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Overview

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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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(53 articles)
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Cold War hokum, but hey, it's Hollywood... 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)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)
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When the movie was first released on VHS in 1991, the tapes were red. more
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Continuity: After Ramius is shot he's holding his wound with his left hand. The camera then switches angles and he is holding his wound with his right hand. It then switches angles again and he's holding it with his left hand again. more
Quotes:
Captain Ramius: [to the Political Officer, as he gasps for air on the floor after his neck broken] Where I am going, you cannot follow. more
Soundtrack:
Payoff more

FAQ

How did Loginov know how to do all the sabotages he did?
Why did Ryan ask for a cigarette when he boarded the Red October? He doesn't smoke.
Was the saboteur a KGB agent?
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47 out of 75 people found the following comment useful.
Cold War hokum, but hey, it's Hollywood..., 29 October 1998
Author: anonymous from ireland

It's been argued that "any viewer knowing anything about navies, the Cold War or the Russian language" will be disappointed by this movie. Well, that's rather like saying that anyone who knows anything about the fine-details of cartoon animation or the biology of rodents will be disappointed by 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'.'Red October', an emaciated version of a chunky Clancy novel, is a tight, sweaty thriller supported by a sterling cast;I mean, with the exception of maybe 'Beetlejuice' where else can you watch Alec Baldwin without wanting to slap his fat mug? McTiernan cuts all the flab from the base novel to present a lean little movie, and who in their right mind can possibly reprimand Connery for his accent? The man's played a British spy, an Irish cop, an Eygptian immortal and a Russian submarine captain all with the same brogue- who cares? He still portrays the role with all the nobility and world-weariness the part deserves.

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