| 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre: Legal Drama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cast & Crew Director: Rob Reiner Produced: Rob Reiner & Andrew Scheinman Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin Based on a play by Aaron Sorkin Cinematograpghy: Robert Richardson Starring: Jack Nicholson as Col. Nathan Jessup Tom Cruise as LT. Daniel Kaffee Demi Moore as Commander Joanne Galloway Kiefer Sutherland as LT. as Jonathan Kendrick Kevin Pollack as LT. as Sam Weinberg Kevin Bacon as Capt Jack Ross J.T. Walsh as Lt. Col. Matthew Markinson |
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| Nicholson on A few good men: " It was one of the few times there was money well spent " |
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| The Plot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In Guantanamo Bay Cuba two marines are accused of murder, after they were ordered by their superiors to give a slack marine a code red. The case falls at the feet of litagation lawyer Tom Cruise who with his team must bring to light the corrupt world of the superior officers responsible. for this tragdey. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (L-R) Jack NIcholson, Kiefer Sutherland & J.T. Walsh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (L-R) Nicholson as Col. Nathan Jessup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| My Review | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. This is the only film that Nicholson did with director Rob Reiner. 2. For his part as Col. Nathan Jessup, Jack was paid $5, 000, 000. 3. Despite only being in the film for no more than four scenes Nicholson was nominated for his 10th Oscar Nomination in the Catergory of Best Supporting Actor. He lost to Gene Hackman. 4. Nicholson was only in the film for 4 scenes. 5. When Cruise mimics Nicholson at the end it was unscripted. |
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| Okay this is one of the few films that actually can stand without the presence or talent of Jack Nicholson. In my own opinion the tother actors do a brilliant job of each of there parts. But I have to say it that Tom Cruise definetely has a deseved place in Hollywood if you at this film onwards in his carreer and counting " Born on the fourth of July " before 1992. This film sees one of Nicholsons restrained performances there is no Nicholson trademarks which we had seen before. with his smiles and arched eyebrows and his over the top manner of delievering dialog. This film shows just how Nicholson can read a certain charcter and he does this perfectly with Col. Nathan Jessup. The film needs Nicholson for two reasons. The first is he gets asses on seats & secondly he is the only middle aged man I would be scared shitless if he was in cahrge. |
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