William Friedkin 'was so sure of what he wanted and what he needed. I can't speak enough about what a comfort it is for an actor to work for a director who is so specific and knows exactly what they want,' the actor says of the late director.
In the taut, no-nonsense courtroom drama “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial,” Kiefer Sutherland earns top billing in the pivotal role of Capt. Philip Queeg, the disgraced and deposed commander of a U.S. Navy minesweeper. But he appears onscreen for only two scenes.
What was fascinating was that they were all moving at different speeds, and they never ran into each other. It’s like the nastiest game of Tetris you’ve ever seen.” The role of Queeg was famously played by Humphrey Bogart in a 1954 movie adaptation of Herman Wouk’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Caine Mutiny.” Sutherland plays the career officer as smug, fragile and petty, but also reveals the wounded depth of his attachment to institutional power.
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