Backdraft (3/11) Movie CLIP - Ronald's Parole Hearing (1991) HD

[@captainclaymoar8398]

I love this scene. It really shows how he's clearly a sociopath but confronted with his actual ideals he can't possibly tell a lie because the urge to burn things is so strong with him. Absolutely phenomenal acting and writing

[@timedwards2631]

The look on Ronalds face when he is answering Shadow is Priceless!

[@gordongiobanni7543]

Great acting ehhh

[@dirtywater5336]

Still one of the most chilling Hollywood scenes. That crazy gleam in his eye when he said "Burn it all" is pure cinematic mastery

[@williamhaggard451]

Rest in Peace Donald Sutherland deeply be missed great actor 😢😢😢💔💔💔💔

[@323guiltyspark]

Such a great performance, the way his eyes widen at the prospect of burning the world, like it's an actual option.

[@verve92]

Yeah. Where else do you go after burning a little girl and old ladies. Would seem s logical progression

[@dakaraimcclinton9579]

What an insightfo/ful response. Ty

[@stonedavid4845]

Robert DeNiro is such an awesome actor!

[@armatageshanks06]

Stone David not half the actor donald Sutherland is

[@stonedavid4845]

I like Donald Sutherland as well. He is a great actor.

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Hell yeah.

[@ig-8892]

@American Citizen username checks out lol

[@Illustraful]

Great shot construction by Ron Howard. Love how the camera cranes back from the table and then glides forward to Sutherland all in one shot.

[@33hegemon]

"Did the fire look at you?"

[@milesmouse72]

just goes to show, there are some people in life, real or fiction, that you simply cannot lie to. Ronald can't lie to his shadow.

[@acaplan2112]

That's some darn good acting in that scene, especially on the part of Sutherland.

[@TheTsar1918]

Sutherland and DeNiro....damn good scene.

[@beazywhite7537]

See you next year, Ronald...

[@gertrudemcfuzz74]

Is this how Ronald's parole hearing plays out every year?

[@kerrib3109]

Yep see you next yr ronald

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Buuuuurn, baby burn, disco inferno

[@nonyafkinbznes1420]

Yup, and every year the lefty parole board is ready to cast him back into society.

[@navblue20]

Donald Sutherland did an incredible job of showing the darkeness inside of us. And think about it-IRRC he only gets about 5 minutes of screen time in the entire movie yet he is a pivotal character in Backdraft.

[@waveshock]

It's something very akin to what Anthony Hopkins did in Silence of the lambs... A criminal helping catching other criminal, while he plays mind games with the main character, all in a short but memorable apparition.

[@seankolker]

That’s not fair…Shadow. He knows he f**ked! 😆

[@mahadali2739]

Great actor. RIP Donald Sutherland.

[@maxmt4325]

I watched this movie as a kid and now as an adult with a 4 year old daughter this scene gets to me even more.

[@TheCoolProfessor]

"That's where I saw the leprechaun. He told me to burn things!" -Ralph Wiggum

[@stevegarcia9098]

Classic Donald Sutherland. Perhaps only John Malkovich could've sold it this well, too.

[@garyappleseed1148]

Ronald needs his own movie.

[@dnasty312]

He'll be back in *Backdraft 2* ✌

[@Illustraful]

Sutherland stole the movie with this scene. He was a legend.

[@LordMalice6d9]

Psychopaths tend to like watching the world burn.

[@gordongiobanni7543]

Best way a firefighter can fight a fire is PREVENT ONE

[@dirtywater5336]

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" - Ben Franklin, America's first volunteer fire chief referencing fire prevention

[@vinzelrato]

"it's not fair,Shadow" That look on Ronald's face; like he's controlling himself, controlling everything, that' s how he stands up. But if you tickle him at the spot where he is sensible, he's gonna crack in front of everyone, and it's awful. They think it's a man in front of them, but it's not. It's been a very long time he's not a man anymore. It's like a black hole, and if you're not careful, it's gonna jump right to your face?

[@mikekling7144]

RIP Donald Sutherland

[@MegaJamesj]

Ronald said Burn It All, Lol he said it. That's from Hans Zimmer score.

[@christinasavannah7992]

I even like the Subtle Burn scars om Donald....as Pyromaniacs tend to have burn scars themselves

[@Fanik10]

SHAAAADOW SHADOW, HI SHADOW!!

[@unburningflame]

I agree 100%, Ronald. Burn it all. 🔥🔥🔥

[@BlueEyedAuthor]

"What do you wanna do to the Capital of Panem, Ronald?" "Burn it!"

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Hunger Games: *Catching Fire* hue hue hue

[@MegaJamesj]

Shadow- What about Pokemon world Ronald, What you want to do to Pokemon world. Ronald- Gotta Burn em all. Lol

[@Grimba86]

Mr Bartell did the fire look at you?

[@abermen]

Literally the worst psychiatrist ever?

[@UltimateThanos]

Well, all psychiatrists worship Mammon the demon of greed. They only care about how much and how long they can profit from a patient’s illness.

[@KrazyX777]

"Do you consider yourself ready for society?" Trick question. Nobody is ready for society.

[@tankmaster1018]

Holy shit! I never realized Robert DN was in this film!

[@adambomber28]

RIP Donald Sutherland. This was my favorite movie with him.

[@Busymouseanimations]

I like how he looks back at them "This is the guy you want to set free?"

[@samus1421]

the most psychotic portrayal ever.

[@somnuswaltz5586]

Burn it all........

[@erikkoz1642]

What do you wanna do after you roll this splif, Ronald? Burn it!!🔥🔥

[@califinn]

RIP Mr. Sutherland, you were damn good.

[@MondoBeno]

This is like the story of Rambam and the Bishop's cat. All he had to do was throw a live mouse on the table and the cat, despite a year of training, reverted to its base instinct.

[@Branzo29]

🔥🔥Heavy Duty!! Rest Well Mr.Sutherland

[@toddsmitts]

Why is de Niro's character the only one who can get Ronald to say this?

[@Mark-yn4vl]

He trusts "Shadow". Maybe because Shadow saved his life. Also Ronald is criminally insane so he has strange ways of thinking. Maybe he respects Shadow because he considers Shadow a worthy adversary and therefore in his own twisted way, is honest with him.

[@melonballer8475]

Best movie EVER. My favorite since I was 10 (the year it was released).

[@paulmurphy5244]

I highly doubt he'd have to come back the next year after the perole board just heard him say how he still wants to burn the whole world while giggling like a complete lunatic! But then again we're talkin' about the American justice system. So it would probably be in his best interest to keep coming back.

[@chaddelk3605]

Goodbye, Donald. You played a good psychopath in the form of Ronald, here in Backdraft.

[@MegaJamesj]

Shadow: What about the world Ronald, What would like to do to whole world? (Waiting.....) Ronald: BURN IT ALL. Me: Ah, Ah, He Said it. (Listening to "Burn it All" music) B-)

[@imahorsefaceddipshit5300]

Or it could have gone this way: Remember this Ronald? No, never seen it before. Ok. but what do you do with old ladies? I deliver their groceries and help them across the street. Why, what's up? Oh come on Ronald, what would you like to do with the whole world" I'd like to reenter society and do good things to make up for my terrible crimes. Hey parole board, can you get this uninvited psycho out of my face please? Yes, we're sorry Ronald. Please leave the room guy holding a burnt doll who wasn't invited. Parole approved Mr. Ronald. Have a nice day.

[@protorhinocerator142]

I don't get it. Was that not the right answer?

[@thehostofmmm]

And it all starts with a flame... the size of a tangerine.

[@dnasty312]

Shadow's Pest Control

[@MrAlleluia00]

You can fool the warden, and you can fool your psychiatrist, but you can't fool your shadow

[@hench1985]

I think Ronald is the Joker's father(Heath Ledger's Joker). They both wanted to see the world BURN!

[@itwontcomeout5678]

" *You wanna know how I got these scars?* You see, my father was a fire man. Not a firefighter-- a man who loved to play with fire. A bit of a... _pyromaniac,_ if you will. He secretly started fires across this entire city in the 70s and 80s. One night he came home and lit our own house on fire... Set it up so the entire hallway became a living, breathing fireball. Mother was still asleep, and never woke up again. I smelled smoke and tried to open my bedroom door... The door frame collapsed right onto my face. My father landed himself in jail for the rest of his life, getting denied parole every single year... Until I had a firebomb planted in his prison cell block a few years ago. You see, some men seek vengeance, some men seek righteousness... *and some men just want to see the world burn.* "

[@hench1985]

@@itwontcomeout5678 That was awesome!

[@itwontcomeout5678]

hench1985 thank you! 😁

[@moviefan8533]

Okay

[@williamhaggard451]

Burn it , burn it all hahaha

[@steffiebee5224]

President Snow up to his old tricks again.....lol

[@joannehines7806]

Donald Sutherland should have gotten a Best Supporting Actor nod for his role as Ronald ( the pyromaniac)!!

[@nath909]

I got hit in the face with a football. I dropped so fast it left my shadow on the wall.

[@mOviEmAkEr267676]

Tywin Lannister and Aerys II Targaryen dialogue...

[@ForceMaximus84]

Pest Control

[@joeybee1914]

If only Sutherland and De Niro had any talent.

[@georgemallory797]

"Some men just wanna watch the world burn." --Alfred Pennyworth

[@joewhitehead3]

This is guy is pure evil. Plain & simple

[@TheXpompier]

10 pyros down voted this clip.

[@gertrudemcfuzz74]

And what about Justin Bieber, Ronald? What would you like to do to him and his music and his fans?

[@ChiakiShirakawa]

カジの原因、この頃のアメリカでも、こんな杓子定規な判断プロセスだった？ それとも象徴的に誇張したプロセスの見える化？ 怒りの象徴、風の流れを利用して飛ぶ鳥のように炎の流れも読み方のコツがありそうよね。 プロメテウスの神話が興味深い。

[@RobertJones-my5of]

A creepy character. Should have been the center of movie....

[@johnritchie2607]

Burn it all..... LMFAO

[@garrettkittel304]

only good scene in this film. Kurt Russel wasn't there to be the worst actor of all time.

[@VredesStall]

Let's pretend for a moment that this parole hearing is not for Ronald... but instead for that poor black woman in Florida (Marissa Alexander). I can only image what kind of loaded questions the board would ask her and what kind of answers she would have to give in order to save her a$$ and just get back to her children: Parole board: Do you regret your crime and understand that you were a threat & danger to society?? Alexander: Yes, I promise to never get scared and defend myself shooting a wall again. Give me a break!!

[@TheKenPrescott]

Her kids were in the danger space, honey.

[@imahorsefaceddipshit5300]

Well her "warning shot" was more of a missed shot which is why it was in the wall behind the guy she missed. But 20 years seemed a bit much given the circumstances which is why she got out in 5.

[@cap10kb94]

RIP Donald Sutherland..