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A Few Good Men
Synopsis
In this military courtroom drama based on the play by Aaron Sorkin, Navy lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) is assigned to defend two Marines, Pfc. Louden Downey (James Marshall) and Lance Cpl. Harold Dawson (Wolfgang Bodison), who are accused of the murder of fellow leatherneck Pfc. William Santiago (Michael de Lorenzo) at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Kaffee generally plea bargains for his clients rather than bring them to trial, which is probably why he was assigned this potentially embarassing case, but when Lt. Commander JoAnne Galloway (Demi Moore) is assigned to assist Kaffee, she is convinced that there's more to the matter than they've been led to believe and convinces her colleague that the case should go to court. Under questioning, Downey and Dawson reveal that Santiago died in the midst of a hazing ritual known as Code Red after he threatened to inform higher authorities that Dawson opened fire on a Cuban watchtower. They also state that the Code Red was performed under the orders of Lt. Jonathan Kendrick (Kiefer Sutherland). Kendrick's superior, tough-as-nails Col. Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson), denies any knowledge of the order to torture Santiago, but when Lt. Col. Matthew Markinson (J.T. Walsh) confides to Kaffee that Jessup demanded the Code Red for violating his order of silence, Kaffee and Galloway have to find a way to prove this in court. 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.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Full Credits
  • Director:
    Rob Reiner,
  • Writer:
    Aaron Sorkin,
  • Producer:
    Rob Reiner, David Brown, Andrew Scheinman,
  • Cinematographer:
    Robert Richardson,
  • Editor:
    Robert Leighton, Steven Nevius,
  • Executive Producer:
    William S. Gilmore, Rachel Pfeffer,
  • Cast:
    Kiefer Sutherland, Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Nina Lucia, Mary Morrisey,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Frank Capra III,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    Matthew H. Rowland,
  • Co-Producer:
    Jeffrey Stott, Steve Nicolaides,
  • Camera Operator:
    Anthony Gaudioz,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Kerry Lyn McKissick,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Terry Scott,
  • Construction Foreman:
    Doug Rosenberger,
  • First Assistant Camera:
    Ken Nishino,
  • Location Manager:
    Richard Davis, Jr.,
  • Production Coordinator:
    Elizabeth Ervin, Linda Allan-Folsom,
  • Property Master:
    Jerry Moss,
  • Makeup Department Head:
    Stephen Abrums,
  • Special Effects Coordinator:
    Eugene Crum,
  • First Assistant Editor:
    Alan Edward Bell,
  • Theatre Play:
    Aaron Sorkin,
  • Sound Mixer:
    Robert Eber,
  • Hair Department Head:
    Larry Waggoner,
  • Set Designer:
    Virginia L. Randolph, Robert Woodruff,
  • Second Unit Director of Photography:
    Gary B. Kibbe,
  • Hairstylist:
    Lyndell Quiyou, Enzo Angileri,
  • Music:
    Marc Shaiman,
  • Steadicam Operator:
    J. Michael Muro,
  • Art Direction:
    David F. Klassen,
  • Set Decoration:
    Michael Taylor,
  • Production Design:
    J. Michael Riva,
  • Post Production Supervisor:
    Christy Dimmig,
  • Casting:
    Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Richard Dean, Edouard F. Henriques,
  • Production Manager:
    Steve Nicolaides,
  • Transportation Coordinator:
    James Brown,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Tim A. Davison,
  • Screenplay:
    Aaron Sorkin,
  • Key Grip:
    Chris Centrella,
  • Chief Lighting Technician:
    Ian Kincaid,
  • Costume Design:
    Gloria Gresham,

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