It did not get an Oscar nomination for the screenplay. It was nominated for Film, Supporting Actor, Sound and Editing (Robert Leighton) and BAFTA nominated for nothing. Jack is wonderful, but Cruise holds his own in crucial court scene. The editing is in the classic Hollywood style, i.e. going close on the actors on key moments. Nicely balanced, e.g. Kevin Pollak asserting the two soldiers are basically nothing but bullies.
There's a credit for Consultant William Goldman - this isn't the writer, who had nothing to do with it (though the myth persists even to this day on his Wikipedia page), but that is where I think the misunderstanding came from.
"Sir, yes sir!"
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