  Pvt. David Manning : Go ahead. We're all dead anyway.

• Sgt. Talbot : [Stares at the carnage]  I'll be a son of a bitch!

• Sgt. Talbot : We all know about that section eight deal you cut with Pritchett. Anything to save your own ass.

  Pvt. David Manning : That's right.

  Sgt. Talbot : It's too bad he won't be around to hold up his end of the deal.

  Pvt. David Manning : What are you talking about?

  Sgt. Talbot : Got wounded. Took him off the line today. Life's a bitch ain't it?

• Sgt. Talbot : [Under heavy artillery fire, shouting over the radio]  This is Sergeant Talbot. Lieutenant Lukas has lost it.

  Capt. Roy Pritchett : I put you in charge of this, Sergeant. Now listen up, you gotta pull your platoon back to this side of the river.

  Sgt. Talbot : You expect me to get these guys to leave cover in this shit?

  Capt. Roy Pritchett : If you don't get that platoon to move, you're all gonna be dead 10 minutes, now haul ass!

• Pvt. David Manning : The way I see it, we've got two choices. We can settle for being slaughtered in the push tomorrow, or we can take those tanks out tonight.

  Sgt. Talbot : There's no way in hell company will approve that.

  Pvt. David Manning : This isn't about company, if we do it, it's just us. We'll slip past the lines unchecked, just another sorry ass patrol.

  Medic Chamberlain : Let me get this straight. Yesterday, you were pulling for a section eight. Now you wanna lead some kind of renegade force, against the German tanks.

  Pvt. David Manning : The question is, how do we stay alive. What you think of me doesn't really matter.

• Sgt. Talbot : Where's your squad?

  Pvt. David Manning : [Points at Sanderson]  Over there.