DVD 134 mins IMDB 7.6
PG (Parental Guidance)
The Hunt For Red October
Paramount Pictures (1990)
In Collection
#128

My Rating:
8

Seen It:
Yes
Action, War
USA  /  English

Sean Connery Captain Marko Ramius
Alec Baldwin Jack Ryan
Timothy Carhart Bill Steiner
Joss Ackland Ambassador Andrei Lysenko
Tim Curry Dr. Petrov
Scott Glenn Commander Bartolomeo Vito Mancuso
James Earl Jones Admiral James Greer
Sam Neill Captain 2nd Rank Vasily Borodin
Tomas Arana Igor Loginov, Cook - Red October
Michael George Benko Ivan - Red October
Richard Jordan Dr. Jeffrey Pelt
Peter Firth Political Officer Ivan Yurevich Putin - Red October
Courtney B. Vance Sonarman 2nd Class Ronald Jones
Artur Cybulski Yuri, Diving Officer - Red October
Daniel Davis Captain Charlie Davenport - USS Enterprise
Ronald Guttman Lieutenant Melekhin, Engineer - Red October
Jeffrey Jones Oliver Wendell Tyler
Stellan Skarsgård Captain Tupolev
Larry Ferguson Chief of the Boat Watson - USS Dallas
Fred Dalton Thompson Rear Admiral Joshua Painter - USS Enterprise

Director John McTiernan
Producer Mace Neufeld; Larry DeWaay
Writer Tom Clancy; Larry Ferguson; Donald Stewart
Cinematography Jan de Bont
Musician Basil Poledouris
User Credit 1 Dennis Virkler; John Wright
User Credit 2 James W. Tyson

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?

Edition Details
Distributor Paramount
Edition Special Editon
Barcode 097363202073
Region Region 1
Chapters 13
Release Date 12/1/1998
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Subtitles English; English (Closed Captioned); Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [French]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Price $19.99
User Text 2 Invisible. Silent. Stolen.
Links DVD Empire
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Features
Interactive Menus Scene Selection Theatrical Trailers

Notes
Trivia: The crew of the U.S.S. Dallas adopted the tagline "The Hunt Is On" as an unofficial ship's motto. (more)

Goofs: Factual errors: Admiral tell Ryan that he could be flown out to Dallas on a "chopper". However, in the USN we called them HELO (heelow) as did everyone else. (more)

Quotes:
Seaman Jones: [Jonesy is teaching Beaumont] Hear it now?
Beaumont: [resigned] No.
Seaman Jones: Beaumont, at Caltech we used to do this in our sleep! You hear it now?
Beaumont: Wait a minute...
Seaman Jones: Uh oh...
Beaumont: Disparaged surface clutter...
Seaman Jones: Yeeeesssss?
Beaumont: I should go to SAPS?
Seaman Jones: Correct! Seaman Beaumont, Signal Algorithmic Processing System. Give it a week and you'll be teaching at Caltech. So, like Beethoven on the computer, you have laboured to produce... a biologic.
Beaumont: A what?
[...]
(more)

Awards: Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations (more)