The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 American submarine spy thriller film directed by John McTiernan and starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, and Sam Neill. The film is an adaptation of Tom Clancy’s 1984 bestselling novel of the same name. It is the first installment of the film series with the protagonist Jack Ryan. The story is set during the late Cold War era and involves a rogue Soviet naval captain who wishes to defect to the United States.
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The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 American submarine spy thriller film directed by John McTiernan and starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, and Sam Neill. The film is an adaptation of Tom Clancy’s 1984 bestselling novel of the same name. It is the first installment of the film series with the protagonist Jack Ryan. The story is set during the late Cold War era and involves a rogue Soviet naval captain who wishes to defect to the United States. A CIA analyst correctly deduces his motive and must prove his theory to the U.S. Navy before a violent confrontation between the Soviet and the American navies spirals out of control. At the 63rd Academy Awards, the film was honored with the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, along with nominations for BestSound Mixing and Best Film Editing. The original soundtrack, composed and conducted by Basil Poledouris, was released by MCA Records on June 12, 1990. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and was the 6th top-grossing domestic film of the year, generating USD 122 million in North America and more than USD 200 million worldwide in box office business. In November 1984, Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius is given command of Red October, a new Typhoon-class nuclear missile submarine. Ramius secretly kills political officer Ivan Putin and relays false orders that they are to conduct missile drills off America’s east coast. The next morning, CIA analyst and former Marine Jack Ryan briefs government officials on Red October and the threat it poses.
The U. S. fears Ramius plans a renegade nuclear strike. They also learn that the bulk of the Soviet Navy has been deployed to the Atlantic to find and sink the sub. Ryan arranges a hazardous mid-ocean rendezvous to board Dallas, where he attempts to persuade its captain, Commander Bart Mancuso, to contact Ramius and determine his intentions. The Soviet ambassador informs the U-S. government thatRamius is a renegades and asks for help in sinking Red October. Meanwhile, Red October’s caterpillar drive malfunctions during risky maneuvers through a narrow undersea canyon. As the two Soviet subs maneuver, one of the subs, Konovalov, kills an undercover GRU agent and the secret saboteur opens fire on the bridge, fatally wounding first officer Vasily Borodin before retreating to the bay. Ryan, however, is convinced that Ramius intends to defect with his officers and convinces MancUSo to contactRamius and offer assistance. After a rescue mission, Ramius submerges the sub at a point which point point at which point Ryan, Mancuseso, and Jones come aboard via a rescue sub, which point at the rescue sub. The sub is suddenly attacked by V. Loginov in the shoulder, but Ryan kills him before he can ignite a nuclear missile bay and pursue him and Ramius in the missile bay. He then abandons his crew to abandon his sub.
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