We Follow Orders or People Die - A Few Good Men (6/8) Movie CLIP (1992) HD

[@lieutenantkettch]

"You ever serve in an infantry unit, son?" "No sir, I was an aviator. Flew Tomcats on the Enterprise."

[@JohnnyC01]

"I was also a secret agent and a samurai, made cocktails and did Nascar racing"

[@davestuddaman8127]

Im a millionaire cowboy spaceman 😁

[@gonzalo4658]

i was pete maverick

[@zvonimirtosic6171]

Kaffee is masterful here; he constantly pushes colonel to speak briefly and then cuts him off, pushes then cuts him off, repeatedly, hurting colonel's pride. All to make his blood boil, lose nerves.

[@livinlicious]

Which would be inappropriate in a real court. In a murder trial court martial. This would get him probably disbarred from the service. This movie is a drama and has no basis in real proceedings.

[@clarkb2697]

I love the dig that cruise does with the "I can have the court recorder read it back to you"

[@clevelandrum]

and his interruptions while Jessup tries to answer

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

"Cruise does"? You do realise it's a film script ? Cruise is saying lines in a film script. It's called "acting". I admit he's very good, but it really is just acting.

[@srinivasanramamoorthy9026]

One of the most powerful and best ever performance by any actor...Jack Nicholson is a legend.

[@MUFCSINCE90]

One flew over the cuckoo's nest man!!!

[@matiassepulveda8038]

What does he Say when Cruise interrupts him asking: Why the two orders? (1:53)

[@rafikbeekun830]

Tom Cruise looks like a rank amateur vis a vis Jack Nicholson.

[@timothysullivan84]

Despite all his arrogant posturing and bluster, the colonel was perfectly willing to let two enlisted men take the rap for his crime.

[@chasestredic]

Happenes all the time in the Military

[@The2ndFirst]

Rules of engagement will bend for some. Not for others. It's how this thing goes.

[@wilsonblauheuer6544]

Because the colonel is a posturing lying hypocrite.

[@MJWVI]

Timothy Sullivan idiot.

[@wilsonblauheuer6544]

@DLeCo tell that to the dozen or so Iraq vets in Leavenworth.

[@amybarn9251]

I just love the build up. All the way up to 'I could have the court reporter read back to you'....

[@frajoelyouvid]

This has to be Tom's greatest performance and best looking year not to mention. Demi Mooee was also simply gorgeous in this movie.

[@kedrprao]

This movie has some of the most gorgeous human beings that walked upon planet lmao

[@AC-iz7eh]

I think that smug face at 1:05 when he says "crystal" was the beginning of what caused Nicholson's outburst 😂

[@Autistic_Gallant-92.]

Now I know where “The Parent Trap” got its dialogue between Annie (as Hallie) and Meredith: Meredith: Is that clear? Annie (as Hallie): Crystal. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jacobmaverickbueller.671]

1:50-1:53 I know what I said! I don't have it read back to me like I'm... Love that line from Nicholson.

[@rolyatknarfable]

Clint Eastwood scares me. Jack Nicholson scares me more. He's awesome.

[@adonisguy3243]

Woody Allen is the scariest!

[@LeoWhalen1933]

@@adonisguy3243 at least he's good husband and dad!

[@ritvikmishra8388]

You should see Nicholson as the joker he funny and terrifying

[@realniggashit3]

​@@adonisguy3243 No one is as scary as Michael Shannon

[@nickperez7553]

What about Ozzie Osborne he scares the dead😆

[@Henlarious]

One of the best films of all time.

[@carz1644]

facts

[@JeffreyGillespie]

As a former actor I can't believe how good Nicholson is here. I don't know how he does it...I don't know whether to cry or tear my hair out. He's a goddamn genius.

[@socallawrence]

Daniel Day Lewis vs Jack N for all time best actors ?

[@Aivottaja]

"Santiago was a substandard Marine" This line alone proves Jessup was a lousy Colonel. Nobody gets natural born soldiers to be commanded. Your job is to train them into ones!

[@starrynight8599]

They did train him, but not everyone is born to be a marine, just like with any other job.

[@michaelweiske702]

It's implied Santiago had a heart condition. No amount of training can fix that.

[@Aivottaja]

@@michaelweiske702 Then he should have been discharged for medical reasons, no?

[@michaelweiske702]

@@Aivottaja Yes, but the doctor who checked him didn't notice it, and if it came to light that he didn't notice it, his career as a military medical physician would be over. That's partly why he insisted that Santiago was poisoned.

[@Aivottaja]

@@michaelweiske702 Then the bottom line is: Santiago may have been beyond training, but the reason he's dead instead of discharged is that two people above him were interested in preserving their careers. And the point stands: Santiago wasn't a substandard Marine. He was just medically unfit for duty. He didn't know about his own condition and nothing suggests he didn't give the training all he could.

[@chaoticnipple1]

When you think about it, he's exactly right: He disobeyed his own orders, and a Marine died because of it.

[@NJGuy1973]

Galloway (Demi Moore): This past February you received a cautionary memo from the Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, warning that the practice of enlisted men disciplining their own wasn’t to be condoned by officers. Jessep (Jack Nicholson): Well, I submit to you that whoever wrote that memo has never faced the working end of a Soviet-made Cuban AK-47 assault rifle.

[@robertmowreader9663]

that's absolutely correct.a 4 star admiral gave him a direct order that enlisted personel were not to discipline their own,he outright disobeyed that order,and someone died.

[@ronniebishop2496]

This is all Hollywood BS and another attempt to belittle the military that without them you and Hollywood and me would all be DEAD! My brother and my daughter were marines and this is silly!

[@wgemini4422]

@@ronniebishop2496 Exactly what is the bs? Nobody wanted to people to die. Not those two marines and certainly not the colonel. So code red was not the issue here. The issue was that a commanding officer sold out his soldiers when things get tough. I can't image that this kind of things had never happened in any military. High ranking officers are more like politicians. If anything, this movie showed the military justice system works, that its soldiers are well trained, yet not without compassion. A few bad officers do not change that. Notice even though Kendrick tried to show off as a tough military guy, Markinson called him a weasel.

[@ronniebishop2496]

W Gemini Yeah, is that right? First of all this whole thing would have never happened in the first place and a Col in the marines is s very high rank and the treatment of Santiago would have never even come across his desk and it would have been handled by NCOs. He would have never given that order because he would have never had to. That’s why it’s ridiculous.

[@tthomaselli2]

"We follow orders, or, people die: It's that simple...". That comment, right there helped sink Jack Nicholson's testimony & played a key part of Tom Cruise's examination, in my opinion.

[@davet1517]

Tom's thinking OH YEAH I GOT YOU NOW GET MAD YEAH

[@1x93cm]

Col. Jessup! Did you order the code red?! YOU"RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!

[@YaHussain3_1_3]

K. CHAN but...

[@podsmpsg1]

Just confessed to Manslaughter in open court.

[@JohnRichards67]

I like the strategy here. He's not even saying that the idea that Santiago was being transferred was a lie, he's just poking holes in the whole cover up story. Then Nicholson's character just remains practically speechless when he finally realizes his mistake

[@peterglen8396]

Ever been in a cockpit of an airplane?' … 'No, sir'... 'Ever seen a grown man naked? … 'No, sir.' 'Ever been in a Turkish Prison?' … 'No, sir'... ''Ever hang around the Gymnasium?' … 'No, sir.' … '

[@JamesJ30t]

LOL!

[@leewade9236]

Lmfao

[@chrisconkright9259]

"Do you like to watch Gladiator movies?"

[@vincentishere1554]

@@chrisconkright9259 No sir

[@SciTrekMan]

Priceless!

[@sugaraddict6526]

Favorite movie! Fantastic! If this movie is ever redone, the actors HAVE to be as excellent as these two!

[@raffaytarar1]

This movie should never be redone! I don't think anyone could come up with something as perfect as the original one.

[@dpage446]

Nobody can replace Jack Nicholson ever.

[@martinsmith6342]

Great scene, great film, great acting!Happy Birthday, Tom Cruise!

[@Ironheart73]

Absolutely brilliant. This is a demonstration of hubris. Jessup's own excessive and mislead sense of pride to his code as a marine became his undoing.

[@terrygibbs7824]

Ironheart73 Jessup was right. That's the bigger problem

[@alalalala57]

Terry Gibbs Jessup was wrong,plain and simple. We're not barbarians.

[@RaulGarfias]

Al As 57 Maybe we are.

[@spencergsmith]

@@alalalala57 it’s not about being barbarians, it’s about standards. Santiago didn’t want to uphold the standards of being a Marine, putting the lives of his fellow servicemen in danger. I’m not saying he deserved to die, but Jessup wasn’t wrong for disciplining. He had no way of knowing Santiago would die from a Code Red. Even the doctors said he had an undiagnosed condition that caused it.

[@christopher1800]

“”We follow orders or people die”. Apparently, he really meant: “We follow orders AND people die”. ;)

[@TheStopShort]

That seems like a pretty crucial conjunction.

[@mardiffv.8775]

Colonel Jessup meant: "We follow orders or people die UNNECESSARY". Sure, Marines die in combat, due to enemy fire. When not following orders Marines die in greater numbers.

[@sleshstamp]

If you are a marine, you must follow LAWFUL orders.

[@victorespino5650]

sleshstamp it's Guantanamo bay, no rules apply

[@HighPower762]

@@victorespino5650 That's horse puckey! As least for Marines, there are certainly rules that apply to all service personnel! The only people whom might go rogue are the ones who deal with Gitmo detainees. And, depending on the severity would lead to disciplinary action.

[@hannesmonsees9101]

Though you can't expect your average marine to know the law well enough to assess within seconds whether or not an order is lawful. So for that reason orders are to be executed. Whoever gives the order on the other hand has both the means and the time to assess its lawfulness and can therefore be held accountable for it and the ensuing action

[@adonisguy3243]

@Scott Johnston , It's lawful because no one ceased GWB!

[@grrtacos71]

"Lawful" can be a double edged sword. Sometimes perfectly Lawful orders can still be evil.

[@Savior20061]

1:31 It is at this moment that Jessup knew...he ****ed up. =)

[@otakurocklee]

Yeah, that shot is brilliant acting by Nicholson!

[@philipmanolas2270]

Amazing voice tremble

[@therebel4332]

@Tony Ross You can try but ultimately any attempt to dig yourself out of it is only going to get you deeper in. Absolutely brilliantly acted by Nicholson,, esp the "I don't have to have it read back to me like I'm.." line, he's on the ropes and going down.

[@michaelmitsopoulos1081]

Some people miss the point of all this. We(at least most of us) are not really debating whether Jessup should or should not have ordered the "Code Red". It was his unit, he chose the best way to discipline it. He is right when he say that most of us don't really care how this is done, as long as it's done. ( I'd argue that, in this case, we're talking about USA, which has never been in an actual danger of being invaded by anyone, while they have invaded plenty, but I digress. Let's pretend we're talking about a country whose army is mainly there to defend its soil). What's dishonorable about him is that, when he *did* gave the order and things went south, he didn't stand up and said "Yeah, I gave the order, those men were simply following my commands". He instead setup an elaborate conspiracy explicitly in order to throw those 2 privates under the bus and save his skin. He probably knew very well that was dishonorable of him, but I guess in his own mind he's "too important" for the country, while those 2 privates' fate, while sad, isn't such a big loss - an acceptable sacrifice if it means the country will not be made "weaker" by losing *him*. Of course, this is acting based on pure political expedience, not on some immutable "code of honor". (Oh, and yeah, I have served in a forward area, though it was artillery unit, not infantry. Of course it was the mandatory year every male in my country must serve, and I probably would have avoided it if was not mandatory...just saying).

[@montanamountainmen6104]

My old man was 2 tour Vietnam combat vet. He said slackers, dopers, screw ups where dealt with harshly in combat units, some got themselves killed , some got others killed. Imagine the resentment by your platoon if you F ed up and got a good man killed. They didn't last long because Uncle Sam don't do autopsies in a combat zone to see what bullet killed you.

[@montanamountainmen6104]

@Salnsd Slackers in the military are dealt with harshly, approved of or not.

[@montanamountainmen6104]

@Salnsd Soldiers in the field have a code, that code is their bond. Unless you been there and done that you can't understand it.

[@montanamountainmen6104]

@Salnsd Its the plot of the movie.

[@Jukeboxster]

Well yeah, it was mentioned by Capt. Ross that Jessup's star (brigadier general) was on the rise. He wasn't about to have that plan foiled by this snafu.

[@rafikbeekun830]

Jack Nicholson IS a marine colonel in this clip. He is living his role.

[@dreamfieldacademy8750]

Nicholson is simply brilliant.

[@halleck3]

1:01 and the trap shuts on Jessup. That was all Kaffee needed to hear.

[@robmaddison8645]

Exactly. He knew that he must have ordered the code red, or at the very least Kendrick had betrayed the high command order. He'll Jessup could leave his Rolex in the Mess Hall and come back a week later to find it untouched.

[@anactaneustheeleventh2542]

caffey baited him into that

[@therebel4332]

You can bait but ultimately you need to do it smartly,, know what buttons to press and how to set the trap. If this was real life you'd say the colonel was proper dumb for even putting himself up on the stand to be shot at,, never put yourself in harms way if there's nothing to gain from it.

[@eq1373]

@@therebel4332 the Colonel was proper dumb for even putting himself on the stand? This was a murder trial. The Colonel didn't have a choice.

[@viennamikealson8757]

@@therebel4332 in real life, when he was asked if Kendrick understood the order he would have most likely said I can’t speak to what he was thinking all I know is I gave the order. He can’t say what another man was thinking and the prosecutor would have objected in real life. He was asking leaded questions and asking about hearsay and going the corneal could not possible know it was all speculation.

[@Capcoor]

The Colonel didn't follow orders, and people died.

[@timothyaaron235]

I love how he pushes back. Doesn't budge an inch.

[@williamphillips6049]

I loved it when Nicholson called Cruise "Son". 'Virtually laughed my head off!

[@manuelf.almeida]

My god...Nicholson is so fucking epic. I miss him! How did the Academy not give him an oscar for this epic performance? Mafia!

[@michaelglass8229]

He was up against Al Pacino ("Glengarry Glen Ross"), Gene Hackman ("Unforgiven"), and a couple of others. Hackman won, and it wasn't undeserved. One of those years with great acting.

[@bigroy38]

Hollywood hates the military.

[@crysjumar1]

@@michaelglass8229 i believe he was up against Al Pacino, "Scent of a Woman".

[@edinscot56789]

"Ignored the order?" The way he says it

[@Nellywoman197602]

One of my all time favorite movies!!

[@ptbot3294]

That's why you shut up, say the least, and plead the fifth whenever possible. Don't incriminate yourself, you don't have to prove your innocent. They have to prove your guilt!

[@nina-raedelong158]

If Jessup had said, "I felt that Santiago wasn't a good fit for the Cuban base", he wouldn't have fallen into Kaffee's trap.

[@senorprince4492]

The acting here is 2nd to none. I’m glued.

[@airviper3457]

I had a C.O. just like the one Jack Nicholson played. Col. A. T. Marshall, USMC. Toughest, meanest, deadliest Marine I've had the pleasure of serving under. Rest easy, Devil Dog!!!

[@QuietMan81]

Just like Nicholson? So he was a self-serving, honorless hypocrite? And you NAMED him?!? Think of the man's poor family!!

[@samirh.1763]

This is some clever writing. What a script!

[@guyfuret6358]

Lieutenant Kaffee knew how to push the Colonel's buttons.

[@tennisblood]

Col.: "We follow the orders or people die" Me to Col: "I didn't ask who gave the order! Because it had nothing to do with the business we have chosen!!!"

[@thesoultwins72]

tennisblood....... 'I'd give four million just to be able to take a piss without it hurting'' - Hyman Roth [Lee Strasberg]

[@mg19cal]

Don't forget the *tsk* sounds

[@thesoultwins72]

@@mg19cal ....yes - subtle but so powerful

[@christianflack806]

An acting masterpiece👍

[@carz1644]

true

[@stanleyblazeraznik6047]

I use this in the office all the time.

[@Alvin-1138]

"Why was Santiago in Danger. That moment just reminded me of the Star Trek movie... "Excuse me; why does _GOD_ need a Starship". You could see all the internal gears start grinding.

[@lastmanstanding2622]

God doesn't need a Starship...man needs a Starship to act like God.

[@KeiFox]

Jim Kirk was already suspicious from the moment "God" asked how they breached the barrier. The fact that "God" kept questioning them, suggesting a lack of omniscience, made Jim suspect that they were being deceived. He was usually very good at detecting tricks and traps.

[@Batman8657]

Tom Cruise is now older than Jack Nicholson was in this scene.

[@stevenlindsay23]

Good trivia

[@ThereIsNoLord]

Was his last wife born when this scene was shot? Is there a copy of Dianetics on the Defense table?

[@GizmoBeach]

People often focus on that showy truth handling line, but Kaffee catching Jessup in a lie about “taking matters into their own hands” is the REAL big moment in this showdown. Because that’s what good lawyers/detectives do; turn your own words against you to reveal the truth of a situation.

[@m.a.2633]

'We follow orders or people die'. Hmm, spoken as a true military officer.

[@Bazookatone1]

At 1:29-1:31, that is acting, not a word is said, Nicholson's expression barely changes, but there's a flicker, as he realises he's been outplayed.

[@umlivroumfilme]

wtf!!!!!!!! you cut the clip on the best part!!!! 😢😢😢😢😢

[@johnmeyer7598]

Great cut off point Movieclips

[@dondonatto]

"are we clear?"=Scientology.

[@Agent1W]

+dondonatto We're not clear, need more $$$$$$ plz.

[@aroukar47]

OT

[@scottbarkley496]

TOM CRUISE = LEGEND you = LOSER

[@AnnaLVajda]

I think that too. Crystal.

[@GUALLACOL]

Tremendous acting!

[@samdilworth1989]

0:52 Someone died so the order was not followed, correct?

[@suat365]

We love Jack. Greatest actor of all Time

[@Gma00001]

Suat 36 Hahaha funny De Niro and Brando are better. By far

[@utsr07]

2:02 I believe that's what you call a checkmate.

[@57highland]

If Santiago *was* in danger and was consequently hurt or killed, the ultimate responsibility lay with the CO, Colonel Jessep, anyway, whether he gave a pertinent order or not. If he truly *was not* in danger, he would not have been injured or killed and none of it would have happened. That was Jessep's dilemma: He was trying to avoid ALL responsibility, and that wasn't possible. In reality, a commanding officer under whose command a marine dies violently is all but certain to get the boot.

[@rokyericksonroks]

My favorite Marine is Col. Jessup, followed by Gunney Sgt. Hartman of Full Metal Jacket, then Private Duke Slater of Gomer Pyle, USMC.

[@LGF3]

lol

[@sce2aux464]

I have to disagree. Jessup was a crook, pure and simple. Hartman was brilliant.. I confess I never really followed Gomer Pyle, but I'll take your word on it. The best Marine in this picture was Jack Ross: "Don't you dare lump me in with Jessup and Kendrick just because we wear the same uniform. I'm your friend and I'm telling you, I don't think your clients belong in jail but I don't get to make that decision!"

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

Duke became a Corporal...

[@jeffreyrichardson]

perseverance pays off

[@Soldier4ChristTV]

1:58-1:59 Think of something quick...ANYTHING 2 JUSTIFY THIS!!!😂😂😂

[@Nellywoman197602]

I absolutely LOVE this movie!

[@321rudyp]

I remember when I was a kid at the doctors office waiting for my mom watching unsolved mysteries or fact or fiction something like that, but it had something to with this movie.

[@AaronQ1222]

That, my friends, is a Catch 22.

[@robertdegeorge8635]

Tom cruise is underrated actor

[@jamesmacaw3865]

Born On The 4th Of July 👌🏻

[@arthurtazo9840]

Its a TRAP!!!!

[@novemberalpha6023]

He didn't see that coming

[@brettwilhelm8987]

Arthur Tazo lmao!! admiral akbar

[@joaoferreira6951]

Thank you for your serviçe.

[@temper44]

Tom Cruise really let Jack Nicholson shine in this movie. Nicholson is a great actor for sure, but Cruise set him up to act big and to act muted whenever it fit the scene. He didn't try to match Nicholsons intensity or than in small moments. Cruise did the same for Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man as well.

[@JD-fb5ps]

"You ever serve in an infantry unit? You ever put your life in another man's hands? You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

[@archington1851]

What ?

[@wyattalvarez4880]

Archington Jack Nicholson said that when he was playing joker, another one of his famous roles.

[@simonrandall5471]

How could a man as smart as Jessup walk into Kaffee's trap??

[@slappymcgillicuddy7532]

because he eats breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans, who are trained to kill him

[@thsikezierkojo4991]

arrogance ?

[@vicentcarro]

Son this, son that, son anywhere, that made Eason pissed!

[@MrScottwurth]

A lawyer being questioned by someone on the stand, haven't seen that before

[@ThereIsNoLord]

The setting of a military trial is perfect for this kind of thing.

[@IMissMyDads]

Indeed, my good man.

[@pyramidhead138]

I gotta get this on DVD!

[@robertdegeorge8635]

Tom cruise is very underrated..

[@freedomring3022]

I like how Cruise's character gets under the colonel's skin.

[@user-qq9rh]

Pops out from a bush on an unsuspecting soldier The last thing you hear is HERES JOHNNY!!!

[@Southeast_Asian_Devil]

It was the two airmen who undone the Colonel

[@MrBraddles3128]

I never understood why Jessup didn't just say that Dawson and Downey didn't follow orders and that's why Santiago died. Movies, man.

[@JTT-mi6nu]

MrBraddles3128 It deals with Jessup's personality. As Kaffee said in the meeting prior to the court scene, Jessup wants to say it. Jessup doesn't think he did anything wrong. He thinks what he ordered, saved lives.

[@otakurocklee]

@MrBraddles3128, that would not explain Jessup giving the order for Santiago to be transferred. The point is Jessup had no reason to believe his orders would not be followed at the time. Giving an order for Santiago to be transferred in anticipation of marines disobeying his order that Santiago shouldn't be touched doesn't make sense.

[@halleck3]

+otakurocklee Jessup never gave any such order. That was the point. He lied about it.

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

Jessup concocted the transfer order after the fact as a cover up, and had Markinson sign it (remember, Kaffee asked for a copy at Gitmo)...

[@TheStapleGunKid]

I think the idea is that he has too much pride in the marine corps to claim that there was any chance his orders could be disobeyed. He can't bring himself to claim that anyone under his command would be undisciplined enough to disobey him even thought that would be the smartest thing for his own self-interest to do.

[@tthomaselli2]

1:54.; What did Jack Nicholson say?... "I don't have to have it read back to me like I'm a--" what?...

[@powerbuilder978]

so funny considering when this was made, the most soldiers faced was a sprained ankle falling over in Grenada.

[@ahmadyazannabelsi2131]

My favorite movie of all time ❤️❤️❤️

[@joesmith389]

He’s not wrong. We can’t even fathom what he’s seen. We don’t want to. He provides us freedom, then we question the way he provides it... and most are not willing to pick up a weapon to do the same. And it did save lives.

[@loganbigmo]

While that may be true, covering up the murder of a fellow soldier is unlawful in every way, and it doesn't matter if he's on the front lines; must be held accountable for it. Just cause you command a unit doesn't mean you're above the law.

[@ericwsmith7722]

You have to listen to the line " My existence while incomprehensible too you saves lives, and Santiago,s death while tragic PROBABLY saves lives" he took a lot more stock in himself then privet Santiago.

[@joesmith389]

Big Mo Logan correct. I don’t agree with it, but the death of one one soldier likely saved many others, regardless of the situation.

[@martindebrois1472]

Really should have put six and seven into one clip.

[@shannonmalayajones7649]

Sourek ceremony overall merge with Escoffier during burial repasts timer ...

[@zayyad31]

What is the badge that jack nickolson character wear above his airborne wings?

[@TheBatugan77]

A Delta pledge pin.

[@zayyad31]

@@TheBatugan77 how do a marine earn it? Isit a special forces badge like Marsoc or Force Recon?

[@dmcrun3572]

Scuba Badge

[@conniecrawford5231]

The smugness on Tom’s face- great acting!

[@forcedadventure]

SUPERB FILM !!!

[@suat365]

Jack is the Godfather of actors along with Marlon Brando

[@raalvi]

You ever served in an infantry unit son? I have. Oh!

[@lanpar7647]

The real organization responsible for this tragic event is ............ the medical profession who failed Santiago...when really they should have denied him because of his compromised health that is critical for his profession , i.e. - this not a desk job ... this is the marines.

[@danielsacilotto6235]

I always felt this was easy to get out of: Jessep - "He was in grave danger BECAUSE he was substandard. Those are not incompatible claims, the latter is just the reason for the former." Viola.

[@analystzorncasteel3047]

Not bad .... But the thing is (Caffey was right) inside he *wanted* to say he issued the code red. And, that was what gave Daniel his victory.

[@cjwright79]

one of the more riveting law films ever made

[@rojorodarmicabeza5585]

you speak truth and I know it be my friend

[@derlenx1097]

if its the one thing that people cant stand its that theres a man behind the fact that frank will never see joey at that corner again.

[@joshuagarbett]

Yes We are crystal clear

[@TheGoonsies]

You know I never thought about the irony (if that's what this is) that someone actually did die, BECAUSE they followed orders

[@biggingeryeti]

You said "We follow orders or people die", I would have said 'AND ISN'T THAT WHY WE'RE HERE?

[@davet1517]

yeah he gave too much on that statement should have worded it better

[@jacquelinemuqui]

highly quotable movie!

[@shahedmc9656]

Please could someone explain the purpose of the airmen and the effect (if any) they had on Jessop's testimony.

[@JnEricsonx]

Nothing, they were more there to rattle him, they honestly couldn't remember about the flight times.

[@shahedmc9656]

@@JnEricsonx You're right. When Jessop doctored the GITMO tower logs, there was a 2300 departure from the night before which was changed to 0600. Defence counsel wanted to prove that the 2300 plane from GITMO got to Andrews okay and existed, showing that the log was changed by Jessop. Defence wanted the ground crew present to make Jessop think that they'll testify to the landing of the 2300 plane at Andrews.

[@nihatbekiroglu8004]

Well, obviously it's all movie dramatization. In a real life situation, someone like Jessep would never admit to anything that would incriminate him...Even though he made two contradictory statements, there are many ways to twist words around and save himself...In fact, when Kaffee asks him if the platoon ignored Kendrick by any chance, he doesn't give a clear "yes" or " no " answer...Instead, he goes into counteroffensive by asking " Have you ever served......" and at the end says " We follow orders, son, we follow orders or people die. " When Kafee later tries to corner him, he could use that to his advantage and say something like : " Well, in this tragic isolated incident, two youngsters did not follow orders and someone ended up paying for it with his life " ......

[@martindebrois1472]

Sure he would. His large, smarmy pride. .. He *did* want to say he's the big man, and once he makes a command decision that's the end of it.