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 .. Read more
| Starring | Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill, Tim Curry |
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| Director | John McTiernan |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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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
| Starring | Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill, Tim Curry, Peter Firth, James Earl Jones, Scott Glenn, Andrew Divoff |
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| Director | John McTiernan |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 9 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 10 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 Top Thrillers, The Tom Clancy Collection |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Dubbed | German, Czech |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | Production year: 1990 To Rent: DVD: 06 Nov 2000 Blu-ray: 26 Sep 2011 |
"...An elegy for those dear, dark, terrible days of the cold war....[Connery] makes it look good..."
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My Favourite film EVER...
My Favourite film EVER!
From a book by my favourite author as well.
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This one keeps you on the edge of your seat as ... read more »
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Och Ruski
This Connery centric vehicle (or vessel?) is an octopus gripping undersea romp and once you mentally park up the wandering accents (a focus group must have led ... read more »
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Cold war at its hight
A very high quality transfer to HD.
Sean Connery and Sam Neil play first class parts in this cold war sub film. It shows just how paranoid and close ... read more »
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red october
great film the only bloomer was at the start
showing you heathrow the vehicles are
the total wrong way round watch and you
will... read more »
Paramount Pictures is reportedly in talks with Evil Dead and Spider Man director Sam Raimi to bring Tom Clancy's CIA spook Jack Ryan back to the big screen. Tinseltown newspaper Variety says Paramount are keen to resurrect the character - who has been played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck - after the strong performance of films he has previously featured in. These include The Hunt For Red October, Clear And Present Danger, Patriot Games and The Sum Of All Fears. Together, the... Read more
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