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Features: DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, English, Subtitled, French, Spanish
Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore star in Rob Reiner's unanimously acclaimed drama about the dangerous difference between following orders and following one's conscience. Cruise stars as a brash Navy lawyer who's teamed with a gung-ho litigator (Moore) in a politically-explosive murder case. Charged with defending two Marines accused of killing a fellow soldier, they are confronted with complex issues of loyalty and honor--including its most sacred code and its most formidable warrior (Nicholson). Superbly directed, with a trio of powerhouse performances and an outstanding supporting cast including Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon and Christopher Guest, A Few Good Men is a "stirring, rousing, rip-roaring success." (Dennis Cunningham, WCBS-TV). Widescreen format.
"Smashing courtroom climax, top-grade performances..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"Riveting. Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise at their ferociously impassioned best." Judith Crist, Coming Attractions
Editor's Note
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.
Plot Summary
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.
| Features | Scene Selection With Motion Images | | Filmographies | | Production Notes | | Interactive Menus | | Exclusive Documentary: Code Of Conduct, Featuring Interviews With Rob Reiner, Aaron Sorkin And Cast | | From Stage To Screen With Aaron Sorkin And Rob Reiner | | Bonus Trailers | | Korean Subtitles | | Thai Subtitles | | Audio Commentary From Director Rob Reiner | | French Subtitles | | Portuguese Subtitles | | Chinese Subtitles | | Portuguese Audio | | English Subtitles | | Spanish Subtitles | | English 2-Channel Dolby Surround | | French Audio | | Spanish Audio | | Digitally Mastered Audio And Anamorphic Video | | Widescreen Version | | English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 5/6/2003 |
| Running Time: 137 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1992 | | Catalog ID: 05280 | | UPC: 00043396052802 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Portuguese Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1993) | | | Jack Nicholson, Nominee, Best Supporting Actor | | | Rob Reiner, Nominee, Best Director | |
Golden Globe (1993) | | | Tom Cruise, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture-Drama |
| Memorable Quotes| "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 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...A FEW GOOD MEN has Oscar written all over it....Nicholson is a marvel - fierce, funny and coiled to spring..." 01/07/1993 p.49-50Sight and Sound
"...A sure-fire hit....Cruise is all confidence and ease..." 01/01/1993 p.46 USA Today
"...Jack Nicholson's most caustic performance ever....He's the greatest of MEN's good actors..." 12/11/1992 p.1D Chicago Sun-Times
"...Cruise is well-cast and effective....Demi Moore is attractive and determined..." 12/11/1992 p.43 Entertainment Weekly
"...Tom Cruise gives the best performance of his career..." 06/08/2001 p.53 Ultimate DVD
4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's an intelligent and provocative piece centred on the prosecution of alleged physical and mental abuse in Guantanemo Bay..." 05/01/2008 p.78 The Washiongton Post 8 of 10
A Few Good Men is a brass-buttoned, square-jawed huzzah for military justice that's thankfully free of the messy moralizing of the Vietnam age. An energetic adaptation of the Broadway play, this riveting court-martial drama looks at the eternal conflict between a civilization and the barbarity inherent in its defense. Essentially it is The Caine Mutiny in dry dock with Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise going macho a macho... A Few Good Men is about as understated as a 21-gun salute. It's a grand undertaking that wrangles with the heavy questions that cropped up at Nuremberg and My Lai, questions that deserve and get lots of imposing shots of monuments and not a little swashbuckling from the big stars. - Rita Kempley
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