Instead, in this social problem drama, he visually and eloquently captured their believable human struggle as they lived their unidealized lives and confronted disappointing setbacks, the tragic death of their daughter, dashed hopes and brief riumphs, and eventually found comfort in the anonymity of the masses, watching an unfunny theatrical clown act in the film""s conclusion.g., the scene of the gathering of the Klan)expert story-telling, with the cumulative building of the film to a dramatic climaxThe film looks remarkably genuine and authentic, almost of documentary quality (like Brady""s Civil War photographs), vividly reconstructing a momentous time period in history - and it was made only 50 years after the end of the Civil War.Make you waste your time, time we don""t have."Angered that his own men had been eliminated, Stuart threatened Trudeau for disobedience."To pay the penalty," he demonstrated his ruthlessness ("Watch this") by deliberating preparing to crash a Windsor Flight # 114 British jetliner on a flight path onto the runway with its ground level re-calibrated 200 feet lower.Bodies were being taken away on stretchers.Jason""s (Ted White) corpse was in the doorway of the barn where last seen lying with an axe embedded in his forehead - an ambulance driver noted: "He""s dead.He is more valuable to the South as an engineer.After only being told, "We can""t use you," Johnnie is unaware of the real reason for his rejection and believes the refusal is based on physical grounds.