THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL
World Premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival - La Biennale Di Venezia 2023 - Out of Competition - September 3, 2023
U.S. Premiere October 6th 2023 streaming on Paramount+ with Showtime, and October 8, 2023 on Showtime.
The U.S. launch follows the movie’s Out of Competition world premiere at the Venice Film Festival 2023; less than a month after Friedkin died at age 87 on August 7, 2023. It has been Roundabout Entertainment's great honor and priviledge to collaborate with William Friedkin as client and as friend; working with him on his classic films in restoration and remastering, and digital intermediate finishing on his new film works.
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial is a film that William Friedkin always wanted to make; honoring Herman Wouk’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel and play, to make a classic military story with a solid, no-frills, narrative new film, and now the final film of his immense filmography legacy.
Our team at Roundabout will affectionately remember and cherish all of the memories we have had with Billy Friedkin all of these years.
Roundabout Entertainment: Digital Intermediate, Deliverables
Colorist: Roundabout’s Bryan McMahan
Director / Teleplay: William Friedkin
Cinematographer: Michael Grady
Mascot: Guillermo del Toro
Producers: Annabelle Dunne, Matt Parker and Executive Producers: Michael Salven, Mike Upton
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Clarke, Jake Lacy, Monica Raymund, Lewis Pullman, Jay Duplass, Tom Riley, Lance Reddick (one if his final roles).
Showtime / Republic Pictures / Paramount Pictures
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, the last filmwork of Oscar-winning director William Friedkin’s career screening out of competition the Venice Film Festival. The legal drama is an update of Herman Wouk’s fifties novel and play The Caine Mutiny, with Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Clarke. It was made for US premium television brand Showtime and sister company Paramount Global Content Distribution. The courtroom drama revolves around the trial of a young first Officer for orchestrating a mutiny on a U.S Navy minesweeper operating in the Persian Gulf in 2022, he becomes convinced that its veteran, disciplinarian captain is mentally ill.
Running Time: 1 hour and 49 minutes
Guillermo Del Toro Wants a Theatrical Release for William Friedkin’s Final Film Out of ‘Respect’
Del Toro served as an assistant director on the late Friedkin's "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial," which premiered at Venice 2023.
