Who was the kid redford was talking to the whole time

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darkhunter7070 — 17 years ago(September 06, 2008 09:35 PM)

Does anyone think that the kid redford was talking to was tom cruises character when he was younger?

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argyleusaf — 17 years ago(September 10, 2008 01:52 AM)

wowjust wow. lay off the crack there buddy

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sundried_tomato_eug — 17 years ago(September 24, 2008 06:06 PM)

well, no!
apart from it being insane, its clearly impossible due to real life facts, and the facts of the movie.
Meryl's character said that 40 yrs ago, Cruise's character was 6.
The boy in Redford's office talks to him about being in the Vietnam war40 years agoso if it was Cruise's character, Redford should have been fighting simultaneously.
Also, it's all set at the same time, near present day, so no, definitely not.

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rohonnag — 17 years ago(October 03, 2008 09:27 AM)

thats what i thought too but it wasnt it
the guy talked Eeriely like tom cruise!
if that would have been it would have been cooler film
WhySo..Serious? Let's put a smile on that face of yours!

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Mandy_Whitsands — 12 years ago(July 25, 2013 10:58 PM)

the guy talked Eeriely like tom cruise!
completely agreed! even the looks they found a better match than any other film who has "character X" and "younger character X" in the same film (they never really find someone believable for the younger part).

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Zebblin — 15 years ago(July 24, 2010 04:00 AM)

Not exactly Tom Cruises character. I believe it was supposed to be similar to his character. Perhaps the student will become a senator like Tom Cruise's character.

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Mrpinkeye — 14 years ago(May 31, 2011 07:14 PM)

and then goes on to send redfords fav 2 students to die? that doesnt make sense either! but a twist like the OP said would be cool, if it worked

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Gemma_Philips — 12 years ago(September 08, 2013 02:29 PM)

Yes, when Tom Cruise said, "I admitted my mistake" like the kid did in the class, I thought until the end the kid was Tom Cruise, but the kid was reading the News Ticker on the TV about the initiated plan of Tom Cruise.
I guess the twist is the kid not being Tom Cruise like I thought.
I really like the film. The script is very good and the performances were all good. Not one was weak.

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coffeegirl18 — 12 years ago(March 03, 2014 06:34 PM)

If you watching closely the film draws parallels in characters quite a few times. That was just another parallel drawn.