A Few Good Men Page #6

Synopsis: Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) is a military lawyer defending two U.S. Marines charged with killing a fellow Marine at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Although Kaffee is known for seeking plea bargains, a fellow lawyer, Lt. Cdr. JoAnne Galloway (Demi Moore), convinces him that the accused marines were most likely carrying out an order from a commanding officer. Kaffee takes a risk by calling Col. Nathan R. Jessep (Jack Nicholson) to the stand in an effort to uncover the conspiracy.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Production: Columbia Pictures
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 26 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
62
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
R
Year:
1992
138 min
3,672 Views


He goes back to hitting fungoes.

SPRADLING:

I'm gonna charge him with possession

and being under the influence while

on duty. Plead guilty and I'll

recommend 30 days in the brig with

loss of rank and pay.

KAFFEE:

It was oregano, Dave, it was ten

dollars worth of oregano.

SPRADLING:

Yeah, well your client thought it

was marijuana.

KAFFEE:

My client's a moron, that's not

against the law.

Swapp! The THIRD BASEMAN takes one in the face.

KAFFEE:

(continuing)

Ow. That had to hurt.

(calling out)

Way to keep your head in the play,

Lester. Walk it off!

SPRADLING:

I've got people to answer to just

like you, I'm gonna charge him.

KAFFEE:

With what, possession of a condiment?

SPRADLING:

Kaffee --

KAFFEE:

Dave, I've tried to help you out of

this, but if you ask for tall time,

I'm gonna file a motion to dismiss.

SPRADLING:

You won't got it.

KAFFEE:

I will get it. And if the MTD is

denied, I'll file a motion in liminee

seeking to obtain evidentiary ruling

in advance, and after that I'm gonna

file against pre-trial confinement,

and you're gonna spend an entire

summer going blind on paperwork

because a Signalman Second Class

bought and smoked a dime bag of

oregano.

SPRADLING:

B Misdemeanor, 20 days in the brig.

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Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter, producer, and playwright. His works include the Broadway plays A Few Good Men and The Farnsworth Invention; the television series Sports Night, The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and The Newsroom; and the films A Few Good Men, The American President, Charlie Wilson's War, The Social Network, Moneyball, and Steve Jobs. more…

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