"A Few Good Men" is on TCM, uncut and in wide screen

[Floogeldy]

Oh yea, a great fucking actor, Tom Cruise, is in it.

[Aristus]

1. I liked Kevin Pollack's performance better.

Plus, I played Sam Weinberg in a local production of AFGM, so I've got a soft spot for the role. B-)

[Floogeldy]

3. That's awesome, Aristus.

I dream of such things. :)

[Aristus]

7. I have just about everything Aaron Sorkin ever wrote on DVD.

AFGM, The American President, Sports Night, the complete series, and the first four seasons of The West Wing.

Acting in AFGM was the icing on the cake. I love Aaron Sorkin.



He's my man-crush. B-)

[Blue_Tires]

2. well written, acted and directed all around

this is the type of plot that easily could have been some made for TV F-lister, but a strong cast can work wonders

[Floogeldy]

4. Good point.

:)

[hickman]

5. On TCM? I've got Peeping Tom.

Michael Powell's notorious cult film about a film maker obsessed with capturing death on film. (Crime Drama, 109 mins).

[NMMNG]

6. You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!

No truth handler you. I deride your truth handling ability.

[GalleryGod]

8. Entertaining but not even CLOSE to the Broadway play.

:applause: :popcorn: :applause:

[Aristus]

9. I disagree. I thought the screenplay for the film was much more well

written.

In the scene the night before the indictment of the two Marines:

In the play, Kaffee, Weinberg and Galloway are arguing about their defense strategy.

Kaffee says: "...two young Marines obeying an order they never thought would cause harm."

Weinberg: "A defense that didn't work for the Nazis at Nuremberg; a defense that didn't work for Calley at My Lai..."

Kaffee: "I can't worry about the Nazis. They're not my problem right now."

Sorkin dances right up to it, but doesn't go any further. It's an awkward moment.

In the film, the scene is much better written.

Weinberg: "A defense that didn't work for the Nazis at Nuremberg; a defense that didn't work for Calley at My Lai."

Kaffee: "Jesus, Sam! These guys aren't the Nazis! They were obeying an order they never thought would result in harm!"

Galloway: (softly) "Don't look now, Danny, but you're making an argument."

Also, the *gotcha* moment in the movie was much better. In the play, it revolves around security tags on Kaffee and Weinberg's baggage at Gitmo. In the movie, it is phone calls, personal items packed or not packed, and a daring bluff with two Air Force crewmen.

In the three years or so between the premier of the play and the writing of the screenplay, Sorkin evidently figured out how to make it a better story.