Reiner made a 2023 documentary Albert Brooks: Defending My Life which is not on Apple UK, nor DVD, which is not disappointing at all.
This is the first in our retrospective filmed in widescreen Panavision.
They've had to put on camouflage when travelling near the fence. But as Q pointed out, the white caps make them still highly visible targets:
Apart from the courtroom drama and the examination of military protocols and thinking, what appealed to Reiner was the character study of a young man trying to pull himself out of the shadow of his father - with which he could obviously relate.
Jack Nicholson brought his great acting immediately to the table read and all the other actors were like 'Shit it's Jack Nicholson' and he had effectively put everyone on their best performance level.
The actor who plays the taller of the men on trial, Wolfgang Bodison, had been Reiner's assistant on Misery and had never acted before! His fellow soldier James Marshall was in Twin Peaks.
Was looking out for - but did not recognise at all - Christopher Guest, who's in court as the doctor.
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