Small Scenes. Big Actors. -- J.T. Walsh

Outbreak -- Operation Clean Sweep

For a long time I’ve wanted to share some of the small scenes that stole entire movies or featured an actor who delivered such a powerful performance, it stayed with you long after the movie was forgotten.

Such is the case with this scene in Outbreak featuring the late, great J.T. Walsh. He left behind a long trail of fantastic performances, but few as small and powerful than this gem in which he briefs the Joint Chiefs with the president’s position on Operation Clean Sweep, a bombing cam

paign that will vaporize an entire town in the United States to stop the outbreak of a deadly virus from taking hold and killing the greater population.

Jack Nicholson has been quoted as saying he needed to see at least two or three stand out scenes like this for his character before he will sign onto a project. You can see why. They pack a punch.