Re-Education camp
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Red Dawn
KevinRHD — 10 years ago(January 23, 2016 09:44 PM)
For the scene where Jed, Matt and Robert visit the Re-Education camp, did anyone get a little choked up watching this scene. It was very emotional in my opinion, Jed and Matt both learn their Mom died, even while fighting tears their Dad tells them they can't cry anymore and just have to accept what happened. It doesn't get much better for Robert either when he asks Mr. Eckert what happened to his father, to which he can only say "I don't know son, I don't know."
What really made me choke up a bit when Mr. Eckert tells them all to leave before they are found out. The way Patrick Swayze delivered his lines were really well done, crying while giving his Dad a final goodbye. "Dad, I love you."
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Spoiled_Pitbull — 9 years ago(April 07, 2016 01:51 PM)
Yes, it was one of the scenes in that movie that made it hit home hard. I saw Red Dawn for the first time on HBO in 1985 while there still was a cold war and a Soviet threat to think about so that added to the effect this particular scene and the movie in general had on me.