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Overview

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7.6/10   52,024 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Tom Clancy (novel)
Larry Ferguson (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
2 March 1990 (USA) more
Tagline:
Invisible. Silent. Stolen. more
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? full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
A thinking man's James Bond - One of the best films I've ever seen. more (192 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sean Connery ... Marko Ramius

Alec Baldwin ... Jack Ryan

Scott Glenn ... Bart Mancuso

Sam Neill ... Captain Borodin

James Earl Jones ... Admiral Greer

Joss Ackland ... Andrei Lysenko
Richard Jordan ... Jeffrey Pelt
Peter Firth ... Ivan Putin

Tim Curry ... Dr. Petrov

Courtney B. Vance ... Seaman Jones

Stellan Skarsgård ... Captain Tupolev

Jeffrey Jones ... Skip Tyler

Timothy Carhart ... Bill Steiner
Larry Ferguson ... Chief of the Boat
Fred Dalton Thompson ... Admiral Painter
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Additional Details

Runtime:
134 min
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2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)
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Trivia:
Rip Torn was announced for this film more
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Factual errors: When Ramius asks Ryan (in Russian) "You speak Russian?", the Russian line Sean Connery says is "Govaryu po russki?" This means, "I speak Russian?", and is also grammatically incorrect as a question. The correct line should have been "Govariti po russki?" more
Quotes:
Capt. Vasili Borodin: I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a "recreational vehicle." And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?
Captain Ramius: I suppose.
Capt. Vasili Borodin: No papers?
Captain Ramius: No papers, state to state.
Capt. Vasili Borodin: Well then, in winter I will live in... Arizona. Actually, I think I will need two wives.
Captain Ramius: Oh, at least.
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Who is Yuri Gagarin, the person Ramius refers to when reading the substituted orders to the crew?
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53 out of 65 people found the following comment useful.
A thinking man's James Bond - One of the best films I've ever seen., 24 February 1999
10/10
Author: Fred M. Hung from New York, NY

It's almost 10 years now but I am still awed by the caliber of the film. McTiernan has made a moderately good book by Clancy into an outstanding political thriller.

The complexity of the film is particularly challenging. Clancy plots are notorious for beginning with several different threads that interweave somewhere in the book. Screenwriter Larry Ferguson takes apart those threads and models a film based on dual protagonists, Connery and Baldwin. The myriad of supporting actors (including current TN Sen. Fred Thompson) that appear on screen subsequently all have distinct but nonetheless crucial roles to the plot.

Baldwin, in what is and will probably be his career best role ever, shines as the intelligent and patriotic Jack Ryan, a thinking man's hero. Connery lends incredible presence, as usual, to his interpretation of Ramius.

A pure masterpiece.

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