Red October (Russian: Красный Октябрь, "Krasniy Oktyabr" ) is a fictitious modified Typhoon class submarine in the Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October and the film that followed. By WarGames Entertainment. [6] Some extras portraying the Dallas crew were serving submariners, including the pilot of the DSRV, Lt Cmdr George Billy. Due to an unknown saboteur's actions, Red October's caterpillar drive malfunctions during risky maneuvers through a narrow undersea canyon. Screenwriters Larry Ferguson and Donald Stewart worked on the screenplay while Neufeld approached the U.S. Navy for approval. The Lockheed SR-71 spy plane was – and still is – the fastest plane on the planet. [4] Captain Michael Sherman, director of the Navy's western regional information office in Los Angeles, suggested changes to the script that would present the Navy in a positive light. Filmmaker John Milius revised some of the film's script, writing a few speeches for Sean Connery and all of his Russian dialogue. With a length of 175 meters (nearly 600 feet), a 23-meter beam, and a 12-meter draught, the submarines are large by all standards. [12], By March 1990, just before the film's theatrical release, the Soviet Parliament removed the Communist Party from government, effectively ending the Cold War. Ryan and Ramius, their subterfuge complete, navigate Red October to the Penobscot River in Maine. In 1990, the book was turned into a film starring Sean Connery. Refers to when you have sex with someone while other people are in the room and they have no clue of what's going on until "stealth mode" shuts down and they hear one of you climaxing. 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 with his officers and the Soviet Navy's newest and most advanced nuclear missile submarine, a fictional improvement on the Soviet ICBM capable Typhoon-class submarine. Only towards the climax of the film, at the beginning of the scene in which the Soviet and American submariners meet, do some of the actors speak in Russian again. Price. A soundtrack album composed of ten melodies was released on June 12, 1990. It is the first installment of the film series with the protagonist Jack Ryan. [20], The film went on to gross $122,012,643 in North America with a worldwide total of $200,512,643. Instead, five soundstages on the Paramount backlot were used. At the same time, American attack submarine USS Dallas, tasked with identifying and shadowing Soviet subs as they leave port, detects Red October as it begins its mission, but immediately loses contact once the sub's caterpillar drive is engaged. Producer Mace Neufeld optioned Tom Clancy's novel after reading galley proofs in February 1985. The “Hunt for the Red October” was first written by a famous spy-genre novelist, Tom Clancy in 1984. [4] After a year and a half he finally got a high-level executive at Paramount Pictures to read Clancy's novel and agree to develop it into a film. Your email address will not be published. Typhoon-Class Submarine: The Real Red October. Crew from USS La Jolla, including Lt Mark Draxton, took leave to participate in filming. Image: Creative Commons from 2012.Â. The nuclear submarine used in The Hunt for Red October is from the Soviet Union’s Typhoon-class, also known as the Akula class. Two 50-square-foot (4.6 m2)[verification needed] platforms housing mock-ups of Red October and Dallas were built, standing on hydraulic gimbals that simulated the sub's movements. Red October (Russian: Красный Oктябрь, "Krasniy Oktyabr") is a fictitious modified Typhoon class submarine in the Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October and the film that followed. He was missing the first page which set the story before Gorbachev's coming to power, when the events of the book would have seemed more plausible. You play the commander of a Soviet nuclear submarine (the Red October) who's trying to escape to America. Each country's submarine had its own background color: Soviet submarines, such as Red October and V.K. As the two Soviet subs maneuver, one of Red October's cooks, Loginov, an undercover GRU agent and the secret saboteur, opens fire on the bridge, fatally wounding first officer Vasily Borodin before retreating to the nuclear missile bay. Peter Suciu is a Michigan-based writer who has contributed to more than four dozen magazines, newspapers and websites. The upper rudder carries a towed sonar array which typical Typhoon-class submarines do not feature. Peter Suciu is a Michigan-based writer who has contributed to more than four dozen magazines, newspapers and websites. It depicts a rogue Soviet submarine captain who tries to defect to America, but by doing so causes confusion that almost leads to war. Like an overfilled kettle, it takes far too long to come to a boil". The film was a co-production between the motion picture studios Paramount Pictures, Mace Neufeld Productions, and Nina Saxon Film Design. [15] The last Typhoon-class submarine was officially laid down in 1986, under the name TK-210, but according to sources was never finished and scrapped in 1990. By comparison, the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class displaces just 19,000 tons (17236 tonnes). Konovalov, had interiors in black with chrome trim. However, several admirals liked Clancy's book and reasoned that the film could do for submariners what Top Gun did for the Navy's jet fighter pilots. But in an early scene, actor Peter Firth casually switches in mid-sentence to speaking in English on the word "Armageddon", which is the same spoken word in both languages. [9] Principal photography began on April 3, 1989 with a $30 million budget. However, she began a 1992 modernization but then spent most of the 1990s in dry dock in Severodvinks due to economic and technological problems. Ryan nods in agreement and offers in return, "Welcome to the New World, sir.". In the film, the Red October appears much like a standard Typhoon-class submarine though it has a number of significant differences. The aft section of the submarine contains two ducts for the caterpillar drive. [16], The musical score of The Hunt for Red October was composed and conducted by Basil Poledouris. Red October is suddenly attacked by V. K. Konovalov. The enemy that you have to avoid in doing so in the Soviet navy who is aware … [5], The Navy gave the filmmakers access to several Los Angeles-class submarines, allowing them to photograph unclassified sections of both Chicago and Portsmouth to use in set and prop design. Bipartisan. He is the author of several books on military headgear including A Gallery of Military Headdress, which is available on Amazon.com. The dock … Despite the book becoming a best seller, no Hollywood studio was interested because of its content. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Five layers of wool and oilskin enclosed him. [4], The filmmakers' first choice to portray Jack Ryan was Kevin Costner, who turned down the film in order to star in and direct Dances with Wolves. Sean Connery had served in the Royal Navy, Scott Glenn in the United States Marine Corps and James Earl Jones in the United States Army. The Red October (Russian: Красный Октябрь, "Krasniy Oktyabr" ) is a fictitious modified Typhoon class submarine, the second of a triplets, together with the Soviet submarine Red February, and the Soviet submarine Red November, in the Soviet Navy.She was named in honor of the October revolution.She was built … After that point, all the Soviets' dialogue is communicated in English. You only have to look at the likes of Das Boot (1981) or The Hunt for Red October (1990) for the dramatic potential of the sub to become apparent. Bell Aerospace later sold the technology to Bell Geospace for oil exploration purposes. Built with multiple pressure hulls, including five inner hulls situated inside a superstructure of two parallel main hulls, the Typhoon-class is wider than any other submarine ever built. Connery continued using the Russian accent for the rest of the motion picture. The set would tilt to 45 degrees. He regularly writes about military small arms, and is the author of several books on military headgear including A Gallery of Military Headdress, which is available on Amazon.com. However, during one scene when Dallas goes to a higher alert status it was flooded with red light. She was built with a revolutionary stealth propulsion system called a "caterpillar drive", which is described as a pump-jet … The next generation rescue system is called the Submarine Rescue … Also the bridge tower of the submarine is taller and more simplified, with no large bulging l… They call it Magneto-hydrodynamic propulsion. Is he trying to defect or to start a war? 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. Ramius leaves port to conduct exercises along with Alfa-class submarine Konovalov, commanded by his former student Captain Tupolev. Directed by John McTiernan. 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Most underwater scenes were filmed using smoke with a model sub connected to 12 cables, giving precise, smooth control for turns. The SH-60B detachment from the Battlecats of HSL-43 operated out of NAS Whidbey Island, after being displaced by the filmcrew. [27], The Hunt for Red October was nominated and won several awards in 1991. Two are currently laid up and in reserve, three retired while just one remains in service – yet with its 48,000 tonnes submerged displacement the Russian Navy’s Dmitriy Donskoy (TK-208) continues to hold the record for the largest submarine in the world. Developed specifically for operations with the Soviet North Fleet in the Arctic ice packs, the lead vessel of the class was completed in December 1981, with TK-208 entering service the following year. Red October Submarine from "The Hunt for Red October" (1990) Scale: 1:400 Initial Release: 1990 Medium: Styrene Kit Rarity: 3. The next morning, CIA analyst and former Marine Jack Ryan, after consulting with Vice Admiral James Greer, briefs government officials on Red October and the threat it poses. [22] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Smart Bombs: Military, Defense, National Security and More. Houston made more than 40 emergency surfacing "blows" for rehearsal and for the cameras. Baldwin was trained to drive an attack submarine. The class was designed with an advanced stern fin with a horizontal hydroplane fitted after the boat’s screws, while the nose horizontal hydroplanes in the bow section were designed to be retractable into the hull. Required fields are marked *. National Security. In November 1984, Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius is given command of Red October, a new Typhoon-class nuclear missile submarine with a stealth "caterpillar drive", rendering it undetectable to passive sonar. They feared top secret information or technology might be revealed. Thought to be a billion dollar black project, the development of a full-tensor gravity gradiometer by Bell Aerospace was a classified technology at the time. It got very hot on the sets, and I'm also prone to sea sickness. Ramius leaves port to conduct exercises with the submarine V.K. 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. About the Design. Konovalov, commanded by his former student Captain Viktor Tupolev. At the 63rd Academy Awards, the film was honored with the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, along with nominations for Best Sound Mixing and Best Film Editing. Original Reporting. [/blackout] The Hunt For Red October: Analysis. Following its wide theatrical release, the film was nominated for and won a number of accolades. 2,000. The Hunt for Red October is based on Tom Clancy's best-selling novel, last year's hit movie, and an earlier NES game. The Navy has rescue submarines called Deep Submersible Rescue Vehicles (DSRV), as seen in the movies, Hunt for Red October, or Gray Lady Down. It features 40 additional minutes of the score, including the until-then-unreleased end titles.[18]. He is sent to an aircraft carrier in the mid-Atlantic. Ramius, stunned that the Americans correctly guessed his plan, accepts. It included a nearly full-scale, above-the-water-line mockup of the sub, constructed from two barges welded together. That order is sent to the U.S. fleet, including Dallas, which has found the Soviet sub. [/blackout] With the last [blackout]Soviet submarine sunk, the Americans escort Ramius and the Red October to safely in the USA. The film is an adaptation of Tom Clancy's 1984 bestselling novel of the same name. This essentially revealed the use of gravimetry as a method of silent navigation in US submarines. The year is 1984. Ramius admits that he defected because after he was handed the plans for Red October, a nuclear war first-strike weapon, he concluded that he could never support such an action. Louisville was used for the scene in which Baldwin is dropped from a helicopter to the submarine. Some of the principal cast had previous military service which they drew on for their roles. Meanwhile, Red October makes evasive maneuvers with a diversion provided by Dallas, causing V. K. Konovalov to be destroyed by its own fired torpedo. He then stages a nuclear reactor "emergency," ordering his crew to abandon ship. In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain in their newest sub violates orders and heads for the USA. The nuclear submarine used in The Hunt for Red October is from the Soviet Union's Typhoon-class, also known as the Akula class. According to an article in Sea Classics, at least two sailors from the Atlantic Fleet-based Dallas took leave and participated in the Pacific Fleet-supported filming. In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine Captain in their newest sub violates orders and heads for the U.S. Is he trying to defect or to start a war? Later, it was remastered for the CD. The crew of Houston called their month-long filming schedule the "Hunt for Red Ops." Ryan and Ramius pursue him, and Loginov wounds Ramius in the shoulder, but Ryan kills Loginov before he can ignite a missile. The crew of Red October, now rescued, watch the explosion from the U.S. frigate; unaware of the second Soviet submarine, they believe that Ramius has sacrificed himself and scuttled Red October to avoid being boarded. The United States Navy has had many massive warships, including the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), which is the largest warship ever constructed in terms of displacement. [19] Its opening was the 20th biggest weekend of all time and the biggest non-summer, non-Thanksgiving weekend to date. A legendary Typhoon class submarine able to remain invisible to the enemy for extended periods of time - on board you will have: - 8x Anti-Ship torpedoes - 6x Anti-Ship Missile Launchers (can be fired … Computer effects, in their infancy, created bubbles and other effects such as particulates in the water. This program features the standard mix of movie clips, production materials, and interviews. It was reported that there was a sauna on board as well as a small swimming pool for the crew. Immortalized in the movie Hunt for Red October, the Typhoon-class submarine was the biggest submarine ever built and is still a killer. [7] Baldwin was approached in December 1988, but was not told for what role. The soundtrack is limited due to the fact that it was originally compiled to fit the Compact Cassette. Submarines of the class came into service in the 1980s with one, the Dmitriy Donskoi, still being in service today. From atop the submarine's sail deck, Ramius, pleased to have made it to America, offers Ryan a (fictional)[3] quote from Christopher Columbus: "And the sea will grant each man new hope; as sleep brings dreams of home." Known by the Soviet designation Project 941 Akula (Shark), seven of the massive subs were planned with six being completed. Klaus Maria Brandauer was cast as Soviet sub commander Marko Ramius but two weeks into filming he quit due to a prior commitment. Red October. [13][14] In one scene, where USS Dallas is chasing Red October through the submarine canyon, the crew can be heard calling out that they have various "milligal anomalies". The film begins with the actors speaking Russian with English subtitles. They also learn that the bulk of the Soviet Navy has been deployed to the Atlantic to find and sink the sub. It is powered by two nuclear water reactors, two 50,000 horsepower steam turbines, and four 3,200 KW turbogenerators and this provides the boat with the ability to sail at a speed of up to 22.2kt on the surface and 27kt below water. Inside the Typhoon-Class. This smoother, impressively mounted machine is curiously ungripping. Petty Officer Jones, a sonar technician aboard Dallas, has discovered a way to detect Red October using his underwater acoustics software, and Dallas plots their own intercept course. The Soviet ambassador informs the U.S. government that Ramius is a renegade and asks for help in sinking Red October. [4] The producers faxed the script to Sean Connery, who at first declined because the script seemed implausible in portraying the Soviet Union as an ambitious naval power. Typhoon-class Submarine Satellite Image. The future of the last of the Typhoon-class submarines remains an issue, as the Russian Navy has begun to replace the aging boats with the new Borei-class subs. Key cast and crew members rode along in subs, including Alec Baldwin and Scott Glenn, who took an overnight trip aboard Salt Lake City commanded by then Commander Thomas B. Fargo. [9], The film caused a minor sensation in the black projects submarine warfare technology community. [26] Vincent Canby, writing for The New York Times, opined that "the characters, like the lethal hardware, are simply functions of the plot, which in this case seems to be a lot more complex than it really is". As you steer your sub on a long, zigzag course across the Atlantic Ocean, the entire Soviet … The film is an adaptation of Tom Clancy's 1984 bestselling novel of the same name. The Soviet built Typhoon Class super-sub was also the F-14 Tomcat's submersible mil-tech superstar equivalent on the silver screen.

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