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The Hunt for Red October

Year:
Duration:
134 min
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.6
Director:
John McTiernan
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1990-03-02
Filming Locations: USA
Earnings
Budget: $30,000,000
Opening Weekend: $17,161,835 (USA) (4 March 1990)
Gross: $122,012,643 (USA)$200,512,643 (worldwide)
Cast
Actor
Character
Richard Jordan
Richard Jordan
The Hunt for Red October
Sean Connery
Marko Ramius
Alec Baldwin
Jack Ryan
Scott Glenn
Bart Mancuso
Sam Neill
Captain Vasili Borodin
James Earl Jones
Admiral Greer
Joss Ackland
Andrei Lysenko
Peter Firth
Ivan Putin
Tim Curry
Dr. Yevgeniy Petrov
Courtney B. Vance
Seaman Jones
Stellan Skarsgård
Captain Viktor Tupolev
Jeffrey Jones
Skip Tyler
Timothy Carhart
Bill Steiner
Larry Ferguson
Chief of the Boat
Fred Dalton Thompson
Admiral Painter
Daniel Davis
Captain Davenport
Ned Vaughn
Seaman Beaumont - USS Dallas
Anthony Peck
Lt. Commander Thompson - USS Dallas
Mark Draxton
Seaman - USS Dallas
Tom Fisher
Seaman - USS Dallas
Pete Antico
Seaman - USS Dallas
Ronald Guttman
Lt. Melekhin - Red October
Tomas Arana
Loginov (Cook) - Red October
Michael George Benko
Ivan - Red October
Anatoli Davydov
Officer #1 - Red October (as Anatoly Davydov)
Ivan G'Vera
Officer #2 - Red October
Artur Cybulski
Diving Officer - Red October
Sven-Ole Thorsen
Russian COB - Red October
Michael Welden
Kamarov - Red October
Boris Lee Krutonog
Slavin - Red October (as Boris Krutonog)
Kenton Kovell
Seaman - Red October
Radu Gavor
Seaman - Red October
Ivan Ivanov
Seaman - Red October
Ping Wu
Seaman - Red October
Herman Sinitzyn
Seaman - Red October
Krzysztof Janczar
Andrei Bonovia - Konovalov
Vlado Benden
Seaman - Konovalov
George Saunders
Seaman - Konovalov (as George Winston)
Don Oscar Smith
Helicopter Pilot
Rick Ducommun
Navigator C-2A
George H. Billy
DSRV Officer
Reed Popovich
Lt. Jim Curry (as LCDR Reed Popovich)
Andrew Divoff
Andrei Amalric
Peter Zinner
Admiral Padorin
Tony Veneto
Padorin's Orderly
Ben Hartigan
Admiral (Briefing)
Ray Reinhardt
Judge Moore (Briefing)
F.J. O'Neil
General (Briefing)
Robert Buckingham
Admiral #2 (Briefing)
A.C. Lyles
Advisor #1
John McTiernan Sr.
Advisor #2
David Sederholm
Sunglasses
John Shepherd
Foxtrot Pilot
William Bell Sullivan
Lt. Cmd. Mike Hewitt
Gates McFadden
Caroline Ryan
Louise Borras
Sally Ryan
Denise E. James
Stewardess
Stanley
Himself
John 'JC' Grant
Russian Sailor (uncredited)
Randy James
Russian Seaman (uncredited)
Peter Jason
USS Reuben James Commander (uncredited)
Mark Rodney
Assistant Joint Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Paul Yalnezian
Russian Sailor (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
During filming in 1989, the USS Houston, which was used as the USS Dallas in the movie, snagged the tow cable between the commercial tugboat Barcona and a barge sinking the tugboat, 10 miles off Long Beach, California. One crewman drowned and two more were rescued.
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Average Shot Length = ~7.2 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.9 seconds.
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The crew of the U.S.S. Dallas adopted the tagline "The Hunt Is On" as an unofficial ship's motto.
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Goofs
As the Red October cruises on the surface leaving Polyarny, a sharp edge is visible at the waterline. In the underwater model shots and diagrams of the submarine, there is no such sharp edge.
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When the Russian crew is singing their national anthem, Seaman Jones states that "he thought he heard singing". This would be impossible as only .1% of airborne noise radiates outside the submarine.
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In the opening text the Russian version of text "The Hunt for Red October" is misspelled. There is a Latin "i" in the word "Oktyabr", replacing the Cyrillic I (similar than inverted letter N in Latin alphabet). In Russian, there is no "i" in "Oktyabr'" - the vowel "ya" looks like th an uppercase "R", flipped along the vertical axis. Also, the word "Oktyabr" is missing the soft sign (a character roughly like a lowercase "b" in appearance indicating the previous consonant is to be made forward in the mouth) on the end after the "r".
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Quotes
Jeffrey Pelt: Okay, when do you leave?
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Jack Ryan: [to Captain Bart Mancuso] Give the man a chance.
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Poltical Officer Ivan Putin: [Reading from a book belonging to Ramius, quoting the Bible] And the seventh angel poured his bowl into the air, and a voice cried out from heaven, saying: "It is done." A man with your responsibilities reading about the end of the world. And what's this? "I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds."
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Faq
Q
Why did Ramius want to defect?
A
Two reasons. Captain Marko Ramius (Sean Connery) wanted to defect because of the circumstances surrounding his wife's death one year ago. What happened to his wife is not shown in the movie but talked about in depth in the book. She was killed because the corruption of the Soviet system allowed a drunk doctor (the son of a Politburo member) to operate on her with poor quality drugs and, as a result, she died from a simple operation. This showed Ramius the corruption of the Soviet system. The other reason is that Marko hates the cold war, its cost on the lives of him and his men, and above all else he wants to avoid a real war. Marko knows that the Red October was created as a "first strike" weapon to get a first nuclear strike on America in event of a war, and therefore give them a significant advantage in the war and increase the odds of it happening. When Marko and his friend are talking about what they want for the future, Marko talks about the peace he enjoyed when fishing as a young man. Marko states earlier that he came up with his plan (to defect) when he saw the plans for the Red October. He steals the Red October to prevent the Russian government from being able to use it to start a war.
Q
Is this movie based on a book?
A
Yes. The Hunt for Red October is a 1984 novel by American author Tom Clancy. It was inspired by two real events: (1) the deviation of a Soviet Navy submarine to Gotland in 1961 by Captain Jonas Pleskys (a Lithuanian), and (2) a 1975 mutiny aboard the Soviet frigate Storozhevoy, which was an attempt to defect to Gotland by Captain Valery Sablin. Clancy's novel was adapted for the movie by screenwriters Larry Ferguson and Donald Stewart.
Q
Why did Ryan ask for a cigarette when he boarded the Red October? He doesn't smoke.
A
The exchange of cigarettes between military men in the field is often seen in films as a sign of good will.
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