^I completely agree with you on the Thin Red Line, his performance was so "quiet" yet forceful, I truly believe Malick got a superb performance out of Penn, as usually Sean is very in your face as a performer.
In reference to the daughter, Robin just said that she is going to a film school in LA, and so she is moving to LA as well. I heard somewhere that despite the horrible ecnomy they managed to sell their MArin County home for 15 mil.