$7.50. Did Barney Greenwald (Jose Ferrer) actually have a broken arm, or was it part of the character? The investigation involves searching the ship and stripping all crew members. 
Captain Queeg: Umm naturally, I can only cover these things roughly, from - memory but if I've left anything out why, you just ask me - specific questions and I'll be - perfectly happy to answer them one by one. What other choice could Maryk have made with a captain so detached from reality he was committing court-martial offenses himself? Learn to quash them. You can post now and register later. Pasted as rich text. I saw the made-for-tv series and assume he makes the same choices in the novels, but Im not at that point yet. What were the two balls that Queeg kept twirling when he was nervous? In brief, Ensign Willie Keith, a fictional alter ego for author Herman Wouk, was commissioned as a 90-day wonder reserve officer. Keefer reluctantly supports Maryk, then gets cold feet and backs out, warning Maryk that his actions will be seen as mutiny. Tags: Fred MacMurrayHumphrey BogartJos FerrerQueegThe Caine MutinyVan Johnson. $5.99 + $4.00 shipping. My recollection is that I saw it while sitting on an aisle step 16mm color reversal was quite slow and would not allow for shooting in bad weather. WebThe Caine Mutiny. Naval history when three members of the crewa midshipman, a boatswain's mate, and a seamanwere clapped in irons and subsequently hanged for planning a takeover of the vessel. "[25], Director Edward Dmytryk felt The Caine Mutiny could have been better than it was and should have been three and a half to four hours long to fully portray all the characters and complex story, but Columbia's Cohn insisted on a two-hour limit. Even in todays Navy, this officer species marches to their own tune fully cognizant their promotion by Navy Personnel Command is not so dependent on a COs evaluation of their performance. The Caine Mutiny (DVD, 1954) used good. At what point is someone too far gone to help? Both contain a trial which feel like the main story, but have a long stretch after the trial ends that resolves a characters arc.Report. This Accused Serial Sexual Abuser Is Also a Famous Victim. ", (Willie Keith and May Wynn stay at the hotel). RCA Victor planned an LP release with musical excerpts on the first side and the complete dialogue of the climactic court-martial scene on side two, but Herman Wouk believed that including this scene was an infringement on his recently opened Broadway play dealing with the court-martial. A drunken Greenwald arrives and berates all the officers for not appreciating Queeg's long service and failing to give him the support he asked for, instead deriding him as an incompetent, and claims their mistreatment of Queeg, who had been suffering from "battle fatigue" from his previous tour in the Atlantic, caused the captain to ultimately become indecisive during the typhoon. WebTHE CAINE MUTINY (COMBAT CLASSICS) NEW SEALED DVD HUMPHREY BOGART 1954. But it isnt what the movie, or the novel it came from, is about. Edit, The story is told from the point of Ensign Willis Seward Keith (Robert Francis), newly graduated from Officer Candidate School at Princeton University. The 50 pages worth of cuts were made by Michael Blankfort, who received an "additional dialog" credit. Like the best line in both the novel and the movie, uttered in the latter by McMurray playing Keefer, our system of government is like a Navy ship insofar as it is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots.. WebThe Caine Mutiny. Captain Queeg is commander of the WWII mine sweeping ship The Caine and after showing ongoing signs of paranoia and other questionable acts while on duty, is relieved of duty by his First Officer resulting in a riveting court martial trial. Unlike newbie Keith and reservists called up like Maryk and Keefer, Queeg is a career Naval officer. Paste as plain text instead, Tibbetts, John C., and James M. Welsh, eds. Edit, No court decision is shown, just the party where the ship's officers congratulate Maryk for winning. Willie keeps the Caine afloat during another typhoon and brings it back to Bayonne, New Jersey, for decommissioning after the end of the war. He has second thoughts after reading a last letter from his father, who has died of melanoma. Nominated for seven Academy Awards in 1954, including Best Picture and Best Actor, The Caine Mutiny is a classic film about the unstable Captain Queeg (Humphrey Bogart) and his tumultuous command of an old minesweeper and her weary crew. It's, a shot of a street with traffic moving along and in the background are several, parked trucks. In the final scene, Willie and May kiss goodbye as Willie boards his new ship (played in the movie by USS Anderson DD-786) and finds Commander De Vriess is the ship's commanding officer. In the book, a psychiatrist says that Queeg's hands tremble, so he rolls the balls as a way to steady them. Maryk keeps a secret log of Queeg's eccentric behavior and decides to bring it to the attention of Admiral Halsey, commanding the Third Fleet. In fact from a psychological perspective, The Caine Mutiny might damn well be a better portrayal of gaslighting and gangstalking than 1944s Gaslight starring Ingrid BergmanReport, One of my favorite movies ever. The Caine Mutiny is a wonderful study in how not to, and a reminder that whatever the right answer may be, it isnt black and white. While supporting the efforts of the minesweepers and underwater demolition teams, another Clemson-class destroyer, the USS Kane, served in the Marshall Islands and at Saipan in the Marianas at the same time as Wouk's ship Zane. set-up onto a plane and that's why some of the shots look different. I like THE CAINE MUTINY because it has all that fine actors, but as the studio wanted and needed the U.S. Navy's cooperation, it was impossible to get closer to the novel. De Vriess, popular with the men but disliked by Keith, is relieved by Lieutenant Commander Queeg. Edit, Awards In other words, Queeq isnt just a sick man who needs help; hes am ill-intentioned tyrant. And Wouk does a really good job situating that class-background. Description of the ship Southard in the typhoon in Wouk, Herman, Anthony, Irving. Herman Wouk also wrote the script I dont think its necessarily bad to write about that class (or any class). "Caine Mutiny" was near the end of 3-strip photography, and one of the first 3-strip produtions, I think, that was released were the studio tried cropping it to widescreeen during projection (1.66 I think.) I was amused by one bit of triviathat actor Todd Karns, who played Petty Officer Stilwell/Stillwell, took a demotion to be in the film. The beauty of it is there are no clear answers to some of those sticky questions, but both in the film and in real life, we often have to make snap calls with long term effects. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. What is the wrong thing to do when picking between the lesser of evils? He then finds a new job for Sobel, and brings in a new commander for Easy Company. 
The Navy fully supporting the film, after much haggling, lends much realism for the time, loaning the film two surplus ships to play the Caine and lending plenty of background in material and men. Among its themes, it deals with the moral and ethical decisions made at sea by ship captains and other officers. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and The Caine Mutiny is a 1954 American military trial film directed by Edward Dmytryk, produced by Stanley Kramer, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Jos Ferrer, Van Johnson, Robert Francis, and Fred MacMurray. 
Whether that weakens Andrews point or strengthens it, Ill leave up to the reader.Report, Those reasons, and others, is why I stuck to the movie version here because Queeg is treat really differently in the film, perhaps to fit Bogarts portrayal but also from what I read the Navy wanted more nuance for their own sakes. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Anyway, thanks for bringing this movie to my attention, Andrew.Report. But he soon forgets his guilt in the round of parties at the admiral's house. Dmytryk recalled in his memoir that after "noisy" protests from the Navy subsided, the film production received wholehearted cooperation. The Clemson class was named for Midshipman Henry A. Clemson, lost at sea on December 8, 1846, during the Mexican war, when the brig USSSomers capsized off Veracruz in a sudden squall while chasing a blockade runner. the waves, engines, etc.., except maybe for plot points. WebThe Caine Mutiny was made under tight restrictions from Columbia Studios' chief Harry Cohn, who demanded that the final cut not exceed two hours in running time and a $2 million budget. Timeless themes and questions, because humans will always need to know the answers to these unanswerable questions. 
[7], Before choosing Dmytryk for The Caine Mutiny, Kramer had hired the director for three low-budget films. WebThe Caine Mutiny is a 1951 Pulitzer Prize -winning novel by Herman Wouk. After the novel's success, Wouk adapted the court-martial sequence into a full-length, two-act Broadway play, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. But Ive been sober for sixteen years next week, so it wont be a fair fight. Captain Queeg is commander of the WWII mine sweeping ship The Caine and after showing ongoing signs of paranoia and other questionable acts while on duty, is relieved of duty by his First Officer resulting in a riveting court martial trial. WebTHE CAINE MUTINY (COMBAT CLASSICS) NEW SEALED DVD HUMPHREY BOGART 1954. If you want to do anything about that, Ill be in the comments. Andrew is the host of Heard Tell podcast. Set in the Pacific theatre of World War II, the film depicts the events on board a fictitious U.S. Navy destroyer-minesweeper and the subsequent court-martial of its executive officer for mutiny. Though reluctant to defend Maryk, he wins an acquittal. De Vriess is relieved by Lieutenant Commander Philip Francis Queeg, a strong, by-the-book figure, whom Willie at first believes to be just what the rusty Caine and its rough-necked crew needs. Nominated for seven Academy Awards in 1954, including Best Picture and Best Actor, The Caine Mutiny is a classic film about the unstable Captain Queeg (Humphrey Bogart) and his tumultuous command of an old minesweeper and her weary crew. The situation comes to a head during a typhoon when, with the damaged ship in danger of floundering in the storm, Maryk finally gives in to his suspicions and relieves a seemingly frozen and indecisive Queeg. Lieutenant Barney Greenwald, a naval aviator who was an attorney in civilian life, represents Maryk. 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