A Few Good Men (1992 Rob Reiner)

We saw Keifer Sutherland on Rossy and he said that although Nicholson's 'You can't handle the truth' filming only involved him, all the cast attended to watch. He was note perfect and Reiner only called for a second take (also perfect) for something to do (well, let's say - safety). He gives a cracking performance - you really feel his military authority (partly present in that way he calls everyone by their first name - a very authoritative thing to do).

Some other people are in it too, called Tom Cruise, Demi Moore (I know - who?), Kevin Pollack, the aforementioned Mr. S, Kevin Bacon, James Marshall, JT Walsh, Christopher Guest, Wolfgang Bodison, Noah Wyle, Cuba Gooding Jr.

Written by Aaron Sorkin, from his play (the second filmed play we'd seen in a row). IMDB incorrectly credits a rewrite by William Goldman. Goldman phoned him to say he'd read in the Hollywood Reporter he'd been involved, set them straight and was calling to apologise. Sorkin was delighted - 'Someone had mistaken something I had written for something William Goldman might have written. I wanted that at the top of my resume.' (LA Times article.)

Robert Richardson filmed it.

Siddown both of you

Nicholson, the picture, sound and editing (Robert Leighton) were nominated.

Interesting credit - thanks to Haskell Wexler...

Liked the moment from a low angle when Cruise is interviewing Bodison and as he says 'Hello?' his head emerges from behind Bodison's - good direction.