Description |
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Closed-captioned. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Jeff Croeneenweth ; editor, Walter Murch ; original music, Klaus Badelt ; costume designer, Marit Allen ; production designers, Karl Juliusson, Michael Novotny. |
Cast |
Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Joss Ackland, John Shrapnel, Donald Sumpter. |
Summary |
Captain Vostrikov, a Russian naval officer has being given command of the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine, K-19, at the height of the Cold War in 1961. The vessel's executive officer Captain Polenin asserts that the flagship is not yet ready for deployment. But, political pressure forces Vostrikov to sail his crew into the North Atlantic anyway, for a missile fire test that serves as a warning to the U.S. The test is a success, but a leak in the K-19's cooling system soon threatens the nuclear payload .... |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13 for disturbing images. |
Form |
Also issued on VHS. |
System Details |
Dolby surround, stereo., Hi-fi, DTS. |
Note |
GMD: dvd. |
Subject |
Soviet Union. Voenno-Morsko Flot -- Fiction.
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Nuclear submarines -- Fiction.
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Navies -- Officers -- Fiction.
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Guided missiles -- Fiction.
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Genre/Form |
DVDs.
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Added Author |
Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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Intermedia Films.
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National Geographic Society (U.S.)
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Palomar Pictures International.
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First Light Films.
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IMF Productions (Firm)
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ISBN |
0792182073 20.00 |
Standard No. |
097363402138 |
Music No. |
Paramount Pictures |
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