“The prosecutor (played by actor Kevin Bacon) failed to file charges against the lieutenant in a timely fashion so his career was over. Then you had the colonel (Nicholson onscreen) who was a tough old colonel. They loved him down there, but he was relieved for cause, which is basically being fired.Jan 27, 2014
What are some of the most famous military lawyers?
A Few Good Men (1992) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Who are the actors in a few good men?
In the end, Kaffee managed to work up the courage to stand up to Jessep, prosecuting attorney Captain Ross (Kevin Bacon), and Judge Randolph (J.A. Preston) and to get Jessep to admit his crime, so the evidence, though intricate, didn't really matter.
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Sep 16, 2011 · In the movies, there have been quite a few handsome and noble defense lawyers. And one of the best known may be the military lawyer played by Tom Cruise in “A Few Good Men,” the 1992 courtroom ...
Why do Dawson and Downey refuse to take the plea bargain?
A Few Good Men also features Kevin Bacon as prosecuting attorney Capt. Jack Ross and Kevin Pollak as Kaffee and Galloway's research assistant, Lt. Sam Weinberg.
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A Few Good Men is a play by Aaron Sorkin, first produced on Broadway by David Brown in 1989. It tells the story of military lawyers at a court-martial who uncover a high-level conspiracy in the course of defending their clients, two United States Marines accused of murder.. It opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre in New York on November 15, 1989, in a production …
Who were the prosecutors in A Few Good Men?
When Kaffee negotiates a plea bargain with the prosecutor Captain Jack Ross, Dawson and Downey refuse, insisting that Kendrick gave them the "code red" order and that they never intended Santiago to die. Dawson sees Kaffee as dishonorable by pursuing a plea bargain over defending their actions.
Who represents the defense in A Few Good Men?
Military lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder. They contend they were acting under orders. In this dramatic courtroom thriller, LT Daniel Kaffee, a Navy lawyer who has never seen the inside of the courtroom, defends two stubborn Marines who have been accused of murdering a colleague.
What is a code red Marines?
A "code red" is how they refer to hazing a Marine and is strictly against Marine Corps policy.
What happens to Colonel Jessup?
Dawson and Downey go to prison for at least manslaughter, and live their lives as dishonorably discharged convicted felons. Jessup and Lt Kendrick (Kiefer Sutherland) go on to successful careers, having skated any responsibility for the orders they gave, or the lies they told to do it.
Overview
A Few Good Men is a 1992 American legal drama film based on Aaron Sorkin's 1989 play. It was written by Sorkin, directed by Rob Reiner, and produced by Reiner, David Brown and Andrew Scheinman. It stars an ensemble cast, including Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak, J. T. Walsh, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Kiefer Sutherland. The plot follows the court-martial of two U.S. …
Plot
U.S. Marines Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private First Class Louden Downey are facing a general court-martial, accused of murdering fellow Marine William Santiago at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Santiago had poor relations with his fellow Marines, compared unfavorably to them, and broke the chain of command in an attempt to get transferred out of Guantanamo. Base Commander ColonelNathan Jessup and his officers argue about the best co…
Cast
• Tom Cruise as Lieutenant (junior grade) Daniel Kaffee, USN, JAG Corps
• Jack Nicholson as Colonel Nathan R. Jessup, USMC
• Demi Moore as Lieutenant Commander JoAnne Galloway, USN, JAG Corps
Production
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin got the inspiration to write the source play, a courtroom drama called A Few Good Men, from a phone conversation with his sister Deborah, who had graduated from Boston University Law School and signed up for a three-year stint with the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps. She was going to Guantanamo Bay to defend a group of Marines who came close to killing a fellow Marine in a hazing ordered by a superior officer. Sorkin took that in…
Reception
A Few Good Men premiered at the Odeon Cinema, Manchester, England, and opened on December 11, 1992, in 1,925 theaters. It grossed $15,517,468 in its opening weekend and was the number-one film at the box office for the next three weeks. Overall, it grossed $141,340,178 in the U.S. and $101,900,000 internationally for a total of $243,240,178.
On Rotten Tomatoes, A Few Good Men has an approval rating of 83% based on 65 reviews, with …
Home media
A Few Good Men was released on VHS and Laserdisc by Columbia TriStar Home Video on June 30, 1993, and released on DVD on October 7, 1997. The VHS was again released along with a DVD release on May 29, 2001 and later a Blu-Ray release followed on September 8, 2007. The Double Feature of the film and Jerry Maguire was released on DVD on December 29, 2009 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. A 4K UHD Blu-Ray release occurred on April 24, 2018.
See also
• Trial movies
External links
• A Few Good Men at IMDb
• A Few Good Men at the TCM Movie Database
• A Few Good Men at Rotten Tomatoes
• A Few Good Men at Metacritic
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