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When far-famed auteur William Friedkin passed away in early August, I was tasked with the privilege of writing a few words about this legendary figure of late 1960s and early 1970s New Hollywood who transformed the filmmaking industry with a handful of classics such as The French Connection, The Exorcist and Sorcerer. Those are films which we’re still talking about just as passionately in 2023 as we were back in the later 1970s or early 1980s. That’s an impressive shelf-life for one motion picture, let alone three. Much like some of his contemporaries of his era who have preceded him in exiting Stage Left – Peter Bogdanovich of The Last Picture Show and Paper Moon comes immediately to mind of those talents that we’ve sadly lost – Friedkin has left a living legacy not only in those films which have been released over the years, but also in the form of an upcoming movie which the Cruising director didn’t get to live see obtain a commercial release…
From our Jade aficionadoes over at The Hollywood Reporter comes the welcome news that the legacy of William Friedkin seems to be in safe hands with the forthcoming Paramount+ release of the director’s final film The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.
It was announced this Sunday that streaming service Paramount+ has acquired Friedkin’s last completed film. This acquisition of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial will see the movie achieve a release in all international territories via its vaunted global footprint.
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial features an ensemble made up of Kiefer Sutherland (who has had experience in the realm of courtroom dramas going back to Rob Reiner’s A Few Good Men), Jason Clarke, Jake Lacy, Monica Raymund, Lewis Pullman, Jay Duplass, Tom Riley and the late and lamented Lance Reddick. In the United States, Friedkin’s last effort will see a release courtesy of Showtime.
For anyone not in the know about The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, the film proper is based off of the 1953 novel – entitled The Caine Mutiny – from author Herman Wouk (The Winds of War, City Boy) and is a Pulitzer Prize-winning courtroom drama which features extensive flashbacks onboard the USS Caine, a U.S. Navy destroyer battleship, as it trolls the waters in the Pacific with a potentially unstable captain at the helm.
It’s a bittersweet moment for admirers of William Friedkin; we only wish that the iconic director had lived to see the premiere of his efforts.
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this Sunday evening.
