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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   51,718 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Tom Clancy (novel)
Larry Ferguson (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
2 March 1990 (USA) more
Tagline:
Invisible. Silent. Stolen. more
Plot:
In 1984, the USSR's best submarine captain in their newest sub violates orders and heads for the USA. Is he trying to defect, or to start a war? full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations more
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(46 articles)
User Comments:
A surprisingly action filled submarine movie. more (191 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sean Connery ... Marko Ramius

Alec Baldwin ... Jack Ryan

Scott Glenn ... Bart Mancuso

Sam Neill ... Captain Borodin

James Earl Jones ... Admiral Greer

Joss Ackland ... Andrei Lysenko
Richard Jordan ... Jeffrey Pelt
Peter Firth ... Ivan Putin

Tim Curry ... Dr. Petrov

Courtney B. Vance ... Seaman Jones

Stellan Skarsgård ... Captain Tupolev

Jeffrey Jones ... Skip Tyler

Timothy Carhart ... Bill Steiner
Larry Ferguson ... Chief of the Boat
Fred Dalton Thompson ... Admiral Painter
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Additional Details

Runtime:
134 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)
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Trivia:
Kevin Costner was originally cast as Jack Ryan. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The propeller of the submarine "Konovalov" (DVD-time 43'35" ca) is revolving in the wrong direction as if going backwards. more
Quotes:
Jack Ryan: Well, Sir, I was just thinking that perhaps there's another possibility we might consider. Raimus might be trying to defect. more
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How did Jack Ryan figure out that Ramius was attempting to defect?
Why did Ramius kill that guy right after they read their orders?
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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
A surprisingly action filled submarine movie., 12 March 2005
9/10
Author: Boba_Fett1138 from Groningen, The Netherlands

Yes, it sounds like a weird combination. A submarine movie with exciting action. Still "The Hunt for Red October" is a movie filled with some superb underwater action sequence's that were brilliantly directed by action movie veteran John McTiernan. The underwater finale is really 'edge-of-your-seat' stuff!

With this movie McTiernan shows once more that he is the best action movie director alive, along with James Cameron. Still the movie has more to offer than just action. The story is also what makes this an excellent political thriller, making this movie perfectly watchable for both the action movie lovers and those of political thrillers. Of all the Tom Clancy novel movies this is my personal favorite and best so far.

The cast consists out of some big names. Connery is great as Russian submarine captain who talks Russian with a Scotish accent. Alec Baldwin is a wonderful Jack Ryan. Other actors that stood out to me were; Sam Neill, Tim Curry, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeffrey Jones and Scott Glenn. Only too bad about the Beaumont character, that was just annoying and unnecessary.

The phenomenal cinematography was done by Jan de Bont. The likewise phenomenal music was composed by Basil Poledouris who's name I can't still spell right without having to look it up. Poledouris truly is a criminally underrated composer and with this movie he once again delivers a true masterpiece.

It's the combination of all these great things that make "The Hunt for Red October" a brilliant and tad underrated movie, that is perfectly watchable for a wide range of people.

9/10

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