You Have to Ask Me Nicely | A Few Good Men (Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson)

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  • Опубликовано: 20 окт 2023
  • My dears, allow me to describe a scene where what begins as a rather polite discussion takes a sharp turn towards discomfort. In this encounter, Lt. Kaffee (Tom Cruise) and Lt. Commander Galloway (Demi Moore) pose some tough questions to Colonel Jessup (Jack Nicholson).
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    🎬A Few Good Men (1992): 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.
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  • @MovingPicsOfficial
    @MovingPicsOfficial  6 месяцев назад +44

    My dears, have you seen the amazing acting performance of Jack Nicholson in the scene 'You can't handle the truth!' from 'A Few Good Men'? Watch it here:" ruclips.net/video/sSldC4l5ncw/видео.html

    • @TeeGee-md5er
      @TeeGee-md5er 3 месяца назад +2

      You're the luckiest man in the world

    • @TeeGee-md5er
      @TeeGee-md5er 3 месяца назад +1

      Roll the dice take your chances

    • @steveb6718
      @steveb6718 Месяц назад

      why do you do this, if these clips can't be monetized? or am i missing something?

    • @davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780
      @davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780 28 дней назад

      yes I have thank you love this film own it on dvd big fan of Jack Nicholson he steals all the scenes he is in. it was amazing

    • @godislord3377
      @godislord3377 24 дня назад

      This based on actual events...look it up

  • @colinperkins7564
    @colinperkins7564 4 месяца назад +317

    Jack Nicholson does such a great job in this scene of being completely menacing…I mean, like, _really_ dangerous…without ever once raising his voice, or changing his expression, or even moving his body once. Such great acting.

    • @billsmith5109
      @billsmith5109 4 месяца назад +6

      I wonder if the character, would have in an epilogue, sitting in a cell, some day figured out that the moment the lead defense attorney decided he was guilty of manslaughter was the moment he over played his dominance routine. It leads directly to his downfall.

    • @PLD0VR
      @PLD0VR 4 месяца назад +8

      would have liked to see him to a dark joker rather than a campy one

    • @colinperkins7564
      @colinperkins7564 4 месяца назад +6

      @@billsmith5109 I work in the criminal justice world…yes, that’s the exact point he showed his hand. Innocent people never act like this. He may as well have pointed directly to the evidence at this point…

    • @madmaxheisenberg9310
      @madmaxheisenberg9310 4 месяца назад +1

      Yes

    • @timmellin2815
      @timmellin2815 3 месяца назад +1

      I have thought, if he was old enough at the time, and if Yul Brynner hadn't been available, Jack N. would have been great as the Pharoah in The Ten Commandments, had he displayed the same tone as in this scene and others in AFGM.

  • @johncheetham4607
    @johncheetham4607 4 месяца назад +82

    Jack. Absolutely owns the screen on every performance.

  • @MaheshWalatara
    @MaheshWalatara 5 месяцев назад +113

    Love how his ears pull back when he says You gotta ask me nicely. 😮

  • @craigblyth783
    @craigblyth783 5 месяцев назад +107

    this is the scene when Kafee realises Jessop ordered the code red

    • @bit1733
      @bit1733 3 месяца назад +8

      Yup! At least, it pointed him in the right direction.

    • @ghersic8161
      @ghersic8161 2 месяца назад +5

      The exact moment Walt became Hesenberg.

    • @louisegensou9976
      @louisegensou9976 18 дней назад

      Bien vu, TRES TRES bien Vu

  • @user-vq9kn2ix4n
    @user-vq9kn2ix4n 5 месяцев назад +157

    Nobody can play the role of an absolute egomaniac like Jack Nicholson!!!! 😄

  • @franciscolopez7700
    @franciscolopez7700 4 месяца назад +83

    Col. Jessup, pretty please with sugar on top, I need a copy of the f@$ing transfer order

    • @crappymeal
      @crappymeal 2 месяца назад +5

      😂😂😂

    • @sauron269
      @sauron269 2 месяца назад +3

      😂😂😂

    • @thegoodthebadandtheugly579
      @thegoodthebadandtheugly579 Месяц назад +3

      Sounds more like something the girl would say.. damn she looked good back in the day

    • @jacobpeters5458
      @jacobpeters5458 Месяц назад

      @@thegoodthebadandtheugly579her name is Roberta Paulson

    • @michaelgove9349
      @michaelgove9349 18 дней назад +1

      "Excuse me Colonel Jessup, I wonder if you could possibly see your way clear to being under arrest, you son of a bitch."

  • @stuartphillips822
    @stuartphillips822 5 месяцев назад +200

    “ of course my problem is I’m a colonel so I will just have to continue taking cold showers until they make some gal president “ first time I saw this scene I nearly spat my coffee out! Jack Nicholson is an incredible actor, one of the best ever without a doubt.

    • @Bernie8330
      @Bernie8330 5 месяцев назад +8

      Forget the acting, the line was as cringe worthy as it gets.

    • @mrphatmunkeyspew6969
      @mrphatmunkeyspew6969 5 месяцев назад +17

      Does he realise that a general outranks a colonel ?

    • @StuMarston
      @StuMarston 5 месяцев назад +12

      He's one flight of stairs away from getting one from Kamala.

    • @BackwoodsFilms
      @BackwoodsFilms 5 месяцев назад +2

      ...and the fact that he cuts off Jo in mid-question to say it 😅

    • @marcuslong9761
      @marcuslong9761 5 месяцев назад +7

      She had no issue bullying baby faced Tom Cruise, against an actual bully she crapped her pants pretty quick.

  • @arielspalter7425
    @arielspalter7425 6 дней назад +2

    When Jack Nicholson gave him that stare at the end, MY blood ran cold

  • @Daemon3667
    @Daemon3667 Месяц назад +9

    Jack Nicholson's performance in this scene was by far the most chilling performance ever in the history of dramatic cinema

  • @kmlgraph
    @kmlgraph 2 месяца назад +25

    Jack Nicholson is the G.O.A.T.
    Please come back Jack, your talent is greatly missed!

    • @Twister1980
      @Twister1980 2 месяца назад +3

      He's almost dead. He's 86.

    • @MrMuchachos75
      @MrMuchachos75 Месяц назад

      Come back? He cant even get off a chair anymore. Looks 100’pds overweight

    • @dkelly26666
      @dkelly26666 Месяц назад +5

      @@Twister1980 And he allegedly suffers from dementia. I'm certain we've seen all we're going to see from him. But, man, what a legacy he left.

    • @Twister1980
      @Twister1980 Месяц назад

      @@dkelly26666 I heard that rumor but not sure if it's true.

    • @davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780
      @davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780 Месяц назад

      how dare you say that there's actors even older than him that are still alive show some respect @@Twister1980

  • @cal1001970
    @cal1001970 3 месяца назад +31

    Jack scared me so much I asked for a transfer out of my bedroom.

    • @BigBadJerryRogers
      @BigBadJerryRogers 2 месяца назад +1

      Deserves more likes

    • @AP-gr2zi
      @AP-gr2zi Месяц назад

      I needed to transfer out of my underwear

  • @jaytc3218
    @jaytc3218 Месяц назад +21

    For anyone interested, check out the Rich Eisen Show when he interviews Kevin Pollak and Rob Reiner. They both talk about what Nicholson was like on the set. Awesome actor, knocked it out of the park. Pollak said Nicholson was paid $10 million for 10 days of work. On the 11th day, Reiner said, "Jack, look. I can't pay you any more but is there any way you could stay just one more day? We're a little behind schedule. I promise I'll get you out of here at noon tomorrow. Can you please stay?" And Nicholson said, "Sure! Anything you need, Robbie. I'm here for ya. I Love to act! I don't get many really great parts." Wow.

    • @oliviabell9691
      @oliviabell9691 26 дней назад +5

      Ok.
      Ease up on the worship.
      He's a person who was behaving like a person.
      And getting paid $10 mil for a couple of scenes of yes, superb acting, but that doesn't make him a deity.
      He SHOULD be amiable and generous, when he's getting to do what he loves doing anyway, and what most of us would KILL to do.
      STOP BEING BLOWN AWAY when artists behave as decent people SHOULD.
      It's gross, and
      sets the bar for regular human decency, low as hell.

    • @jaytc3218
      @jaytc3218 26 дней назад +2

      @@oliviabell9691 Wow. I didn't realize that my comment would generate that kind of reaction. I didn't think I was worshipping Jack Nicholson. I just thought it was an interesting story about something that occurred on the set involving an actor who has an "intimidating" persona whether he actually is that way or not. Stories like this only come to light many years later and it's nice to hear those kinds of things. And no, not all artists behave nicely. Some behave terribly. Wouldn't the world be a little bit better place if we took time to recognize the best in others?

    • @oliviabell9691
      @oliviabell9691 26 дней назад

      @@jaytc3218 It would be better if decent behavior wasn't treated as "extraordinary", instead of just normal human decency-especially when it is done by the people our society tends to quite sickly see as "above and beyond" reproach.

    • @jaytc3218
      @jaytc3218 26 дней назад +1

      @@oliviabell9691 I know what you mean, Olivia. It's sad that decent behavior is seen as extraordinary. Maybe that's why it catches everyone by surprise--because we're already prepared for people to behave badly. Everyone takes away a certain perspective on these types of things. As for me personally, I didn't see anything particularly "extraordinary" or "above and beyond" in the way he told the story. I didn't get the impression that Jack Nicholson was portrayed in this account as overly humanitarian. It was just a nice gesture on his part to stay because Rob Reiner needed him there. Jack Nicholson would have been perfectly within his contract to tell Rob Reiner, "I'm not staying. You hired me for X number of days for X amount of money. I did my part and now I'm done." He could have done that. But he stayed. Recognizing decent behavior makes the world a better place for everyone. This is 40 years in the working world talking here. Saying "Please" and "Thank You", offering to help someone without being asked to do so, giving freely of your time when you're able to do it (as was the case in this story), people should be recognized for that. It's true that we don't have to give the "Humanitarian of the Year" award for every little good deed. But a smile, a "thank you" and remembering people for those things are all that's left at the end of the day. The cash will be gone, the awards are gone, and all the toys and goodies will all be gone. All that's left are the memories of the good things that we do for each other. If you see someone doing something good for someone else, tell them that you saw what they did! They will benefit from hearing it and you'll benefit from telling them! Do good for others. Recognize others when they do good. Cultivate peace, love, generosity, patience, and selflessness. Peace, love, and blessings to you, Olivia.

    • @oliviabell9691
      @oliviabell9691 26 дней назад +1

      @@jaytc3218 @jaytc3218
      "40 years in the working world".
      You're older than me,
      but not *THAT much, Sir.
      I'm 45.
      Yes, I look younger than my age, and though the words I use, and the way I speak, is beyond my age, and frankly above the average American's general vocabulary, my speaking *voice* ALSO sounds young.
      So.
      I'm used to not being taken seriously because of a certain ageism that doesn't ACTUALLY even truly apply to me,
      that a lot of people MY OWN AGE engage in, as well as some who are older, engage in, who think I'm a LOT younger than them, when I've actually been a grown adult woman for the past 27+ years. I just look and have the voice of someone that a sanctimonious, presumptuous older man often thinks he has every right to talk down to, and/or dismiss. It's funny every time, and it doesn't stop me from making my points, as much as men like you want me to never say them or write them. So scared of being wrong, most of you are, and so intrinsically entitled to attempting to control every conversation-especially with women.
      And if she's "young", even more so.
      You don't know me like that, Sir.
      Expecting better from my fellow humans does not equate to entitlement, or ungratefulness, on my part, or anyone else's part, who would like to see us do better.
      You can be a great person, who says "Please" and "Thank You", like the "little lady" you so unskillfully attempted to school me to be, in your little rant, having no idea who you are speaking with, and how I actually conduct myself in my life, AND still want better from, and for, your fellow humans,
      all at the same time.
      *It's always interesting to watch how you men behave, when a woman says anything of note about human behavior, or yours.
      It's almost as interesting to watch as watching Jack Nicholson.
      But not quite😎

  • @shark_plissken
    @shark_plissken 3 месяца назад +18

    kiefer sutherland laughing in the background makes this scene so much better

    • @haroldbrown893
      @haroldbrown893 3 месяца назад +3

      I wonder if it was in the script

    • @shark_plissken
      @shark_plissken 3 месяца назад +2

      @@haroldbrown893 yea I wondered that while I was typing this...
      Gave me Lost Boy vibes

    • @sweetballs4742
      @sweetballs4742 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@shark_plissken time stamp of Kiefer Sutherland laughing please!

    • @shark_plissken
      @shark_plissken 2 месяца назад +1

      03:21@@sweetballs4742

    • @skysimba8953
      @skysimba8953 2 месяца назад

      ​@@sweetballs47423:22 😂😂😂

  • @hazygamezz7910
    @hazygamezz7910 6 дней назад +1

    Everyone’s performance in this movie is other worldly. This movie fucks so hard. Best courtroom procedural ever made

  • @siddharthachandra3883
    @siddharthachandra3883 3 месяца назад +20

    1:04 is a key moment in this conversation. It's the moment when Kaffee realizes that Jessop is lying about the transfer order, he instinctively knows it in that moment, you can see it in his eyes and his hand movements. That's why he repeats Jessop's words in that sarcastic manner which we do when we know someone is lying. Markinson's look in that moment also shows that he too has realized that Kaffee has figured out that Jessop is lying in that moment, so he furtively glances at Jessop sort of hoping that the conversation doesn't go further. But Markinson knows that from this point onwards Kaffee has discovered that they are lying about the transfer order at least (separate from the order of giving the code red) , irrespective of whether they are able to find any proof of that lie or not. This moment might have convinced Markinson to help out Kaffee later in the plot when he got a chance, since he knew that Kaffee had already clued into the lie in this moment, even though he didn't make an explicit show of it. Markinson may have figured that the 3 lawyers will eventually find out about the fake transfer order sooner or later, since he could see in Kaffee's eyes that he knew that Jessop was lying about the transfer order and that their suspicion would lead them to investigate the authenticity of the transfer order thoroughly and he had put his signature on it. So he wanted to get ahead of the trouble he foresaw for himself having signed a phony document by admitting to Kaffee in a private moment that the document he had signed was a fake, which is what he did later in the plot.

    • @BrittanyRoseWright
      @BrittanyRoseWright 3 месяца назад +1

      So true. The one thing I don't understand is that why did Markinson took his own life?

    • @siddharthachandra3883
      @siddharthachandra3883 3 месяца назад +5

      @@BrittanyRoseWright Yes, there could be a couple of reasons for that. Reason one is that there were two things going on here. The fake transfer order on which Markinson put his signature after Santiago died. And the code red which Jessop ordered Kendrick to follow.
      Now the code red order (which was given to Kendrick) is a verbal order of which there is no proof unless Jessop says with his own mouth that he gave the code red, which Markinson couldn't have known would happen later in court.
      But the transfer order was a written document on which Markinson had put his own signature and that document was written proof that Markinson had committed a felony. So Markinson realized that he was in for a lot more trouble than Kendrick because he had actually signed a document which was fake. So to get himself out of trouble, he tried to help out Kaffee believing that if he turned informant then the prosecution might be able to work out a deal of immunity for him. But when he realized that Jessop had gone to the extent of fixing the tower logs he knew that this will go all the way and there's no way of knowing who could win. If Jessop managed to fool the system and escape he would have come after Markinson in the knowledge that Markinson had tried to help Kaffee. And in either case, he will be charged with a felony and a cover up if the phony transfer order was exposed, which he couldn't face in front of a court room. So he was screwed either way. That's the first reason.
      The second reason was that he was a more honorable person than Jessop and he had in fact suggested that Santiago should be transferred and when Jessop ranked him down and forced him to sign the phony transfer order, he knew Jessop would take him down with him. So rather than lie in court and fight it out legally he took his own life.
      Yes, he could have signed a document saying that the transfer order he had signed was fake and was created after Santiago died before he shot himself, which would have helped out Kaffee. And why he didn't do that was a mystery. He probably didn't want to make this about a deal being an honorable marine.
      It could also be a mix of both the reasons above.

    • @BrittanyRoseWright
      @BrittanyRoseWright 3 месяца назад +2

      @@siddharthachandra3883 Well thought out detailed reasons which seems very possible of either one or both. I also think he was ashamed that he failed to protect a marine under his command, and unwillingly to testify against Jessup who was a longtime friend. It could be possible that he was also afraid to testify against Jessup and that if Jessup ever knew about that he would kill Markinson himself or he would hire someone to assinate Markinson. Whether if Jessup would or could do something like that, if it's illegal and he probably wouldn't care cause even corrupt people in power think they can do whatever they want, kill anyone, get rid of any evidence, cover it up so they won't get in trouble because they want to be in charge, to be in control of the power they have in their career position.

    • @siddharthachandra3883
      @siddharthachandra3883 3 месяца назад +2

      @@BrittanyRoseWright Thanks. That sounds plausible too. Relatedly, Markinson is clearly more afraid of Jessop than he is of Kaffee, having known him longer in life and also looking at their backgrounds. One is a ruthless commander of US forces in Cuba headed to the top and the other is a fresh faced Harvard lawyer. He clearly thought that in a toe to toe fight, Jessop would win and would escape conviction. So yes, he probably thought that Jessop would come after him before or after the trial once he found out that he has tried to help Kaffee and he probably had no faith that Kaffee would be able to protect him, because then we're talking the military vs the civilians and in that fight Markinson thought the military would win and he would be killed in either case, (an assasination like you've suggested. He had the example of Santiago in front of him as a case where someone was being sacrificed for protecting the lie, so it was in the realm of possibility).
      The one thing he could have done is make a written or audio testimony that the transfer order was fake which he was forced to sign before he checked out.

    • @siddharthachandra3883
      @siddharthachandra3883 3 месяца назад

      @@BrittanyRoseWright There is also another possibility why Markinson decided to quit, which is that he knew that there was no way for him to prove that the transfer order document was fake, even if he admitted it. That too was not possible.
      Suppose he decided to testify against Jessop and take him on in court, he would still have to prove that the document was signed on the wrong date. That's also something which is not easily provable, unless there's a way in forensics to determine which date a document has actually been signed, which I dont think there is.
      So it would have ended up being his word against Jessop's. Jessop would have said the transfer order was legit and signed on the date he claimed, Markinson would have said the opposite. How could either side materially prove that they were right.
      So if that did happen it would have become an all out fight fight between Jessop and Markinson, which like you pointed out, Markinson feared he would have lost because he would have been eliminated by the military in some way, irrespective of witness protection and all that.
      The only thing which got the court thinking about a possible cover up was Kaffee's clever use of the fact that Santiago wasn't packed and hadn't called anyone. That's what got the jury and the judge thinking that there is something fishy going on here. If Kaffee hadn't pulled that, there was no way for the court to even suspect that the transfer order was fake.

  • @mikeb359
    @mikeb359 4 месяца назад +33

    Jack Nicholson is an absolute icon in the industry. He completely stole this movie by his absolute ability to become Colonel Jessup. His ability to be extremely natural playing angry with a sarcasm to it and still outshine the entire cast of A rated actors. Another scene stealer similar is Al Pacinio in Scent Of A Woman in the suspension hearing. The absolute best acting greats to ever grace the screen.

    • @Rhythmicons
      @Rhythmicons 3 месяца назад +2

      Scent of a Woman was kind of lame and I like Pacino. The plot was just dumb. Dog Day Afternoon and Serpico were better, imo.

    • @mikeb359
      @mikeb359 3 месяца назад +3

      @@Rhythmicons it was a little lame but that Pacino scene was awesome.

  • @prr71
    @prr71 Месяц назад +3

    Menacing performances like these motivate people to get into acting/directing/writing!! The way the lines were delivered, they just hit you and make the viewers shudder! Jacky is one of my all-time favs!

  • @jaredpaynter4140
    @jaredpaynter4140 3 месяца назад +8

    The man is only on three scenes and he totally dominates the movie

  • @boomerang6130
    @boomerang6130 22 дня назад +1

    "Take caution in your tone commander. I am a fair man but this heat is fucking driving me crazy." I love this line by Jack Nicholson. His performance in this movie is unparalleled.

  • @joseyeastwood
    @joseyeastwood 4 месяца назад +10

    Holy crap Jack Nicholson was intense you could see the steam coming out his ears 😂

  • @wolf17238
    @wolf17238 4 месяца назад +32

    Col. Jessup was spot on about that uniform. That's why The Village People made a song about it. 👏

    • @geneclarkie4064
      @geneclarkie4064 4 месяца назад +3

      😂 from the Silent Service.

    • @willsmith39
      @willsmith39 3 месяца назад +2

      😂😂😂

    • @BigBadJerryRogers
      @BigBadJerryRogers 2 месяца назад

      Well the village people had every uniform though. It might be easier to say what isn't that than what is.

  • @wiley8976
    @wiley8976 4 месяца назад +20

    I have how neither of them blink, they stare at each other during the dialog and it makes you feel the tension through that body language

  • @briansmith8898
    @briansmith8898 3 месяца назад +5

    There's a subtle element of Jessup's character in this film, that is somewhat more mild in the original play, due to the different time period. In the play, the events take place at the height of the cold war, 1989. By contrast, the film takes place in the year it was released, 1992, after the fall of the soviet union. (a lot happened in those three years)
    Jessup makes a big deal about the Cuban fighters being very close by, and waiting to kill him constantly. The thing is, even in 1989, but especially in 1992, those fighters cannot risk hostilities with the US. There is essentially no chance they would ever try to kill him. Jessup is acting like a badass under constant threat, but it's just Ego. In reality, Jessup has a cushy tropical position, where he is under little danger.

  • @heck75nj
    @heck75nj 18 дней назад +1

    The acting in this movie is soooo frigging good.

  • @nelsongarcia4763
    @nelsongarcia4763 4 месяца назад +5

    Wow what a movie. Jack the way he speak . Wow.!!!

  • @why-even-try-brotendo
    @why-even-try-brotendo 15 дней назад +2

    Wow!!! This movie was pretty much PERFECT!!!

  • @WintersWar
    @WintersWar 4 месяца назад +9

    Jessup had a hint of being rattled when asked about the transfer orders.

    • @parrais
      @parrais 4 месяца назад +4

      Because he knew full well they didn't exist and the cover-up just became more complicated.

  • @luisaspo
    @luisaspo 5 месяцев назад +11

    what a great movie! ive seen this scene I dont know how many times and gets better every trime. Get to appreciate I was a part of this "episode" of life when CGI wasnt a "must" in movie making.

    • @Fusion991
      @Fusion991 5 месяцев назад

      It still isn’t……….

    • @luisaspo
      @luisaspo 5 месяцев назад

      Yes, i was being dramatic about it.... kinda see the point dont you?@@Fusion991

    • @christophstuwe4330
      @christophstuwe4330 4 месяца назад

      ​@@Fusion991 name 3 action movies without CGI from the last 12 months.

    • @steverogers7601
      @steverogers7601 3 месяца назад

      The people who say this are the same folks who have seen contemporary movies and not noticed how much CGI is actually used.

  • @dibber43
    @dibber43 17 дней назад +1

    One of THE greatest movies EVER!!!

  • @thumbwiz
    @thumbwiz 5 месяцев назад +10

    Legend has it that he couldn't handle the truth.

  • @leehaskins307
    @leehaskins307 Месяц назад +3

    Jack Nicholson is such a great actor… I remember this scene from the day I watched the movie MANY years ago… Tom Cruise was the main character but Nikolson was the star… no doubt...

  • @GuiltyKit
    @GuiltyKit 5 месяцев назад +45

    This scene always struck me as the perfect way to reveal that, despite all his self righteous rhetoric about duty and rules and his own strength throughout the movie, Jessup is deep down a narcissist. He can't handle reality. He has to be in absolute control at all times. And he lashes out violently (by orders, both here and with the Code Red) whenever he feels that his authority isn't being respected to a degree that goes way beyond the chain of command. He's pathetic, deep down. He's not a leader. He's a brute and a bully. He doesn't inspire. He hides behind rank and authority to get his way.
    I only say this because there's a weird number of people who think Jessup was right. Nah. He's exactly what you don't want in an officer. He doesn't do the smart thing and just cut someone loose who isn't cut out for service. He just can't handle that perceived slight to his own ego. Has nothing to do with the (outrageously hilariously over the top) slippery slope he rants about to his senior staff. It's all about Jessup and his fragile ego. And he pretends like he's constantly at a state of war to justify the most draconian outreach of his own self gratification even when it doesn't make a bit of coherent sense to do so.
    Like yeah let's torture and / or murder a man because he's not a good fit. Instead of just... you know. Cutting him loose. That's the rational action.

    • @covidonenine1948
      @covidonenine1948 5 месяцев назад +2

      You're dead right!

    • @Rageofthemohawk
      @Rageofthemohawk 4 месяца назад +1

      Are you at all familiar with the concept of "death ground"? The reason i ask is because simply saying let him loose if he's unfit or unwilling to fight... simply allowing someone to walk away from a warzone or potential warzone has major detrimental effects on a unit... incentive training and decimation have been tactics used throughout human history by many of the great powers and empires to maintain control of a situation and breed compliance within a fighting force for centuries. Honest question... how many guys do you think would have loaded into the higgens boats on D day if you simply told them hey gents you dont have to if you dont want to, you'll just be transferred out of rotation?

    • @TheGroundedAviator
      @TheGroundedAviator 4 месяца назад +2

      I admit I was never a serviceman, health issues made me never follow that path or even seriously think of it. But plenty who have said he is the worst type for being in command.

    • @JoeNarbaiz
      @JoeNarbaiz 4 месяца назад +2

      It is ironic that Colonel Jessup said that "You can't handle the truth!". 😮

    • @Dualities
      @Dualities 3 месяца назад

      he had health condition. and general didnt check for that. that was hist mistake@@Rageofthemohawk

  • @TaylorConley-lk3or
    @TaylorConley-lk3or 2 дня назад

    The Colonel tipped his hand here big time despite all his talk about not being nervous

  • @bobkapur6463
    @bobkapur6463 Месяц назад +1

    :42-:48 Nicholson puts on an acting masterclass with just two words and his expressions.

  • @coletraincyclist5979
    @coletraincyclist5979 4 месяца назад +17

    I love this scene when he used the only term to describe toms uniform

    • @Rhythmicons
      @Rhythmicons 3 месяца назад

      you're one of those "crisis of masculinity" types probably.

    • @BigBadJerryRogers
      @BigBadJerryRogers 2 месяца назад

      Yeah that's pretty hot

  • @Incognito-vc9wj
    @Incognito-vc9wj 4 месяца назад +6

    Interesting thing is Colonel Jessup didn’t realize that Kafee was testing him.

  • @user-rn5xo1br7f
    @user-rn5xo1br7f 5 месяцев назад +12

    One of the best movies ever made. Rob Reiner

    • @desertdog5397
      @desertdog5397 3 месяца назад

      Rob Reiner is still a meathead...and a idiot as well...

  • @alessandrov-twin9755
    @alessandrov-twin9755 Месяц назад +4

    Kaffee trying to act respectful when telling Joanne to just get the hell outta dodge, then she insists in asking more questions until Jessup tells the tale about women out ranking men, then procceds to shows Joanne who's really in charge there and finally puts the cherry on the cake by humiliating Kaffee....after that Kaffee finally realizes the buffoon he has been all that time, then both realizes they are dealing with the big bad wolf....cool as Hell!

  • @GuitarFuel
    @GuitarFuel 28 дней назад

    It's one of the most iconic scenes in movie history!

  • @Saba316
    @Saba316 5 месяцев назад +23

    Imagine Col. Jessup torturing a waitress when he orders a chicken salad sandwich in a very particular way.....

    • @mollybolton8425
      @mollybolton8425 3 месяца назад +5

      It actually happened. See the col. get kicked out of a restaurant in "As Good as It Gets"

    • @Saba316
      @Saba316 3 месяца назад +2

      @@mollybolton8425 YES!!! 👏😁

    • @BigBadJerryRogers
      @BigBadJerryRogers 2 месяца назад +2

      People like this are being phased out of the world, the only tragedy is how long it's taking

    • @johngreen6783
      @johngreen6783 2 месяца назад +1

      I thought that was in Five Easy Pieces

    • @davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780
      @davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780 Месяц назад +1

      wasnt that in five easy pieces

  • @morrisetteironic
    @morrisetteironic 5 месяцев назад +16

    When will we ever get an actor like Nicholson again.
    Answer : "NEVER".

    • @BigBadJerryRogers
      @BigBadJerryRogers 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@user-hc1el3jo9hwhat exactly is American culture? Fast food, Hollywood, depending on automobiles and playing football?

  • @bit1733
    @bit1733 3 месяца назад

    Wow! So intense as to perturb even the wind.

  • @Civil_War_Now
    @Civil_War_Now Месяц назад

    I believe that is why he is considered one of the finest actors to ever live.

  • @nostalgia46
    @nostalgia46 3 месяца назад +2

    Such a great scene in a great movie!

  • @oogrooq
    @oogrooq 3 месяца назад

    A great source of prank call responses, this movie.

  • @19tank81
    @19tank81 Месяц назад +2

    I had a customer just like Jack here, lemme tell ya, the customer was right that day! Scared me straight. 😢😂😂

  • @allm8760
    @allm8760 4 месяца назад +4

    Whoever casted Jack Nicholson as Kernel Jessep,was absolutely right.

  • @jonathankieranwriter
    @jonathankieranwriter 4 месяца назад +17

    Love this flick. Jack was superb. Tom, Demi-all superb. Writing was tight, just like the book. What the HELL happened to movies?

    • @antuan9325
      @antuan9325 4 месяца назад

      Funded and written by liberal left is what happened.

    • @josiahanderson9328
      @josiahanderson9328 4 месяца назад +3

      The suits and bean-counters got involved in departments and things they have absolutely no business being involved in.

    • @nikfabbi87
      @nikfabbi87 4 месяца назад +2

      It happened industry stopped cultivating its audience by quality and started doing it by business.

    • @UmbrellaWatch
      @UmbrellaWatch 3 месяца назад

      No kidding huh... I feel the same way

    • @BigBadJerryRogers
      @BigBadJerryRogers 2 месяца назад

      The movie industry got greedy like most other businesses. They expected everyone to pay 15 bucks just to step into a theater to watch a drama they could stream in a couple of months.

  • @yeesh9215
    @yeesh9215 5 месяцев назад +4

    Flipping through channels and come across this movie, have to stop and watch it.

  • @xharduchar4126
    @xharduchar4126 День назад +1

    Col.'s worst decision of his career. His ego transforms into a call for an armored tank division...

  • @pennyking3823
    @pennyking3823 Месяц назад

    Jack conducting yet another master class in acting

  • @SandNebula232
    @SandNebula232 4 месяца назад +2

    Genius actor

  • @why-even-try-brotendo
    @why-even-try-brotendo 15 дней назад

    That was the end of ole Col. Jessup. 😂😂😂

  • @johnnymentero6313
    @johnnymentero6313 4 месяца назад +13

    I used to be "pals" with a higher ranking officer who was very friendly and cool.
    One day out of the blue and for no reason whatsoever he snapped at me pulled rank and told me to address him as "Sir" which I obviously did...
    Sometime down the line he came to me, apologized, acknowledged he was wrong and told me we could go back to "normal"
    To which I answered by saluting and saying: "Yes....... Sir"
    Since that day the "collegue" died, he became an outranking officer and nothing else till the day I left.

    • @TheGroundedAviator
      @TheGroundedAviator 4 месяца назад +7

      Authority is never something to be abused or taken for granted.

  • @jasonholland7504
    @jasonholland7504 5 месяцев назад +8

    Here's to Jack! 🍻
    And Tom, Demi and Kevin.
    Jack stole this movie and every movie he's ever been in

  • @tomfiori8813
    @tomfiori8813 5 месяцев назад +17

    Greatest scene in a movie IMO Cruise stood toe to tie with Nicholson ..

    • @soumyadeepguha9672
      @soumyadeepguha9672 Месяц назад +1

      Nope. Only the script made it look like Cruise stood head to head with Nicholson. In reality, Nicholson simply blew Cruise away, exposing at every step what a non-actor he was. Demi Moore fared better.

  • @nyshoefly
    @nyshoefly 13 дней назад

    it just occurred to me that "Danny" is also Jack's son in the Shining, perhaps making this scene even more menacing!

  • @seanoregan998
    @seanoregan998 Месяц назад +1

    It was a perfect movie.

  • @danieldiazchavez4320
    @danieldiazchavez4320 3 месяца назад +1

    Jack Nicholson uno de los mejores actores norteamericanos, excelente escena.

  • @timthompson8297
    @timthompson8297 Месяц назад +2

    Great movie.

  • @chrislapp9468
    @chrislapp9468 14 дней назад

    "Danny; stop swingin' the bat".

  • @GofishingandloveGod
    @GofishingandloveGod 2 месяца назад +1

    All time great 👍

  • @Dobbz_Media
    @Dobbz_Media 2 месяца назад +1

    2:24 - That is when the Colonel goes for the low blows as she was onto him

  • @piehound
    @piehound 2 месяца назад +2

    Classic scene. Those in power like to play being above the law. Not a new idea. That's why CLASSIC. Of course it's very well done here. But you know Hollywood has the luxury of (1) Many Takes and (2) The Cutting and Editing Room. I wonder how much behind the scenes work it took to get this JUST RIGHT.

  • @megatrongeny217
    @megatrongeny217 28 дней назад +1

    there isn't an actor like Jack Nicholson nowadays

  • @bendavies1701
    @bendavies1701 4 месяца назад +5

    Demi Moore is stunning in this movie.

  • @user-cm7qo7hs2y
    @user-cm7qo7hs2y 2 месяца назад

    Thanks for your AR
    Suzuki

  • @user-vn9jy6ki7w
    @user-vn9jy6ki7w 6 месяцев назад +1

    Nicely

  • @slackerman9758
    @slackerman9758 28 дней назад

    I love how they try and make Guantanamo look like a choice post that is full of danger.

  • @cejannuzi
    @cejannuzi 2 месяца назад +2

    What he doesn't say is how many of those Cubans come over and make his breakfast for him.

  • @valentino1000
    @valentino1000 4 месяца назад +2

    At 5:27 Nicholson is doing his Werewolf ear trick.

  • @user-gd4vx8hb3n
    @user-gd4vx8hb3n Месяц назад +1

    After One flew over the cuckoo's nest by far the best Nicholson role!

    • @Izaan2810
      @Izaan2810 12 дней назад

      Why not The Shining?

    • @user-gd4vx8hb3n
      @user-gd4vx8hb3n 11 дней назад

      @@Izaan2810 Because the role in Cuckoo's nest had a lot more dept.

  • @ps-yk8su
    @ps-yk8su 3 месяца назад

    Cruise: Ah ha, haha, ah ha, I got it, ha ha

  • @jansefran1752
    @jansefran1752 3 месяца назад

    Top shit ... lines + suspenz + that deep look ...

  • @user-xf7hs4qg8j
    @user-xf7hs4qg8j 28 дней назад

    Tom's wig is so real looking. Tom has the best wigs in the business

  • @Seemsayin
    @Seemsayin Месяц назад

    This is one movie that I'm surprised didn't see a sequel.

    • @deewah1698
      @deewah1698 Месяц назад

      What would the sequel be about?

    • @Seemsayin
      @Seemsayin Месяц назад

      ​@@deewah1698 Jessup does time at Leavenworth. Kaffee makes admiral. Simply... Revenge. That sort of thing. However... other than, "You can't handle the truth."... really not as much meat on those bones, as I thought.
      "I" thought it would have been a good idea, simply because it was such a good movie. Apparently, no one else does, as far as I know. Fortunately for movie-goers... I'm not in the business.

  • @anthonycosta6461
    @anthonycosta6461 5 месяцев назад +4

    Jack is great 😊

  • @johnalterio372
    @johnalterio372 16 дней назад

    Believe you danny,, OMG.. I've heard this before (Shining)!

  • @whynottalklikeapirat
    @whynottalklikeapirat 5 месяцев назад +1

    5:28 epic ear move

  • @davidnjuguna9477
    @davidnjuguna9477 2 месяца назад +1

    In over six minutes, he doesn't sip his coffee refill once.

  • @wolfganghasenmaier8350
    @wolfganghasenmaier8350 Месяц назад +2

    Both in real life have never served. Many mega spoiled actors believe their own roles to be somewhat true but truth is different. Mega different. Veteran here so I feel ok with mentioning it.

  • @michaelanderson3096
    @michaelanderson3096 5 месяцев назад

    All work and no play makes me go 😮

  • @martyjohnson4833
    @martyjohnson4833 5 месяцев назад

    I know right

  • @mrmojorisin8752
    @mrmojorisin8752 Месяц назад +1

    Nicholson is simply amazing. No matter how many times I watch this, and the courtroom scene, Nicholson instantly is no longer Nicholson. He’s this A**hole.

  • @Pisces1960M
    @Pisces1960M Месяц назад

    Persistence to the point of achieving the mission.

  • @tyronechao2092
    @tyronechao2092 Месяц назад +1

    Remember Jack from 5 easy pieces asking for the toast - same menace, except it was directed towards a middle aged waitress.

  • @halwasserman7905
    @halwasserman7905 4 месяца назад +5

    He is of course a great actor but there is no doubt he made a career out of playing weird assholes and I wonder if in a way he is partially to blame for all the weird assholes we have in this country. I mean you look at the way some people behave and it really seems like a lot of people are perhaps unknowingly doing Jack Nicholson impressions. I could be wrong of course but it seems like he inspired a lot of folks. They figured, "Look how cool Jack is when he acts like an asshole. I can be just as much of an asshole as he is." Mind you I'm not saying Jack's an asshole. He's probably a great guy.

  • @p-Claud73
    @p-Claud73 3 месяца назад

    What a movie

  • @pathandy8188
    @pathandy8188 6 дней назад

    Scares the shit out of me.

  • @Charlie-kw9jk
    @Charlie-kw9jk 25 дней назад

    At least Jessup was really gracious and nice to the waiter. I bet he tipped well too :)

  • @JeepWrangler1957
    @JeepWrangler1957 2 месяца назад

    In reality a Navy LTJG would being saying “Sir” after each time addressing Jessup

  • @feral26
    @feral26 Месяц назад

    "So don't think for one second that you can come down here, flash a badge, and make me nervous."
    Then, less then a minute later, Kaffee makes Jessup nervous simply by asking for a copy of a transfer order.

  • @Analysta654
    @Analysta654 2 месяца назад

    Never noticed before now, but for having just supposedly eating lunch, the table, glasses and everything look untouched.

  • @Vanilla.Avenaya
    @Vanilla.Avenaya Месяц назад

    I never noticed....in the very first shot, when the camera is far away, Kiefer Sutherland isnt at the table lol

  • @chello70
    @chello70 5 дней назад +1

    Once Nicholson goes Jack on your ass, people win Oscar’s.

  • @rishikeshbalakrishnan8790
    @rishikeshbalakrishnan8790 4 месяца назад

    Never heard of such a thing as commander in chief Atlantic fleet. They referring to Northcom commander (UCC)

  • @MrAkosFintor
    @MrAkosFintor 2 месяца назад

    One of those guys you don't want to disrespect .

  • @tony071261
    @tony071261 3 месяца назад

    That was some performance by Jack Nicholson.

  • @mahendraperera7688
    @mahendraperera7688 Месяц назад +1

    Nobody to replace Jack Nicholson