About this episode

Joshua and Hrishi discuss the film A Few Good Men, its impact, and Josh's personal connection to it.

Did you order the Code Red? You're goddamn right I did!—if by "Code Red" you mean an hour of Josh & Hrishi discussing this Aaron Sorkin / Rob Reiner classic. (We're not in the Marines, but we still like giving things code names.) We wanted to pay tribute to the late Rob Reiner and this film that, in some ways, would eventually lead to The West Wing. Plus, A Few Good Men was Josh's film debut, based on the play that was his Broadway debut, so he has lots of stories. We hope—we strenuously hope—you'll join us for this conversation about one of the all-time great courtrooms drama. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Hosts: Joshua Malina, Hrishikesh Hirway

Guest: Josh

Topics covered

• film discussion
• courtroom drama
• Aaron Sorkin
• Rob Reiner tribute
• Josh's film debut

Keywords

• A Few Good Men
• Rob Reiner
• Aaron Sorkin
• courtroom drama
• film debut

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Few Good Men, The West Wing

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