The Hunt for Red October

    Genre
    Action, Adventure, Thriller
  • |
    • Runtime
    135 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    PG
  • |
    • Release Date
    1990
  • |
    • Countries
    USA
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Russian
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
John McTiernan
WRITTEN BY:
Tom Clancy, Larry Ferguson, Donald E. Stewart
CAST INCLUDES:
Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill, Sean Connery, Tim Curry, Peter Firth, Courtney B. Vance, James Earl Jones, Scott Glenn, Richard Jordan, Joss Ackland

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Based on the novel by Tom Clancy, this Academy Award winning film is an exciting and thrilling action-adventure in the societal and political uncertainty of the peak of the Cold War, following American CIA operatives as they are forced to question their ideas of trust when a Soviet submarine arrives on American shores. THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER features stunning direction from John McTiernan (DIE HARD, PREDATOR) and stellar performances from Sean Connery (DR. NO, THE UNTOUCHABLES), Alec Baldwin (THE DEPARTED, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS), and Scott Glen (BACKDRAFT, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS). TIME Magazine raves, "[McTiernan's] alternation of menace and human interest, technological wizardry and action sequences is subtly calibrated, ultimately hypnotic in its effect."

SYNOPSIS

In November 1984, the Soviet Union’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?

The Hunt for Red October

    Genre
    Action, Adventure, Thriller
  • |
    • Runtime
    135 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    PG
  • |
    • Release Date
    1990
  • |
    • Countries
    USA
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Russian
  • |
DIRECTED BY
John McTiernan
WRITTEN BY
Tom Clancy, Larry Ferguson, Donald E. Stewart
CAST INCLUDES
Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill, Sean Connery, Tim Curry, Peter Firth, Courtney B. Vance, James Earl Jones, Scott Glenn, Richard Jordan, Joss Ackland
Based on the novel by Tom Clancy, this Academy Award winning film is an exciting and thrilling action-adventure in the societal and political uncertainty of the peak of the Cold War, following American CIA operatives as they are forced to question their ideas of trust when a Soviet submarine arrives on American shores. THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER features stunning direction from John McTiernan (DIE HARD, PREDATOR) and stellar performances from Sean Connery (DR. NO, THE UNTOUCHABLES), Alec Baldwin (THE DEPARTED, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS), and Scott Glen (BACKDRAFT, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS). TIME Magazine raves, "[McTiernan's] alternation of menace and human interest, technological wizardry and action sequences is subtly calibrated, ultimately hypnotic in its effect."

In November 1984, the Soviet Union’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?

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