(laughter) I assure you I had no intention of being either harsh or cruel in my treatment of the soldier in question.Things are soft for a boxer in this outfit.Otherwise, you""d better know how o soldier.Prewitt: I can soldier with any man.Warden:...You""ll fight, Prewitt.You""ll fight because Captain Holmes wants to be Major Holmes.He""s got an idea he""ll make it if he gets a winning team.And if you don""t do it for him, you""ll do it for me, ""cause my job is to keep him happy, see? The more he""s happy, he less he bothers me and the better I run his company.In one of Kubrick""s best-orchestrated scenes, Broulard describes his top secret offensive plan: "I""ve come to see you about something big.Rats invade their quarters.Suddenly, he bombardment eases and the men run outside to take their positions in the trench.(Paul is easily distinguishable, because the spike on his helmet has been shot away.) The mobile camera travels over he heads of the men in the trench (evidently one of the earliest uses of a crane shot in any film).