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The Hunt for Red October (1990)
7.6
Ratings: 7.6/10 from 77,567 users
Metascore:
58/100
Reviews: 211 user | 69 critic | 17 from Metacritic.com 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? Director:John McTiernan |
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| Sean Connery | ... | ||
| Alec Baldwin | ... | ||
| Scott Glenn | ... | ||
| Sam Neill | ... | ||
| James Earl Jones | ... | ||
| Joss Ackland | ... | ||
| Richard Jordan | ... | ||
| Peter Firth | ... | ||
| Tim Curry | ... | ||
| Courtney B. Vance | ... | ||
| Stellan Skarsgård | ... | ||
| Jeffrey Jones | ... | ||
| Timothy Carhart | ... | ||
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Larry Ferguson | ... | |
| Fred Dalton Thompson | ... | ||
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Soviets create a new nuclear submarine that runs silent due to a revolutionary propulsion system. Russian sub captain defects, goal of taking it to the U.S.A. to prevent the Russians from using the sub to wreak nuclear (missile) war against the U.S. Lots of plot turns and twists in this high-tech thriller. Written by Anonymous
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Invisible. Silent. Stolen. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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À la poursuite d'Octobre Rouge See more »Box Office
Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$17,161,835 (USA) (4 March 1990) (1225 Screens)Gross:
$199,200,000 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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2.20 : 1
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[imitating the Admiral]
Jack Ryan: "The average Ruskie, son, don't take a dump without a plan." Wait a minute. We don't have to figure out how to get the crew off the sub. He's already done that, he would have had to. All we gotta do is figure out what he's gonna do. So how's he gonna get the crew of the sub.
[later, shaving]
Jack Ryan: They have to want to get off. How do you get a crew to want to get off a submarine? How do you get a crew to want to get off a nuclear sub...
[eureka!]
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Trivia
The US Naval Institute, a private nonprofit professional military association located on the grounds of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, has been publishing books and magazines related to naval strategy and maritime history since 1874. A copy of the Naval Institutes's monthly magazine 'Proceedings' is seen in Ryan's London apartment. In 1984, the USNI published a work of fiction for the first time in its history, 'Tom Clancy''s first novel 'The Hunt for Red October.' See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: As Ryan is packing at the beginning of the movie, he is shown closing a clamshell-style laptop displaying rotating Typhoon images. There were no laptops available in 1984 with this type of high resolution back-lit LCD display. See more »Quotes
Jack Ryan: [in the shower][imitating the Admiral]
Jack Ryan: "The average Ruskie, son, don't take a dump without a plan." Wait a minute. We don't have to figure out how to get the crew off the sub. He's already done that, he would have had to. All we gotta do is figure out what he's gonna do. So how's he gonna get the crew of the sub.
[later, shaving]
Jack Ryan: They have to want to get off. How do you get a crew to want to get off a submarine? How do you get a crew to want to get off a nuclear sub...
[eureka!]
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The words "Red October" are first spelled in Russian, with the Cyrillicalphabet, before being replaced with the English words. See more »
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