The Hunt for Red October (1990)

Voti degli utenti:

7.6/10   

Regista:

John McTiernan

Scrittori (WGA):

Tom Clancy (novel)
Larry Ferguson (screenplay) ...

Data di uscita:

2 marzo 1990 (USA)

Genere:

Azione | Avventura | Thriller

Slogan:

Invisible. Silent. Stolen.

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?

Plot Keywords:

Soviet | CIA | Submarine | Navy | Jack Ryan

Premi:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

Cold War hokum, but hey, it's Hollywood...

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 12	2:30 PM	TNT
Mon. July 13	12:00 AM	TNT

Cast

Sean Connery	...	Captain Marko Ramius
Alec Baldwin	...	Jack Ryan
Scott Glenn	...	Commander Bart Mancuso
Sam Neill	...	Captain 2nd Rank Vasily Borodin
James Earl Jones	...	Admiral James Greer
Joss Ackland	...	Ambassador Andrei Lysenko
Richard Jordan	...	Dr. Jeffrey Pelt
Peter Firth	...	Political Officer Ivan Yurevich Putin - Red October
Tim Curry	...	Dr. Petrov
Courtney B. Vance	...	Sonarman 2nd Class Ronald Jones
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Captain Tupolev
Jeffrey Jones	...	Oliver Wendell 'Skip' Tyler
Timothy Carhart	...	Bill Steiner
Larry Ferguson	...	Chief of the Boat Watson - USS Dallas
Fred Dalton Thompson	...	Rear Admiral Joshua Painter - USS Enterprise

Alias:

Caccia a Ottobre Rosso (Italy) [it]

Durata:

134 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese | Russo

Colore:

Colore (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sonoro:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

Divieti:

Canada:G (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:12 | Australia:PG | Netherlands:6 | South Korea:12 | Brazil:12 | New Zealand:PG | Germany:12 | West Germany:12 (f) | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Ireland:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Luoghi riprese:

California, USA

Compagnia:

Paramount Pictures

Curiosità:

For the purposes of filming the underwater model of the Red October, only the left side of the sub was detailed to appear as an authentic submarine. The effect of showing the right side of the boat was achieved by simply turning the frame and reversing the image.

Errori:

Errori di fatto: The propeller of the submarine "Konovalov" (DVD-time 43'35" ca) is revolving in the wrong direction as if going backwards.

Citazioni:

Admiral James Greer: Now Commander... that torpedo did NOT self-destruct. You heard it hit the hull, and I... was never here.

Collegamenti:

Parodiato in Pearl Harbor II: Pearlmageddon (2001)

Colonna sonora:

Payoff

Cold War hokum, but hey, it's Hollywood...

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.