Tag: Herman Wouk
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Review: William Friedkin’s Final Film Is A Stellar Courtroom Drama
William Friedkin is gone, and he leaves us with one final film, the stirring, effective courtroom drama “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.” Adapted by Friedkin from Herman Wouk’s play, “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” runs the risk of being too stagey; too much like a play merely transported to the screen without anything cinematic to add. Thankfully,…
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‘Caine Mutiny Court-Martial’ Sneak Peek – Lance Reddick Dresses Down Jason Clarke
Earlier this year, the film world was struck by the tragic loss of Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin. Best known for his work on beloved films like The Exorcist and The French Connection, Friedkin still had one more project up his sleeve with the legal drama adaptation The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial based on the Pulitzer…
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‘The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial’ Trailer: William Friedkin’s Swan Song Is a Military Courtroom Drama
William Friedkin’s final feature “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” is debuting on Showtime.Friedkin, who died in August 2023 at age 87, wrote and directed the adaptation of Herman Wouk’s 1953 play, itself adapted from his own Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The film version, which takes place entirely inside a courtroom, follows a U.S. naval first officer (Jake…
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Kiefer Sutherland Stars In The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Trailer, William Friedkin’s Final Film
The filmmaking legend and one of the last standing titans of New Hollywood, William Friedkin, died last month. Tributes have poured out around the globe in the form of heartfelt open letters from collaborators, unearthed clips from the bombastic director’s interviews and home video commentaries, and just about every repertory cinema in the country programming…
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial review – William Friedkin’s final film looks for the truth
Venice film festival: A courtroom drama based on events in Herman Wouk’s second world war novel The Caine Mutiny, Friedkin leaves us with a valuable last effortThe ghosts of film history can be seen all over Venice, the city where Dirk Bogarde sat down in a deck-chair and died and Donald Sutherland was bewitched by…