Today’s movie is an espionage action thriller with a scene that happens on November 23. Watch and enjoy this film tonight.
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
Marko Ramius has been given command of the Red October, a new Soviet missile submarine equipped with a silent caterpillar drive and it leaves port to participate in war games.
Ramius murders the political officer and heads the boat for America to defect with the officers (but not the crew) in on the plan. Jack Ryan works for the CIA and learns at a meeting on November 23, 1984 that the Soviet navy has been deployed to stop Ramius who (unknown to Ryan) sent a letter with his intentions to Soviet naval command to burn his bridges and prevent any of the officers from changing their minds. The US naval command thinks Ramius has gone nuts and plans to launch a nuclear first strike. Only Ryan deduces he might be planning to defect. [33:12 to 50:24] The US navy is ordered to sink Red October. The caterpillar drive is sabotaged and the crew is evacuated. Ryan gets on board and contacts Ramius and his officers. They are attacked, both by a Soviet sub and a stay behind Soviet agent who Ryan prevents from detonating a missile. With help from a US sub, the attacking Soviet vessel is destroyed by one of its own torpedoes. The crew of Red
October believe and report back that the Red October has been destroyed. The Red October reaches the US.
Although it takes a long time to get there the payoff is excellent in this suspenseful film. You’ve got to pay attention though. You can’t doze off here. Every minute contributes to the build up. One of the best sub films ever.
Date given in the film at 00:22 and 38:34.
Director - John McTiernan
Screenplay - Larry Ferguson and Donald Stewart
Awards - The film won the Best Sound Effects Editing Oscar. It was also nominated for the Best Film Editing and Best Sound Oscars at the 63rd Academy Awards
Running Time – 2 hours 14 minutes
Released - March 2, 1990
Starring -
Sean Connery as Captain Marko Ramius
Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan
Scott Glenn as Commander Bart Mancuso
Sam Neill as Captain Vasily Borodin
James Earl Jones as Vice Admiral James Greer
Richard Jordan as Dr. Jeffrey Pelt
Courtney Vance as Sonar Technician 2nd Class Ronald "Jonesey" Jones
Gates McFadden as Caroline Ryan, M.D.
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.
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