Catch-22 (1970)
Mike Nichols' 1970 Heller adaptation. Substantial source material that the film handles only partially.
Actor: Martin Sheen
Dennis HopperApocalypse Now (1979)
Coppola's 1979 Vietnam Heart of Darkness. Sheen, Brando, Duvall, Hopper.
Martin SheenFlatland: The Movie (2007)
Johnson and Travis's 2007 animated adaptation of Edwin Abbott's 1884 novella. Source long thought unfilmable.
Alec BaldwinThe Departed (2006)
Scorsese's 2006 Boston crime thriller. Two moles, one in the mob, one in the police.
Jeff DanielsGettysburg (1993)
Gettysburg is four hours and fourteen minutes of Civil War battle filmmaking and it earns every minute. Tom Berenger plays James Longstreet.
Kirk DouglasThe Final Countdown (1980) Review
USS Nimitz time-travels to day before Pearl Harbor. Authentic F-14 Tomcat sequences.