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The Hunt for Red October (1990)
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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
Cast
Joss Ackland
Andrei Lysenko
Tomas Arana
Leginov (Cook)
Alec Baldwin
Jack Ryan
Sean Connery
Capt. Marko Ramius
Tim Curry
Dr. Petrov
Peter Firth
Ivan Putin
Scott Glenn
Capt. Bart Mancuso
James Earl Jones
Admiral James Greer
Jeffrey Jones
Skip Tyler
Sam Neill
Capt. Vasily Borodin
Stellan SkarsgÄrd
Capt. Tupolev
Fred Dalton Thompson
Admiral Painter
Courtney Vance
Seaman Jones
Daniel Davis
Capt. Davenport
Richard Jordan
Jeffrey Pelt
Production Crew
Eric Swenson
Animation Effects
Charlie Canfield
Animator
Christopher Dierdorff
Animator
Pat Meyers
Animator
Dianne I. Wager
Art Director
Don Woodruff
Art Director
William Cruse
Art Director
Tom Clancy
Book Author
Jan de Bont
Cinematographer
Basil Poledouris
Composer (Music Score)
John Horton
Consultant/advisor
Michael T. Sherman
Consultant/advisor
James Tyson
Costume Designer
John McTiernan
Director
Dennis Virkler
Editor
John Wright
Editor
Peter Zinner
Editor
Jerry Sherlock
Executive Producer
Larry de Waay
Executive Producer
James Kail
Makeup
Wes Dawn
Makeup
Cecelia Hall
Musical Direction/Supervision
Richard Bryce Goodman
Musical Direction/Supervision
Jerry Sherlock
Producer
Larry de Waay
Producer
Mace Neufeld
Producer
Evan Jacobs
Production Assistant
Terence Marsh
Production Designer
David Shaber
Screenwriter
Donald E. Stewart
Screenwriter
John Milius
Screenwriter
Larry Ferguson
Screenwriter
Robert Garland
Screenwriter
Mickey Michaels
Set Designer
George Watters II
Sound Effects Editor
Al di Sarro
Special Effects
Scott E. Anderson
Special Effects
Scott Squires
Special Effects
Terry Frazee
Special Effects
Chuck Picerni, Jr.
Stunts
Year: 1990
Runtime: 137
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG
Category: Feature
Genre
Thriller
Produced by
Paramount
Release
March 02, 1990 (USA)
by Paramount
© 2009 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.