The Caine Mutiny Court Martial - Showtime - William Friedkin’s final film

Sponsored by City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold and your least favorite grandmother's panties.

The original film was excellent. Why do I need to see a modern version?

quote:

---

The original film was excellent. Why do I need to see a modern version?

---

Because it's based on the stage play that focuses on the trial alone (the stage play that was written by the book's author).

quote:

---

The original film was excellent. Why do I need to see a modern version?

---

quote:

---

Because it's based on the stage play that focuses on the trial alone (the stage play that was written by the book's author).

---

So, from what I can see, I am assuming from the people of color and females in the scenes, it has been updated to modern times?

If so, that's one drawback against it to start with. Number 1, it's not taking place during wartime, which adds a sense of importance to any and all actions taken by the men, such as Queeg's cowardly decision to use the yellow dye marker. Secondly, if it is modern times, there would be much more technological advances that could be used as evidence-- video/sound from onboard cameras or cell phones, mechanical/technical records of the ship's status during the typhoon, etc. rather than just personal testimony and recollections in the courtroom.

I plan on watching it, but taking it with a grain of salt.

Thanks for the heads up on it being on Showtime. Put it in my queue. I have more Paramount stuff in that watch list than Showtime when their deal went thru. Showtime TV series have really dropped off since the mid-2010's.

I vacillated on whether or not Kiefer Sutherland did a great job playing Queeg or a bad Bogart impression, but I settled squarely on the former by the end. Lance Reddick was well cast as he had such a presence about him. As you mentioned, Jason Clarke was stellar as well.

My only semi-criticism might be that, unlike the movie version with Fred McMurray, we really didn’t get much (if any) insight into the nature of Thomas Keefer until the final scene at the party. Yes, I realized Greenwald made the comments to Maryk after Keefer testified. Because of that, I don’t think the ending had the same level of impact as it did in the movie version.

To the poster who was worried because (gasp) “people of color and women are in it” - neither that or your alleged fear of it not being during war time are really proven out. They make the point that Queeg was pre-war career Navy. They sell the fact that the Caine is an active Navy ship with an important mission.

The only place it gets sorta dicey is the closing where Greenwald references joining “after 911” after earlier mentioning that Queeg had been in the Navy for 21 years, and the trial references events that take place in 2022. But again, that doesn’t change the impact of the story it only makes the timeline fuzzy.