The Hunt for Red October Movie Review 1990

Based on Tom Clancy's blockbuster novel, a high-tech Cold War yarn about a Soviet nuclear sub (commanded by Connery) turning rogue and heading straight for U.S. waters, as both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. try to stop it. Complicated, ill-plotted potboiler that succeeds breathlessly due to the cast and McTiernan's tommy-gun direction. Introduces the character of CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Baldwin) who returns in "Patriot Games," though in the guise of Harrison Ford.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 137 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, Books to Film: Tom Clancy, Russia/USSR, Sail Away, Foreign Intrigue, Submarines, Top Grossing Films of 1990, Spies & Espionage, Military: Foreign, Military: Navy, Jack Ryan, CIA/NSA, Cold War Spies

Screenplay

Larry Ferguson, Donald Stewart

Cast

Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Richard Jordan, Scott Glenn, Joss Ackland, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Peter Firth, Tim Curry, Courtney B. Vance, Jeffrey Jones, Fred Dalton Thompson

Cinematography

Jan De Bont

Director

John McTiernan

Music

Basil Poledouris

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1990: Sound FX Editing.