In Rob Reiner's A FEW GOOD MEN, the military hires a young defense attorney to handle a controversial case. However, when a headstrong lieutenant commander joins the proceedings, the tension dramatically rises.
Sight and Sound, 01/01/1993, p.46, "...A sure-fire hit....Cruise is all confidence and ease..."
Rolling Stone, 01/07/1993, p.49-50, "...A FEW GOOD MEN has Oscar written all over it....Nicholson is a marvel - fierce, funny and coiled to spring..."
USA Today, 12/11/1992, p.1D, "...Jack Nicholson's most caustic performance ever....He's the greatest of MEN's good actors..."
Entertainment Weekly, 06/08/2001, p.53, "...Tom Cruise gives the best performance of his career..."
Chicago Sun-Times, 12/11/1992, p.43, "...Cruise is well-cast and effective....Demi Moore is attractive and determined..."
Title Note
A FEW GOOD MEN received three Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor--Jack Nicholson.
Christopher Guest, an actor known for his comic turns in Rob Reiner's THIS IS SPINAL TAP and THE PRINCESS BRIDE, appears here in a rare dramatic role.
Product Quotation/Excerpt
"You want answers?"--Col. Jessup (Jack Nicholson) "I think I'm entitled."--Lt. Kaffee (Tom Cruise) "You want answers?"--Col. Jessup "I want the truth!"--Lt. Kaffee "You can't handle the truth!"--Col. Jessup
Release Note
DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35 Audio: Digital Dolby 5.1 - English Digital Dolby 2.0 - English Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Rob Reiner - Director Documentary - 1. CODE OF CONDUCT Featurette - 1. FROM STAGE TO SCREEN WITH AARON SORKIN AND ROB REINER Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical 2. JERRY MAGUIRE 3. THE JUROR Text/Photo Galleries: Filmographies - 1. Cast & Crew
Product Notes
When two marines are charged with murdering a member of their platoon during an unsanctioned disciplinary action in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the armed forces hire a lieutenant they believe is a lightweight defense attorney. Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) prides himself in having successfully plea-bargained every one of his 44 cases and would just as well make this one his 45th. However, ambitious internal affairs officer Lieutenant Commander Jo Ann Galloway (Demi Moore) smells a rat in the form of a hushed-up practice known as Code Red and, furious at Kaffee's halfhearted efforts, gets hired as the younger cadet's defender. Aided by Lt. Com. Galloway's prodding, Lt. Kaffee begins to realize the rottenness of the whole affair and sets to take on the whole Guantanamo Bay marine corps and its codes, a decision that makes inevitable a ferocious head-to-head showdown with an immovable force. Irascible Colonel Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson, in one of the most striking performances of his fabled career) heads the Cuban marine base and is on the cusp of appointment to the National Security Council. Jessup embodies both the necessity and the evil in necessary evil and does not take lightly to anyone questioning his or his corps' methods. Aaron Sorkin's script is adapted from his own gripping award-winning Broadway play and is skillfully brought to the screen by director Rob Reiner.
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