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A Few Good Men

A Few Good MenA Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin. Directed by Karl Buckley.

New Zealand premiere!

Two US Marines, L Cpl Dawson (Matthew Rice) and Pfc. Downey (Oliver Page) stand accused of murdering one of their comrades. In order to avoid an embarrassing public relations disaster, Lt Daniel Kaffee (Jonathan Hope) - a young lawyer with a history of plea-bargaining - is assigned the case. With the help of Lt Sam Weinberg (Simon Cook) and Lt Cmdr Joanne Galloway (Claire Buckley), Kaffee uncovers the fact that the two Marines were simply following orders. But knowing the fact and proving it in court are two different matters, especially when the base commander, Lt Col Nathan Jessep (Scott Hayden) will go to great lengths to keep the fact a secret.
 
Playwright, Aaron Sorkin, adapted the script from this play into the screenplay for the well-known Hollywood movie, A Few Good Men which starred Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore. Sorkin went on the create the Emmy Award-winning TV series The West Wing . Fans of the TV series will recognise Sorkin's witty, fast-paced dialogue and lines which have become icons of movie history.
 
Performances run Thursday 19 May to Saturday 28 May 2005, at The Rose Centre, School Rd, Belmont. Nightly at 8pm. Matinees 2pm Saturdays. Early show 6:30pm Sunday. No 8pm performance Sunday or Monday.

Tickets $20 adult/$15 concession (students, senior citizens, groups of 10 or more, Mairangi members)

Cast

Lt j.g. Daniel A Kaffe

Jonathan Hope

LtCmdr Joanne Galloway

Claire Buckley

Lt Col Nathan R Jessep

Scott Hayden

Lt j.g. Samuel Weinberg

Simon Cook

Capt. M A Markinson

Grant Waugh

Capt. Julius A Randolph

Colin Hodkinson

Capt. Isaac Whitaker

Rob Edmonds

Cmdr Walter Stone

Byron Tompkins

Lt Jonathan J Kendrick

Mike Borgfeldt

Lt Jack Ross

David Steadman

Sergeant-at arms

Frank Wiemann

Cpl Dunn

Leon Weinstein

Cpl Hammaker

Ross Anderson

Cpl Howard

Craig Lett

Cpl Thomas

John Brockelbank

L. Cpl Harold W Dawson

Matthew Rice

Pfc. Louden Downey

Oliver Page

MP

Dave Flynn

Lt j.g. Daniel A Kaffe (Jonathan Hope), Lt Col Nathan R Jessep (Scott Hayden) and LtCmdr Joanne Galloway (Claire Buckley)
 

Lt Jonathan J Kendrick (Mike Borgfeldt) and Lt Col Nathan R Jessep (Scott Hayden) at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

  

Capt. M A Markinson (Grant Waugh)