I can't fathom how this movie did not win more Oscars. This is still one of the best movies i have ever seen, and i have seen it multiple times i can't count anymore.
And it's a timeless movie in a way. Even now, there's only a couple of things tgat date the movie, the phone Ryan uses, and the car driving to CIA. Otherwise, it's a world most of us will never see
The old diesel boat they used for the interior scenes was the USS Blueback SS-581. How do I know this you might ask, well that's a very easy to answer question, I was stationed on her when they shot those scenes. Three of our enlisted guys were extras cast as russian sailors and one of our officers played the weapons officer on the USS Dallas. A few months after the film debut we decommissioned the Blueback, that was one of the saddest days of my life and the end of the era of USN diesel boats. If you'd like to see the Blueback she is a museum exhibit at the museum of science and industry in Portland Oregon.
Lightning546 wow!! My dad was a submarine so I appreciate this movie, as did my dad. He turned me on to the book before the movie came out. We were excited to see it!
Lightning546...I did see the Blueback at the OMSI. Thank you for your service and my admiration for being able to withstand being cooped up in such a vehicle! I would have freaked out from claustrophobia as soon as the hatch was shut!
Funny they used the USS HOUSTON too? I was on board during the filming up by Port Angeles, they also did some filming at Long Beach because we didn't get enough fog up north!!
This movie was cast to perfection. I really believe every character was perfectly cast! It is a movie that you can watch on a whim and enjoy it again and again.
😅 surely you jest?! How many Russian sub captains sound like that?! He's supposed to be a good actor, he could have at least attempted to sound a little less like Sean Connery!...prob couldnt afford Tom Hanks!
Honestly though, it makes just as much sense as having them be speaking English WITH a Soviet accent, because if they wanted it to be closer to real life they all would have just been SPEAKING RUSSIAN! lol
I owned this movie on VHS, DVD and now have it on Blu-Ray. I ripped an uncompressed copy of the Blu-Ray so I could have it mobile. If I am waiting on something like an appointment, I will put ear buds in an this is one of my go to movies on my phone. I just keep an eye out for when names are being called :)
Scott Glenn never became a huge movie star, but the man is just consistently excellent in everything he does. His performance in this is subtle but brilliant!
I spent 22 years in the Navy, When Scott Glenn glares down at Jack Balwin after he comes aboard, it was the most believable scene in the movie. I thought "that guy has been in the Navy" . He perfectly captured a CO's scowl .
This documentary omits one of the most important things in the movie (and yet, you can hear it all the way through): the incredible score by Basil Poledouris. I'm very disappointed they couldn't spend a couple of seconds talking about a musical masterpiece that lifts the entire experience to another level.
YES YES YES!!! You made this comment 4 yrs ago and I AM FIRST TO GIVE YOU A REPLY??? Great, great comment by you. I especially liked the mixed chorus/choir singing the Russian national anthem. And during the opening scenes.
6 лет назад
This was in the nineties. Thank Lord of the Rings for the modern extras that accompany movie releases - the amazing people doing the work behind the scenes get much more well deserved recognition these days.
20 yrs in the US Submarine force here - Scott Glenn's performance is the only one I've ever seen that is true, real and believable. BZ Commander Mancuso!
I spent 4 years working and working and living on a submarine. Got to meet and have signed a copy of Clancy's book. Still have it. Once a squid, forever a squid.
I had a first edition. Then I loaned it to one P-3 squadron mate, then another, and eventually did not get it returned. So all I have now is a paperback copy.
ChileExpatFamily we all have our problems, and i believe the more apropos colloquialism is ’bubblehead’; you know the naval version of a cross between a porn star and beauty queen;
Got to go on a nuke when my brother was in New London. Before 9/11 when security got so ratcheted up. Let's just say that the guys thought a girl who was into subs was attractive. I was more jazzed by the technology and atmosphere.
One of those movies where, no matter what time it is, no matter how far into it's runtime it is, you just give up everything you were doing and watch right to the end.
Yea the phone at home rang constantly while I watched it the first time on TV so I pulled the jack, I told her month before that the specific day she choose was not the best day to do our wedding on. Afterwards I went to the church but all hell broke loose, Idk why since I told her before! Women..
Great movie I watch once in a while along with Master and Commander. My only nitpicking would be over the Red October's command center. A tad too glamorous but he, it is nitpicking. :-)
its my all time favorite movie. ive watched it hundreds of times, and i can still watch it. alot of mctiernan's stuff is like that for me. like die hard, etc. always comething goin g on, each scene leads to the next, boom boom boom, but not so fast its overwhelming. like batman begins. batman begins was too much, it needed an extra 30 mins of run time or so just to let the movie breathe abit.
Scott Glenn is an amazing actor. I think he gets overlooked because the characters he plays are so soft-spoken. I loved him in Vertical Limit, Backdraft and, of course, this movie.
12:16 great story by Glen - while on board a submarine, the commander of it ordered his crew that Glen was to be treated as if equal rank to himself. This involved including addressing both men, and Glen would be told the order by the skipper, who would then repeat it to the men.
I love the commentary on the casting of Greer and particularly the point about him just being a respected Admiral who happened to be black. Exactly how it should be. It's amazing how backwards we've gone in some ways since then.
Fun fact from a former submariner friend: That scene where SSN Dallas _"FLEW"_ out of the water on an emergency blow used a _real_ sub, the Captain of which ended up getting in SERIOUS hot water for because it was a much greater ascent angle than the Navy brass was expecting. A bit _too_ realistic!
I guess the "brass" prefer the boat to be sunk if this was a real attack on her. Why the h@3L do they call it an emergency blow? To get the F*&k out of the way of the fish that was fire at you!!!! WHO CARES what ascent angle is when a fish is coming at you!!!
@@darrellhall6622 18,750 tons of displacement making a rapid one way ticket uncontrollable accent at a steep 45° is pretty _hard_ on a boat that big. Sure... it's a big "metal tube", but things still _flex_ and _groan like hell_ from the stress at every bulkhead and fitting in the hull when you shallow up that fast. They're called an "emergency blow" because you're only supposed to do them in an "emergency", that much torque can sometimes cause cracks or blow fittings/valves.
@@kullenberg83 correct, a rapid weight loss program. But how's that? "14,000 tons"? With a surfaced displacement of 16,764 tons/16,499 long tons when the ballast tanks are "empty"? 🤔 Is there a reserve amount ballast that normally is kept on if the tanks aren't blown? Either way is about that of losing the weight of a car or truck...
@@macgyver5108 used the numbers of the above statment, point is that blowing ballast will make the sub lighter. Ballast is alot of weight, easy 10% of deplacment if not more. When i was at sea the ship i was on wsa 12.500 tons with no cargo we had almost 2.200 tons of ballast
The music in this movie is a once in a lifetime event and no mention of it. That score was perfect, absolutely perfect. One thing that stands out and screams. This could actually happen.
I own a NAD Surround Receiver T753, hooked up to a NAD 906 amplifier ( center and rear front and rear left - 3 channels unused ) and a NAD 2200 ( main right and left ) and a NAD 2240 ( effect l + R ) together with a Yamaha Sub, Yamaha NSG 150 main Speakers, NSG 40, NSC 150 and Canton rears. Can U imagine ?
Still one of my all time favourite movies. And let's hear it for models and practical effects!!! The movie would not have aged as well as it has if it had used early era CGI compared to those beautiful large scale models
@Fau Q , I agree with the disdain for the frequent misuse of "underrated", but the accusation of "moron" is uncalled for. Seems that people these days think that if they like something or someone, that they have to attach the prefix "underrated". Perhaps it is a Freudian means to make themselves look more special buy presenting the notion that only they can see greatness.
@Fau Q ,I only validated your verbiage if you think that anyone who does something you disagree with is a moron. If you truly think that, then I strongly disagree with you. However, we are in agreement about the widespread misuse of "underrated".
@Christoffer Veng I can add to this.... Donald Trump is the most Overrated Moron to ever be classed as a hypocrite! LOL Red October is a great movie, and Darth Vader plays a great part!
I had two connections with Red October: I was the skipper of a sailboat owned by the U.S. Naval Academy, Geronimo. One Saturday, I was warned that an insurance agent from Annapolis was sailing with us and that if he knew I had anything to do with nuclear submarines, he would pick my brains. That was, of course, Tom Clancy, who was a master of detail. Secondly, one of my employees had been in the U.S. Navy and had played a Russian sailor on Red October. He spoke highly of Connery's relationship with extras and other "little people."
Man, it's so hard to believe it's been over 33 years since this movie was released!! I was 19 when I saw it in March of 1990, a few weeks before my 20th birthday. My 53rd birthday is a week from today. Where did the time go?!
Two classic foreign quotes about the US Navy: "It's extremely difficult to second guess the American Navy, because the Americans rarely read their doctrine, and don't feel compelled to follow it when they do." -- Admiral of the Soviet Fleet Sergei Gorshkov "The reason that the American Navy does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the Americans practice chaos on a daily basis." -- Admiral Karl Doenitz
@@davidwise1302 I love those quotes. I'd rather have other countries cry about us than we cry about them. Or as the great boxer Duran said, I'd rather be the hammer than the nail.
Now there's a real man who hardly ever needed any directing or coaching. What a natural. Doesn't hurt having his as the real thing. We can say Senator Thompson was a great one and I was one of the few who helped him explore running for POTUS. How much better he would have been than McCain as a candidate. Hard as the media pushed Obama from obscurity to the limelight, it would have been close or we would have won. Fred also was good in Cape Fear as an attorney.
James Earl Jones, Sam Neill, Tim Curry, Stellan Skargaard, Joss Ackland, the politician fella from (Secret of My Success- Michael J Fox, Helen OMG Slater 80's 'Oh Yeah' Movie) the Principle from Ferris Beullers day off, lots more actors who were around then and still going in lots of other great flicks now.
I was the onset propman on this movie and I vividly remember this scene watching Sean eat pickled herring’s I forgot I was working I could almost taste the herring’s it was amazing to watch him act in person. One of the days I’ll never forget RIP SEAN
This is when Hollywood was interested in making good movies instead of endless superhero and teen bullshit. Don't get me wrong, I fucking love all of the superhero movies but I sure miss how prolific adult spy thrillers were during the 90s.
It was based on a good book but this is one of the rare movie adaptations that's better than the source material. A Scots-Russian captain certainly helped.
@R.C. Collins - Why the year 2077? As for the movie, "The Hunt for Red October," I think the plot took place in 1984. After all, it was based on a novel by Tom Clancy, the author of his many right-wing fantasy novels.
@ Robert Polanco-who gives a rat's ass about Clancy's politics? He wrote a great novel and it was turned into a great movie. That's all there is to it.
I have a great passion for this movie. I was stationed where they were filming, and I knew some of the 'Russian Sub sailors." Every time I watch this movie, I see the people I know and its quite a unique experience. They also gave us a private screening on the day that it was released. They even used a dive alarm when starting the movie! The tickets they gave us was huge, they were about 12+ inches wide. I only wish I still had it. I lost it somewhere.
Tom Clancy's uniqueness was that he spent years getting the details right, by picking the brains of numerous Navy people and in writing his first book, Red October. Many people do not know that he pitched his book to 31 publishers. All turned him down, except the Naval Institute Press, known more for navigation charts and sailing instruction. That press made more its first year with Red October than its previous 10 years. After the success of Red October, those 31 other presses wanted to publish Clancy's work, but he went with the Naval Institute Press for his second book.
It is not the writing. Often when Hollywood gets it's fingers on a book they do horrible things to it. Just read "Sahara" and then watch the "movie loosely based on the characters and ideas in the Clive Cussler novel". Make the same comparison with "Raise the Titanic". While still not perfect it is a LOT closer to the original in feel and spirit
@@mbr5742 no argument on that but that's also a writer issue of turning a book into a screen play. However it's no secret that the studio exects certainly weigh in on projects in how they are written and produced. The biggest issue is inserting political agenda despite the detrimental effect it has on any given project.
Captain Ramius: “I miss the peace of fishing like when I was a boy. Forty years at sea. A war at sea. A war with no battles, no monuments...only casualties. I widowed her the day I married her. My wife died while I was at sea, you know?” This scene will forever be my favourite scene in this movie. One of my top ten favourite films.
Doug Griggs the scene that darka was describing was when Red October was doing a "Crazy Ivan" around the USS Dallas The one that you're thinking of is the scene at the end when they're hiding Red October in the Penobscot River
This has always been one of my top 5 favorites. I still eyeroll though when they show the jet crash on the carrier deck and use footage of a 1950s era F9F Panther. I always thought they could've done better than that for a movie set in the late 70s/early 80s.
Yes, 33 years IS a good test of time in today's environment, but it is totally eclipsed by the 6000-year test of Time claimed by the Bible! In the last 200 years the Bible has had Thousands of People try to disprove it's Historicity, but none have succeeded yet! That's because the "Special Effects" in it were REAL Events, not optical Illusions for the sake of a good story! Nevertheless, I love the Movie for its entertaining value, even if it's eternal value is unlikely.
- "We have been sabotaged!" - "Who said anything about sabotage?" - (Incredulous look.) "CAPTAIN?!" Only one word, but one of my favorite Tim Curry lines in anything, ever.
One of my favorite films of all time. I have never gotten tired of it, just plain timeless. Tom Clancy is so good at writing that you can almost believe he is writing about a legitimate classified issue. His understanding of this time of cloak-and-dagger counter-intelligence & espionage is genius and makes him a true literary artist.
Yes yes about Clancy. But he was frustrated with Paramount Pictures re: a few things. And I cannot blame him .... give me a reply and I will detail them if you want and if I CAN REMEMBER TO COME BACK TO THIS PAGE .....
There was rumor for a long time that he did a little too well. To the point the CIA had him over for a little chat. I've also heard KGB wanted to talk with him as well, might have hit a bit too close to home for them. Now how true those were, I have my doubts about them, but it makes him look a lot cooler.
@@thunderchaser2042 I heard similar rumors that the govt had questioned Tom Clancy about the details of the book and where he had gotten them. Tom was able to show that all of the technical details that he used had come from publicly available sources and not from classified information. It was those rumors that prompted me to buy the book and read it. I loved the books, and the Red October movie.
This movie was great for a lot of reasons, but underlying all of it was the depth of character given to the Russians. In a lot of movies in this genre, the Russians, or whatever enemy, are portrayed as one-dimensional, cardboard cut-out bad guys. This movie respects the enemies, recognizes their humanity, and is only great because of that. This starts with Ryan's reverence for Ramius and continues through examining the motives of the Russians and exposing the shallowness of some of the Americans when they attempt to argue with Ryan and use tropes when calculating their moves against the Russians. This movie is no jingoist cartoon. It portrays some complex moves across an explosive, grand chessboard by showing the other side as real people. It has it's place as propaganda in the sense that we were supposed to be approaching a new relationship with Russia, so it was now ok to consider the possibility that they are people like us. This movie could not be made today. Still, it's so much truer than other movies in the genre.
Will M: Yes, sort of. Certainly did a believable job of showing how Soviet sailors (even though the Red October submarine in the movie was a LOT MORE SHINY than Tom Clancy ever envisioned when he wrote) may have acted. But the portrayal of the Soviet Ambassador to the US who met with Pelt/R Jordan was really demeaning. But funny, too.
Absolutely agree. You are quite eloquent my friend, and a deep thinker. Those qualities are becoming extremely rare on the internet these days. Thank you.
Yes Doug, it was demeaning, but it needed to be to get the chuckle. They were both politicians after all, not "Regular" people. Demeaning is how politicians play the game. For much too long we have been seeing the Russian people as we see the politicians. They see us the same way. The "Real" Russian people are exactly like us, I have met many of them.
It's impossible to do a film like this on a small budget. The logistics of this great film must have been ENORMOUS. A monumental task. On the acting, I LOVE the smaller, character roles, like Courtney Vance as the sonar operator. And just watch Scott Glenn. He WAS the US sub captain.
Unions are the first to kill the budget, Teamsters then IATSE all the extra people not needed in the production... I once looked into financing one and it was all a farce and the odds of getting your investment back are less than 50/50.
You wouldn't need a huge budget either though, after seeing how many of the effects were achieved I would wager that most of the budget went on the stellar cast.
@@krashd Of course the majority of the budget went to the stars, what else is new?? Baldwin probably made more than the entire cast put together, outside of Connery, who probably made THREE TIMES was Baldwin did. But do you actually think that these kind of special effects are CHEAP?? You obviously have the experience of a 5-year old.
I served with Reed Popovich, an actual Naval Officer who had a small speaking role in this film. He was an amazing guy and even though I've seen this movie dozens of times I still seek it out and rewatch it every year!
My #1 movie of last 30 years.When acting was acting.I met accidentaly Alec Baldwin about 10years, he was visiting in FTL. I recognized him and almost blew his cover so to speak..He put his finger on his lips to signal me to not recognize him. So I didn't, just said."effing luved you in October," and he said."Thanks, that part made my career.Any scene your favorite?"."Yeh," I said, when you got dumped in the water.He laffed and put out his hand to shake mine.Nice,nice man
@@barty8980 airport codes quite often have *nothing* to do with the city name. For example: LGA is a NYC airport. As is JFK. And MSY is the main New Orleans airport.
RonJohn63 True, but many do have a historical relationship to the area or original airport name. LGA stands for La Guardia, named after Mayor La Guardia. MSY stands for Moisant Stock Yards, site of the original Moisant Field in 1946 which evolves into New Orleans International in 1960 and Louis Armstrong in 2001. But the original call letters still stand. MCO is the actual IATA letters for the commercial aviation airport for Orlando, based at the old McCoy Air Force Base, hence MCO. ORL is the Orlando Executive Airport for general and executive aircraft. Here in Los Angeles / Orange County we have John Wayne International in a section of unincorporated Orange County but closest to Santa Ana, where it’s mailing address is, and where the old Santa Ana Army Air field was, hence SNA.
RonJohn63 Also, JFK previously was Idylwild Airport, names after the Idylwild golf course that it displaced in 1939 with call letters IDL. It was renamed Gen. Anderson Airport in 1943, the changed again to New York International Airport, Anderson Field, but still retained IDL and called Idylwild. A month after President Kennedy was assassinated, the airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International and then Mayor Wagner proposed changing the IATA designation to JFK as more recognizable. So many airports had a local area or namesake that influenced the airport code although many have a geographic or city / town origin.
That has a lot to do with the music! And probably also with the fact that it didn't stay very close to the novel. I read it a couple of months ago, and it's the only time I've ever found the book worse than the movie! The Red October was written during the cold war, and what a load of sickening western propaganda and nauseating over-glorification of the USA it is! The Russian characters are mostly evil and/or stupid and are often acting in totally irrational ways. Apart from that the author is mostly concentrating on showing off his own knowledge of countless different types of vessels, weapons etc., and to do so he introduces many more ships and characters than necessary to tell the story. Good thing the movie people cleared up the mess!
@@skakdosmer I don't think you or the 6 blind mice that liked your comment even read the book. Clancy is hardly disrespective to the Russians. Quite the contrary. And your decades late inaccurate attempt at a review failing on all aspects.
I just learned that the sub work was not underwater! Never had a clue until right now that it was miniature model work. That's Oscar-worthy. Great team.
I would think that visibility in the ocean is nowhere near that far. There is also the issue of how much light as well. Though, the "underwater" view in the movie gives a nice visual effect of what is going on.
At 21:58 they say they were given cinematic liscence on the view distances. They say the Red October is 600 feet long. There is a record for underwater vision, where a specific object was seen 79 meters (259 feet) away. That is half of the length of the Red October but still impressive.
I'd rather have Pelt than most politicians. At least he admits what he is, but still tries to do what is best for the country. Most politicians wouldn't have given Ryan a chance.
@@kennethcrist443 How true. Most politicians would be worried about just one thing...themselves. Congress is still full if those selfish, self-serving jerks. Regardless of party.
I'm so glad they used models of the various subs rather than cgi, even if it had been available. Models look more tactile and realistic compared to cgi... especially cgi of the 1990s.
M.r. Moon They did use at least one real sub in this movie.They pulled under a tug boat with it,and the crew member who was in the engine room did not make it out.The sub that they used was the U.S.S. Houston. there is a story on the web about the "accident".
Agreed.. That's one of the things I love about old movies, they didn't have all if this CGI and actually had to put in more effort. I don't mind CGI to a point, but I feel they over do it to the point of looking fake, and they seem to rely on it too much.
in was working in LA Harbour when they were filming it, and the Russian sub mock up was towed out to sea everyday past where I worked. Sean Connery would drive by, get on a Coast Guard Helocopter and fly to the mock up for filming. It was very cool.
True story: I started having panic attacks in large crowds about a year ago. In my head, they would sound like sonar tracking torpedoes and I always stave them off by saying to myself "One ping, Vasili. One ping only, please." And just like that, one ping, and ONLY one ping, and they were gone.
The Hunt for Red October is by far one of my favorite movies of all times and this was a great presentation of what went into making it. I’ve watched it at least fifteen to thirty times, I have it on my digital collection and every now and then when I want to watch submarine movies it’s one of those that must come out first, together with U-571, Das Boot and Crimson Tide, my WWII Wolfpack documentaries, among others.
I used to watch this movie with my older brother on Christmas mornings waiting for our folks to wake up so we could open presents. Great memories and a great movie!! Love it to this day!
Fantastic. The era that it was made in, the special effects of the submarines underwater are almost flawless scenes. What an incredible job of ingenuity!! And to build a set that looks exactly like the inside of an actual submarine, with all working gauges and instruments, incredible!!! When you have to consider that a real nuclear powered submarine costs probably around a half a billion dollars to produce, INCREDIBLE! This film was way ahead of its time in the special effects department.
There are not too many movies that captivate me. Red October has been an exception. As Sean Connery indicated in the movie about it being a game of chess; this movie was a magnificent display of chess playing. We can thank Tom Clancy for that. I get goose bumps just thinking about this movie. I always love to see how the movie was made, as well. That always fascinates me. I cannot say enough good things about this movie. As someone on this page mentioned to the idea that this was “a thinking man’s movie”. I can’t agree more. 👍
This movie was so good that not even a Russian sub captain speaking with a heavy Scottish brogue could take away my suspension of disbelief. That says a lot.
Sean was brought on, supposedly, after filming had already commenced and he actually replaced someone who wasn't working out as Ramius (something they skipped over on this making-of). He did not have time to work with a dialog coach to deliver a more convincing Russian accent.
I was on the Battleship Missouri at the time they were making this movie. We were heading back into port in Long Beach, California and passed the fake sub they were filming.
@@rixretros Hate to rain on your parade, but the song is definitely not SOVIET. Greek or US - thats the question. Basil Poledouris... BUT the words DO carry meaning, unlike certain RedAlert popular songs about bears and borsch (which i actually enjoy (the song, not the soup)). Nevertheless an amazing song and one should definitely be excused for thinking this is a soviet song just because of the talent put into the soundtrack and film, both of which I reckon I will never cease to enjoy.
I've heard people criticise the movie for having a Scot play a Russian sub captain but the simple truth is Connery is such a good actor ýou don't notice accents or lack there of. Not many actors can pull that off,. Great movie!
As someone who only saw this movie dubbed as a kid, i never knew about that being an issue for people. In Germany Sean Connery was dubbed by Actor Gerd Günther Hoffmann (or G.G.H. as some called him) who also was the regular German voice of William Shatner in Star Trek. And he was always perfect when he voiced Connery as he was pretty much in the same age and had the same smooth, calm wise man kind of tone in his voice and also a lot of experience too. You would hear him and would wanna follow him anywhere. Hoffman dubbed Connery in lots of other movies too. Many James Bonds and also in "The Russia House" or "Outland". Hoffman sadly passed away in 1997 and after him other people dubbed Connery and Shatner and really never reached the same level at all.
As a Navy vet and son of a career submariner, I have always loved this movie. They nailed the professionalism of both enlisted and officers serving aboard our fleet submarines. Hearing that he shadowed a real Attack class submarine commander and mimicked him makes perfect sense. I also love that the screen writer once cast as the COB, wrote himself into most of the sub scenes! ;-) One thing I would have liked to have seen more of was the interaction of the admiral and captain of the aircraft carrier as well as a few more scenes on the carrier. Hats off to the movie industry for making a great movie and portraying our sailors and intelligence community in a good light. Clancy was always kind to the CIA and other government agencies... I'm glad they accurately portrayed our sailors and their dedication and professionalism. USN ET
Many of the servicemen in the movie were real servicemen who were volunteering their time unpaid. The Navy had a huge hand in this movie and at many points they felt it would be both easier and more genuine to use real service members and I'm glad they did.
Wow, I'm honestly glad Costner turned down the role. Would have been interesting to see his take on it. But this way, we got both Alec Baldwin as a star as well as Dances With Wolves. Great outcome for everybody.
The Navy's involvement in this film (along with exceptional actors and an amazing score by Poledouris) is what helped propel this film to something more than just great.
Colacurcio Law I think that the commanders of those newer nuclear missile submarines had to be a special breed of people who not only had composure in a crisis but also the inner strength to execute a massive launch command forgetting what else could be happening in the world that moment or in the near future.
Just a terrific, engrossing story set to film by some talented actors and a talented producer and production crew members, etc. I have watched this again and again and never tire of seeing it.
Sean Connery "IS" a sub captain, the ideal of power and command. His presence and delivery and his expressions. As is if every command will be obeyed because.....Well.... because it just is. The entire universe would be out of kilter otherwise. His command presence kept you so focused, the Irish accent sounded Russian to your ears. Take the scene where his is talking to the officers and eating at the same time. With most people talking while you eat looks gross and disgusting. This man could make talking with your mouth full look sexy as hell. But then, the man "IS" sexy as hell. LoL.
"I'm honored to be sailing with you today on the maiden voyage or our Motherland's most recent achievemen-T" ! "They will do everything possible to test us, but they will only test their own embarassmen-T"!
I actually watched this fantastic movie today (22nd March 2023] in Northern Ireland. It doesn’t age. I love the fact that the screenwriter, Larry Ferguson, actually acts in it (the ‘Chief of the boat’ or ‘Con’ I think). I didn’t realise that’s who he was until I saw this video.
It's "COB" for Chief of the Boat. The famous line is: "And I'm not Chief of the Boat, I'm Sheena Queen of the Jungle." [It's even funnier now we know that as Screenwriter he wrote that line... for himself.)
I saw this classic in Pittsburgh after spending the winter working at Big Sky Ski resort and when Sam Neill utters his last line" I would like to have seen Montana" I chuckled quietly in my seat
Pat and others: MOST OF THE SOVIET OFFICERS in the movie were played by either British or (in case of Sam Neill) Australian actors!!! Tim Curry and Peter Firth to name a couple more ......
Awesome. So awesome. This was a wonderful tribute to a movie I grew up with, due to my Dad being a Navy veteran. I wish this was 5x longer or even more. Love submarine stuff. Those models and that set blew my mind.
As a ex-submariner, I can relate to his great description of the Salt Lake City's captain... sounded like the captains I had. Some of the smartest, and controlled men I have ever known.
This movie will always be one of my favorite stories because it comes closer to telling the story of our mission as submariners in the time of the Cold War. It leaves you with a sense of some of our work and feel. Thank you.
Everybody seems to forget about James Earl Jones! He did an excellent job portraying an admiral for the Department of Naval Intelligence. Read the book, you learn things like that. :-)
@@greghvazda7048 Not forgotten at all, during the first time I saw this I thought what a perfect pick for Greer. Great casting all around, wasn't sure about Baldwin at first, but would have been much different movie if Ford played Ryan IMO. To this day, if channel surfing & run across this movie I invariably end up watching it...again!
Just put on Hulu, my god I forgot just how good that movie is. It's perfect from beginning to end. If it was made today it would be crap I reckon. Just the right people at the right time.
How fantastic does Sean Connery look! Such presence, such charisma - incomparable!. How fantastic does Sean Connery look! Such presence, such charisma - incomparable!.
"You heard the torpedo *hit* the hull and I, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in full uniform with the most famous voice in the world and flashing my credentials all up in it, was never here."
Mr. Bergeron, there is something you overlooked in your comment. Yes, obviously Mr. Baldwin did have his finger on the trigger of that pistol and must have fired it. However, when you come right down to it the responsibility for every firearm, every round of ammunition rests solely with the armorer. That's why that position exists. What the hell were live rounds of ammunition even doing on that set. Also, someone had to load that pistol. It doesn't take an Einstein to tell the difference between a blank that has no bullet and a live round that does. I've always wondered why we never heard anything about any of that.
Loved the movie, got the paperback Tom Clancy is a great writer, got the abridged audio book read by Richard Crenna a good narrator and finally managed to get the unabridged version. I've watched and listened to Red October so many I've lost count.
Being former United States Navy I have watched it on a number of occasions. When I served I was stationed in Charleston, South Carolina which at that time was a big FBM submarine base. We would bring them in at night and it was quite awesome to see them coming up the river on their way to the weapons station. My neighbor was a Blue Crew Member and we would sit there for hours talking about patrols although there was a lot he couldn't tell me.
martin each FBM sub has two equal crews, blue and gold. They rotate time at sea between home and at sea. I was on the gold crew on my subs, charleston DID really used to have a large sub contingent there...called SUB FLOTTILA SIX back in 70's 80's; All gone now
DevilsBathtub The reactor plant could take the pressure of the deepest part of the ocean without breaking. Leakage was not a problem with the Thresher or Scorpion. I was a Nuclear Mechanical operator aboard an FBM Submarine for 10 years. Safety was priority. And yes we did smoke. That changed in the late 90s when there became a designated area for smoking. It may be totally banned today. In the 70s, cigs were $1.85 a carton. John Fronza is right. "We were never there and if we were we didn't do anything"
I loved ``Das Boot.'' Sinking to crush depth was great in that one. Then the Russians made one, and it's so funny because for some reason they hired Irish actors? It was so confusing that they all had Irish accents. It was the one where they stole the gold bouillion; I forget the name.
I've lived in the South Bay area where the film was made.....one day, driving down Channel st, near the docks, I spotted this "sub" with a RED Russian star on the side...it was the mock up for the movie....being a local we heard about the disaster, while filming, where a local tug was towing a barge and a U.S. Sub, being used in the movie, showed up early and as it surfaced, snagged the town line and pulled the tug under, killing 2 sailors...RIP, mates........still all in all, one of the greatest movies ever.
