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| Year: | 2002 |
| Rating: | 6.5(22269) |
| Listed in: | Drama, History, Thriller |
| Directed by: | Kathryn Bigelow |
| Actors: | Sam Spruell Peter Stebbings Christian Camargo Roman Podhora Sam Redford Steve Nicolson |
| "Fate has found its hero." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Kathryn Bigelow | |
| Actors | |
| Sam Spruell | as Dmitri |
| Peter Stebbings | as Kuryshev |
| Christian Camargo | as Pavel |
| Roman Podhora | as Lapinsh |
| Sam Redford | as Vasily |
| Steve Nicolson | as Demichev |
| Liam Neeson | as Capt. Mikhail Polenin |
| Ravil Isyanov | as Suslov |
| Tim Woodward | as Partonov |
| Lex Shrapnel | as Kornilov |
| Shaun Benson | as Leonid |
| Kristen Holden-Ried | as Anton |
| Dmitry Chepovetsky | as Sergei |
| Christopher Redman | as Kiklidze |
| Tygh Runyan | as Maxim |
| Joss Ackland | as Marshal Zelentsov |
| Harrison Ford | as Capt. Alexei Vostrikov |
| John Shrapnel | as Admiral Bratyeev |
| George Anton | as Konstantin |
| James Francis Ginty | as Anatoly |
| Peter Graham | as Lt. Danya Yashin |
| Peter Sarsgaard | as Lt. Vadim Radtchinko |
| Shawn Mathieson | as Stepan |
| Jacob Pitts | as Grigori |
| Christopher Routh | as Oleg |
| Lubomir Mykytiuk | as Dr. Gavril |
| Michael Gladis | as Yevgeny Borzenkov |
| Donald Sumpter | as Dr. Gennadi Savran |
| Steve Cumyn | as Arseni |
| Austin Strugnell | as Yakov Rakitin |
| Arsenty Sydelnykov | as Seymon 'Syoma' Dydik |
| JJ Feild | as Andrei |
| Peter Oldring | as Vanya |
| Joshua Close | as Viktor |
| Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson | as Chief Engineer Gorelov |
| Gerrit Vooren | as Voslensky |
| Joey Purpura | as Georgi |
| Lev Prygunov | as Ivan Vershinin |
| Jeremy Akerman | as Fyodor Tsetkov |
| Lee J. Campbell | as Judge |
| James Clayton | as Russian Officer |
| Toby Cockerell | as Russian Sailor |
| Mark Day | as Russian Sailor |
| Mark Antony Krupa | as Georgi |
| William Lucas | as Yuzef Mankevich |
| Ryan McDonell | as Russian Officer |
| Richard Nixon | as Himself (with Pat) |
| Actresses | |
| Natalia Vintilova | as Katya |
| Pat Nixon | as Herself (with Richard) |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, Russian |
| Filming dates: | 19 February 2001 - 29 June 2001 |
| Budget: | USD 80,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 35,168,677 USD (20 October 2002) UK - 705,226 GBP (3 November 2002) Worldwide - 30,547,160 USD (except USA) Argentina - 61,503 USD (12 November 2002) Italy - 824,555 EUR (17 November 2002) Spain - 2,779,470 EUR (6 October 2002) |
| Plot: | It's the height of the 1960's Cold War, and Russia launches the K-19, a flagship nuclear submarine. Aboard this submarine are Captain Alexei Vostrikov and popular executive officer Mikhail Polenin. Tension can easily be felt between the two, as they constantly clash, but both share the unwavering patriotism. When the vessel's nuclear reactor system begins to leak, the two men and their crew must become brave countrymen and work together before all is lost. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"L'Internationale" Written by Adolph Pierre Degeyter & Eugène Pottier (as Eugene Pottier) Arranged by Blake Neely "Anything But Autumn" Written by Aleksejwitsch Karasjow "Mambo" Written by Gerhard Trede "War Agitato" Written by Jack Shaindlin "Kalinka" Written by Igor Tuhmanov Courtesy of Associated Production Music LLC "Moonlight Sonata" Written by Ludwig van Beethoven Performed by Florian Tessloff "Selections from Voices of Light'" ("Victory At Orleans", "Interrogation", "Abjuration", "Relapse", "Karitas", "The Final Walk") Composed by 'Richard Einhorn |
Goofs
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Continuity: When the submarine is leaving the berth, and the two captains are on the tower, the nearby flag blows away from them in the close-up shots. In the long shots, the flag (and other smoke) blows the other direction. Continuity: Close-ups on some control consoles show new paint over layers that have been severely chipped, not something one would find on a new boat. Continuity: At the beginning of the movie, Vostrikov wears his wedding ring on his left hand. In later shots it is on his right hand as is customary with Russians. BOOM: In the graveyard scene, near the end of the film, the boom mic can be seen reflected in one of the character's hats. Continuity: When the K-19 is preparing to leave her berth for the first time, the order "single up all lines" is given. This order means that one set of lines is removed, but the boat should remain secured to her berth with a 'single' set of lines. When the order is given, the crew removes both sets of lines, and the K-19 departs. DATE: When Radtchenko kisses his girlfriend goodbye he tries to catch what appears to be a Soviet GAZ-66 4x4 utility truck. The production of GAZ-66 did not start until 1966, 5 years after the events of the movie take place. DATE: The US Navy helicopter flying around the K-19 is a Sikorsky S-58T, which had its first flight on 19 August 1970, about 9 years after the incident had taken place. SYNC: The sound the camera makes when the group shot of the crew is taken on the ice is that of a fixed shutter, but the camera being used (either a Leica or a Russian copy) would have had a focal-plane shutter. Revealing mistakes: In the "fuel fire" on board, the gas jets actually fueling the fire can clearly be seen at the bottom of the frame. DATE: The film shown by the political officer shows the Civil Rights abuses committed in Birmingham in 1964, four year after the K-19 was launched. Continuity: When Alexei Vostrikov arrives to the meeting with the Admirals his rank up to this point is that of Captain Second Rank. However, during the meeting he wears the shoulder insignia of a Captain First Rank. In the next segment when he boards the K-19, he once again is a Captain Second Rank. Revealing mistakes: The CGI helicopter that flies close over the two soviet submarines doesn't cause a wake on the ocean. Fact errors: The worry that the reactor might explode is flawed. Uranium as used in reactors must contain U-235 and may contain U-238 but the design is wrong to cause an explosion. A critical mass of U-235 or plutonium must be formed almost instantly for an explosion, which can't happen in a reactor. CHAR: Traditionally, vessels are christened by women, but K-19 was christened by a man. Continuity: At the beginning of the movie, when the radio officer checks for Moscow's confirmation during the drill, the close-up shot of the radio panel shows the green light active and two white lights active. A second later the radio panel is shown again (which should look exactly the same as no actions were taken), this time the two white lights are inactive, and a third light is active. Continuity: At the beginning where Capt Vostrikov is buttoning his dress jacket, he is wearing full medals indicating a full dress uniform; his rank is that of a Capt 2nd Rank. When he arrives at headquarters in the briefing, his rank has changed to that of Capt 1st Rank but his uniform is now the standard dress using ribbons vs. medals. Full dress would not be used for travel at any rate. Revealing mistakes: When the second reactor repair team begins welding the new cooling conduit, we spot the maker of the welding clamp: "Uniweld Products Inc" based in Ft. Lauderdale FL - definitely not a USSR supplier. Continuity: When the submarine is taken down to 300 Meters during a test dive, prior to the missile launch, we see the side of the sub beginning to crush in from the pressure where the large numbers are located on the hull. Yet these large dents are not seen anywhere else throughout the rest of the movie. CHAR: When the Captain goes into the radioactive reactor room to drag out the last man who was working on the welding, he doesn't close the hatch door to the reactor. This would severely increase the amount of leakage. |
Quotes
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Captain Alexei Vostrikov: We will not fail. Capt. Mikhail Polenin: They might as well wear raincoats. Capt. Mikhail Polenin: Where are the radiation protective suits? engineer: We don't have any. The warehouse was out, so they sent us chemical protective suits instead. Capt. Mikhail Polenin: They might as well wear raincoats. Capt. Mikhail Polenin: It's never difficult to do one's duty, Captain. Vadim Radtchenko: Hiroshima. 1.4 megatons. Capt. Mikhail Polenin: They'll send you to the Gulag, like your father. Captain Alexei Vostrikov: Well, it's a family tradition, isn't it? Captain Alexei Vostrikov: How bad is it? Vadim Radtchenko: The leak is in the sealed area. There's no way to get to it. The temperature will keep rising 'til it reaches 1,000 degrees, and... Captain Alexei Vostrikov: And? And WHAT? Vadim Radtchenko: No one knows. Captain Alexei Vostrikov: We deliver, or we drown. Captain Alexei Vostrikov: How are the men? Dr. Savran: How would I know? I don't know the first thing about radiation sickness. Captain Alexei Vostrikov: Please... Dr. Savran: I'm giving them aspirin. And I'm trying to prevent those who are dying from irradiating those of us who still have some hope. Captain Alexei Vostrikov: Pull yourself together. You're an officer in the Soviet Navy. Go back and tell them that they're improving. As you say, you know nothing about radiation sickness. Perhaps they are. Captain Alexei Vostrikov: Under no circumstances will I abandon my boat or my crew to the enemy. Captain Alexei Vostrikov: For their courage I nominated these men for the title of hero of the soviet union. But the committee ruled that because it was not wartime, and because it was merely an accident, they were not worthy of the title hero. What good are honors from such people? These men sacrificed, not for a medal. But because when the time came, it was their duty. Not to the navy, or to the state, but to us. Their comrades. And so, to comrades. Capt. Mikhail Polenin: At every stage of this disaster, which came within moments of being a far greater disaster, the officers and crew did what had to be done. Seven are now dead and nobody knows how many more are dying, or how fast. These are the men who returned home to be interrogated as if a crime had been committed, questioned, even while undergoing treatment for radiation poisoning, locked up and denied access to wives and families but they and their comrades saved K-19 and maybe, just maybe, they saved all of you as well. one thing more, please, no captain in the soviet navy has ever been faced with such decisions the fate of the boat, the crew, and the fate of the world all in balance. The navy is my life. And one thing I know, there can only be one captain of a ship. The burden of command is on his shoulders, and his alone. None of you - none of you - has the right to judge captain Vostrikov. You weren't there. I was. He was our captain. He was my captain. And it would be an honor to sail under his command again. |
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