Kiefer Sutherland on working with William Friedkin in ‘Caine Mutiny Court-Martial’

In the taut, no-nonsense courtroom drama “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial,” Kiefer Sutherland earns top billing in the pivotal role of Capt. Can I at least have two?’” So Sutherland started doing a second take, but noticed that Friedkin “was already editing the first take into what he had already cut together for the picture. I can’t speak enough about what a comfort it is for an actor to work for a director who is so specific and knows exactly what they want.” Sutherland is no stranger to the courtroom drama, having made memorable appearances in “A Few Good Men” and “A Time to Kill.” But in “Caine Mutiny,” he plays a character who’s restricted not just to a courtroom setting but largely to a single chair. It’s like the nastiest game of Tetris you’ve ever seen.” The role of Queeg was famously played by Humphrey Bogart in a 1954 movie adaptation of Herman Wouk’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Caine Mutiny.” Sutherland plays the career officer as smug, fragile and petty, but also reveals the wounded depth of his attachment to institutional power.