The Hunt for Red October / K-19: The Widowmaker, DVD

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Closed Caption; The Hunt For Red October: commentary by director John McTiernan; Beneath the surface - cast & crew interviews with actors Alec Baldwin, and James Earl Jones, screenwriter Larry Ferguson, and producer Mace Neufeld; Original theatrical trailer; K-19 the Widowmaker: commentary by director Kathryn Bigelow and cinematographer Jeff Cornenweth; The making of K-19: the widowmaker; 3 featurettes: Exploring the craft: makeup techniques, breaching the hull, it's in the details; Original theatrical trailer

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Disc #1 -- Hunt for Red October
1. Turbulence [:21]
2. Two Keys, One Safe [6:53]
3. Caterpillar Drive [5:57]
4. Ryan's Briefing [1:02]
5. Sub Plots [5:19]
6. Thor's Twins [2:03]
7. Evasive Action [7:02]
8. Crazy Ivans [4:44]
9. Rendezvous [2:23]
10. Periscope Depth [7:15]
11. East Meets West [:08]
12. Battle Stations [7:12]
13. Home Free [1:18]
Disc #2 -- K-19: the Widowmaker
1. The Captain of K-19 [5:22]
2. A Cursed Boat [3:38]
3. Ready For Sea [1:40]
4. Start the Drill Again [5:22]
5. Crush Depth [5:18]
6. The Test Missile [2:04]
7. Message From Moscow [3:25]
8. Loss of Pressure [3:08]
9. Containment Measures [1:52]
10. Inside the Reactor [4:48]
11. Radiation Poisoning [:42]
12. Traitors [5:04]
13. A Hero [2:10]
14. Loyal to the Motherland [3:06]
15. Reunion [2:05]
16. Credits [3:25]

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The first of several films based on Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" technothrillers, Hunt for Red October stars Alec Baldwin as eccentric CIA analyst Ryan and Sean Connery as Soviet submarine commander Marko Ramius. Ramius sets the plot in motion when he murders his political adviser, burns his orders, and steers his sub Red October towards American waters, hoping to defect. The CIA, aware that the Red October was about to embark on an evasive mission to demonstrate its ability to avoid detection and fire its nuclear missiles upon U.S. installations, believes that Ramius is insane, and that he plans to start World War III. To cover their own behinds, the Russians back up the CIA's suspicion. Only Jack Ryan believes that Ramius' mission is not as apocalyptic as it seems -- and it is Ryan who is assigned to infiltrate the Red October to prove his theory. The sort of film that in an earlier era would have been called a "thinking man's thriller," The Hunt for Red October ushered in a new series of Hollywood-produced post-Cold War adventure films, including 1995's Crimson Tide. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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All Movie Guide

The first of several films based on Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" technothrillers, Hunt for Red October stars Alec Baldwin as eccentric CIA analyst Ryan and Sean Connery as Soviet submarine commander Marko Ramius. Ramius sets the plot in motion when he murders his political adviser, burns his orders, and steers his sub Red October towards American waters, hoping to defect. The CIA, aware that the Red October was about to embark on an evasive mission to demonstrate its ability to avoid detection and fire its nuclear missiles upon U.S. installations, believes that Ramius is insane, and that he plans to start World War III. To cover their own behinds, the Russians back up the CIA's suspicion. Only Jack Ryan believes that Ramius' mission is not as apocalyptic as it seems -- and it is Ryan who is assigned to infiltrate the Red October to prove his theory. The sort of film that in an earlier era would have been called a "thinking man's thriller," The Hunt for Red October ushered in a new series of Hollywood-produced post-Cold War adventure films, including 1995's Crimson Tide. Hal Erickson

All Movie Guide

A real-life historical incident becomes the basis for this military thriller from director Kathryn Bigelow that's reminiscent of such submarine dramas as Das Boot (1981), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Crimson Tide (1995), and U-571 (2000). Harrison Ford stars as Captain Alexi Vostrikov, a Russian naval officer who's being given command of the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine, K-19, at the height of the Cold War in 1961. The vessel's previous commander, Captain Mikhail Polenin (Liam Neeson) has been demoted to executive officer following a botched test and his outspoken assertions that the flagship is not yet ready for deployment, but he curbs his resentment and resolves to serve his new superior well. Polenin's concerns are well founded: parts are not yet installed, equipment is missing, and the ship's doctor is killed in an auto mishap. Political pressure forces Vostrikov to sail his crew into the North Atlantic anyway, for a missile fire test that serves as a warning to the U.S. that its enemy is now its technological equal. The test is a success, but a disastrous leak in the K-19's reactor cooling system soon threatens to create enough heat to detonate the craft's nuclear payload -- which would certainly be mistaken for the first salvo in a worldwide atomic exchange and spark the beginning of World War III. With no other option, Vostrikov orders his men to repair the damage in ten-minute shifts, irradiating them hopelessly. The conflict between the seemingly bureaucratic Communist Vostrikov and the more humane Polenin escalates, until a surprising twist reveals where both officers' loyalties truly lie. Karl Williams

UPC: 097361321042
Source: PARAMOUNT
Region Code: 1
Presentation: Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Language: English, Fran�ais
Subtitles: English, Espa�ol
Time: 4:32:00
Sales Rank: 33,901

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Features:

Closed Caption; The Hunt For Red October: commentary by director John McTiernan; Beneath the surface - cast & crew interviews with actors Alec Baldwin, and James Earl Jones, screenwriter Larry Ferguson, and producer Mace Neufeld; Original theatrical trailer; K-19 the Widowmaker: commentary by director Kathryn Bigelow and cinematographer Jeff Cornenweth; The making of K-19: the widowmaker; 3 featurettes: Exploring the craft: makeup techniques, breaching the hull, it's in the details; Original theatrical trailer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Hunt for Red October
1. Turbulence [:21]
2. Two Keys, One Safe [6:53]
3. Caterpillar Drive [5:57]
4. Ryan's Briefing [1:02]
5. Sub Plots [5:19]
6. Thor's Twins [2:03]
7. Evasive Action [7:02]
8. Crazy Ivans [4:44]
9. Rendezvous [2:23]
10. Periscope Depth [7:15]
11. East Meets West [:08]
12. Battle Stations [7:12]
13. Home Free [1:18]
Disc #2 -- K-19: the Widowmaker
1. The Captain of K-19 [5:22]
2. A Cursed Boat [3:38]
3. Ready For Sea [1:40]
4. Start the Drill Again [5:22]
5. Crush Depth [5:18]
6. The Test Missile [2:04]
7. Message From Moscow [3:25]
8. Loss of Pressure [3:08]
9. Containment Measures [1:52]
10. Inside the Reactor [4:48]
11. Radiation Poisoning [:42]
12. Traitors [5:04]
13. A Hero [2:10]
14. Loyal to the Motherland [3:06]
15. Reunion [2:05]
16. Credits [3:25]

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