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A new technologically superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading the the United States coast under the command of Captian Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it. At the same time, the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius too.Tags
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Having seen the movie, I figured this book would be merely a trip down the same story. Somehow, I ended up turning page to page excitedly even though I knew exactly how it would end. Clancy does a marvelous job making this story both exciting and engrossing through the sheer amount of detail.
An excellent adventure story which although pushing the laws of probabbilty, is not totally unbelievable. Exciting and once you've reached the halfway point of the novel, good luck trying to put it down!
Can't believe this film is nearly 30 years old. It's still a great film. I have seen it many times before but it still pulls you into the mystery and the tension as everyone hunts the sub.
Probably my favorite movie. Excellent cast, screenplay and film editing.
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Before Harrison Ford assumed the mantle of playing Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan hero in Patriot Games, Alec Baldwin took a swing at the character in this John McTiernan film and hit one to the fence. If less instantly sympathetic than Ford, Baldwin is in some respects more interesting and nuanced as Ryan, and drawing comparisons between both actors' performances can make for some interesting postmovie discussion. That aside, The Hunt for Red October stands alone as a uniquely exciting adventure with a fantastic costar: Sean Connery as a Russian nuclear submarine captain attempting to defect to the West on his ship. Ryan must figure out his true motives for approaching the U.S. McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard) made an show more exceptionally handsome movie here with action sequences that really do take one's breath away. --Tom Keogh show less
Before Harrison Ford assumed the mantle of playing Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan hero in Patriot Games, Alec Baldwin took a swing at the character in this John McTiernan film and hit one to the fence. If less instantly sympathetic than Ford, Baldwin is in some respects more interesting and nuanced as Ryan, and drawing comparisons between both actors' performances can make for some interesting postmovie discussion. That aside, The Hunt for Red October stands alone as a uniquely exciting adventure with a fantastic costar: Sean Connery as a Russian nuclear submarine captain attempting to defect to the West on his ship. Ryan must figure out his true motives for approaching the U.S. McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard) made an show more exceptionally handsome movie here with action sequences that really do take one's breath away. --Tom Keogh show less
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- Canonical title
- The Hunt for Red October [1990 film]
- Original title
- The Hunt for Red October
- Original publication date
- 1990-03-02; 1990
- People/Characters
- Jack Ryan; Marko Ramius
- Important places
- North Atlantic Ocean
- Important events
- Cold War
- Related movies
- The Hunt for Red October (1990 | IMDb)
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- I would have liked to have seen Montana.
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 791.4372
- Canonical LCC
- PN1995.9.A3
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- Based on the novel by Tom Clancy.
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