The Making of The Hunt for Red October

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The Hunt for Red October - one of my all time favourite films. Not only is it one of those films, no matter what time it is on TV, you have to stop what you are doing and watch.
As a scale model ship builder - this is definitely something you can have on in the background! But.... how was it made?
The film is amazing, the original Tom Clancy book is even better and I may or may not currently be listening to the audiobook right now!
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[@garymcwithey980]

To this day, The Hunt for Red October is one of my all-time favorite movies - all-star cast, brilliant acting and execution. I don't think I'll ever tire of watching this epic motion picture.

[@mccoybyz1099]

I'm just as glued to the screen when I watch it now as I was the first time! They don't make movies like this anymore!

[@MIKES0029]

Same.. they just don’t make them like this anymore..

[@54blewis]

Being a staunch Clancy fan I thought that they captured the essence if the details of the book…whereas they totally blew it with “Sum of all Fears”…

[@danieloleary6879]

Crimson tide

[@nancyshaver1666]

I never tire of watching this movie and I’m a 70 year old woman.

[@GregSr]

I loved the movie so much, the next day I invited my retired father to see it with us. He said why would you want to see it again. I told him the movie is that good and that seeing it twice would be a pleasure. So, the next day we went back to the theater and watched it again with my father. He thoroughly enjoyed it too. That experience makes for a great memory of spending precious time with my late father who passed away in 2019.

[@davidmckayii752]

Great 👍

[@jimschiltz5343]

I liked this movie so much, I bought Gato 2 video game

[@briannewman532]

This movie was largely responsible for me joining the navy, and I actually ended up a sonar tech on the Salt Lake City from 1997-2001, the submarine they rode on in preparation for their roles. This was before my time, but while I was on board, we had Matthew McConaughey and Bill Paxton on board for their roles in U-571. I was a huge fan of Paxton because of his role as Hudson in ALIENS, so I was beside myself when I got to meet him.

[@ZEKEDAWG23]

the way they describe Captain Fargo of the Salt Lake City(the real naval captain/now Admiral) and his way of commanding and influence on Scott Glenns character was inspiring and gratifying to know of the quality of our true Naval Commanders! Thank God for all of them!!!

[@funkyspartan1]

The Hunt for Red October is one of my all time favorite films!!! I’ve seen it possibly a 100 times, it never gets old to me! In fact after watching this video, I’ll probably go watch it again!

[@nancyshaver1666]

Mee too!!

[@andrewjohnston9115]

I work with Russians, they used to get confused when I told them their Russian accent was wrong, then one of them saw this movie and suddenly they all started trying to sound Scottish, top bunch of blokes, hysterical, terrible Scottish accents 😂

[@harrybetteridge7532]

That 's because it is a Lithuanian accent. ;-)

[@steveanderson6180]

Did you ever ask them to say "Moose and squirrel"?

[@andrewjohnston9115]

@@steveanderson6180 nope but I will when I see them on Thursday.

[@SergeGolikov]

I AM Russian, loved Sean Connery and have imitated his classic Scottish brogue. But would not attempt to mime his Scottish Russian, haha 😂

[@composer1663]

It was a credit to the director, and Sean Connery, that Connery did not try to simulate a Russian accent.

[@BadGuyDennis]

RIP Tom Clancy. RIP Sean Connery.

[@JeffDG]

RIP Fred Thompson too...

[@chefduane3742]

RIP Alec Baldwin's career.

[@semimba]

And yet William Shatner lives on

[@johnhershey4010]

Sean Connery pass-a-way 10/31/2020 His home Bahamas 90 Years old RIP Rest in peace my good friend. We will Remember you for the ROCK to the 007 Movie.

[@karlsmith2570]

@@Alex_Berkes Tom Clancy died??? When did this happen??

[@larrymartin883]

Wow, I served under Commander Tom Fargo and did a 86 WestPac with the Salt Lake City SSN716 as a Sonar Rider... Hearing this blew my socks off.

[@denisegore1884]

My favourite of Sam Neill's movies even though his role was quite small. The way he asks "do you think they'll let me live in Montana?" in such wonderment that people have free choice in America but a hint of disbelief that it really coukd be so. So much conveyed with so few words but great acting and use of voice.

[@charleschuckfinley3304]

He would have liked to have seen Montana; married a round a American woman and driven a pick-up truck.

[@halbos7637]

@@charleschuckfinley3304 Heehee! Such a neat scene, a question about something most Americans take for granted. Especially the pickup truck part.

[@denisegore1884]

@@halbos7637 which is what makes that small scene so powerful. At that time, Soviet citizens had so little freedom that being able to make his own choices was almost unbelievable.

[@halbos7637]

@@denisegore1884 I agree. Probably the most important scene in this movie. Part of why they did what they did, and to risk so much. Ah, those were the days.

[@vinyltapelover]

@@halbos7637 @Charles ‘Chuck’ Finley If his character was around now, he'd love one of those new Ford pickups with its own[backup] generator, lol.

[@pagedown4195]

One of the best cold war movies ever made. What a stellar cast.

[@kamuelalee]

And the last Cold War movie actually made during the Cold War.

[@Duder420]

I didn’t know Russians sounded so much like the Scottish. It’s sooooo realistic!

[@kristianhartlevjohansen3541]

@@Duder420 @08:25 There must be a particular rural Russian dialect that Connery is emulating🤣😉

[@shadowfaxcrx5141]

@@kristianhartlevjohansen3541 Lithuanian. ;)

[@vinyltapelover]

@Luke Skipper, @Kristian Hartlev Johansen, @shadowfaxcrx It's Sean, "oo7", Connery, The Man, The Myth and The Legend. At the end of the day, do we really care how he sounds?🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Strazman]

Jan De Bont's decision to create different-colored light schemes for each of the subs is one reason why he's such a well-respected and admired cinematographer or DP. The general audience would never actively think that each sub is lit differently, but subconsciously, they know what's going on.

[@barbaradace7952]

When you know about that trick, you start to see it everywhere... “The Expanse”, for example, employs it to help viewers distinguish between the Roci, MCRN ships, UNN vessels, OPA ships, and Belters

[@vinyltapelover]

@@barbaradace7952 You are so right about, Expanse, a great sci fi series. I had not consciously thought about that until you mentioned it. There is so much going on in that series, that the quicker the mind identifies a location, a next scene the easier us viewer can be involved in the drama, intrigue and the crazy stuff that is going on. I wished that Dark Matter had returned for another season.

[@slowpoke96Z28]

Cinematography is an unsung hero of the movies.

[@notbill08]

I loved the "irony" of having the Dallas colored as Red, The Red October as blue and the Konovalov (wimps) as green!

[@wlester66]

POSSIBLY my most FAVORITE of all of the Tom Clancy novels that have been turned into films

[@tomvanderleelie7102]

I’ve watched this movie at least 10+ times and never get tired of it, what a masterpiece!

[@tohkenghoe]

Same here!

[@davecoalwood9487]

Me Too. Love it.

[@kevinmarshall808]

I agree; except I have seen it probably 50+ times. It never gets old or outdated. It’s one of those films that if it’s on television, you just want to sit and watch it.

[@vinyltapelover]

Like wise. I crank up the old yamaha 5.1 surround sound, plus Two subwoofers, and let 'er rip, lol.

[@hamishreid864]

AFFIRMATIVE

[@jspee1965]

I'm married to a Russian speaker (Former Soviet Union) , better educated than me if that is possible. HUGE fan of Clancy , he enjoyed unprecedented and unfettered access to USN material to the point where he was asked to "fudge" certain details of the LA attack boat in his novels.... oh and my wife LOVES the soundtrack....

[@dzldriver]

This to me was the most incredible movie about the Soviet/US relationship that I have ever seen.

[@seditiousmonkeyart]

This explains why this is one of the very best submarine movies ever made. I watch it at least once a year and it never gets old.

[@crsbeem828]

Among the many well-done scenes, the interplay between "Captain" Scott Glenn and sonarman "Jonesy" represent the dream of every living naval enlisted man!

[@robertdaniels9023]

May Sean Connery R.I.P he made that movie great.

[@DDGVET4]

Connery was Ramius. Commanding presence projecting confidence yet having a calming fatherly effect on his crew when under stress. Cerebral yet very down to earth. Grounded to his foundation.

[@largol33t1]

Also R.I.P. Fred Thompson (played carrier Adm. Painter) and Tom Clancy (wrote the book this was based upon).

[@TheKingbeef69]

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[@alangeorgebarstow]

EVERY actor in that film was perfectly cast. I'd like to mention Stellan Skarsgård (Captain Tupolev) and Scott Glenn (Captain Mancuso) as being of particular merit too.

[@MartinSoundLabs]

@@alangeorgebarstow Yeah, TOTALLY AGREE on those two!! Skarsgard was fantastic in the Chernobyl series as well... but great point

[@mikestone9129]

Without a doubt one of the best action movies ever made. RIP Tom Clancy and Sean Connery.

[@jeffw8057]

The sound track is what put this movie over the top.

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

The only _bad_ thing about this film is the multitude of fantastic performances, as the subs and the story become incidental. The performances are that good. And the score is top-notch as well. An incredible film.

[@vinyltapelover]

K. Chris Caldwell If not mentioned in this video, I had the dvd with extras which included Scott Glenn talking of how he put the time in with sub commanders to understand how to perform and give realism to his role.

[@captainyossarian388]

"Understand Commander, that torpedo did not self-destruct, you heard it hit the hull, and I..." flashes Director of the CIA credentials "...was never here." A great, accurate realistic thriller. The way that the Chernobyl tv series was filmed reminded me very much of this movie.

[@hopeless74]

It's a fantastic movie! Favorite scene, when they leave the russian harbour in the beginning. The music, the landscape, fantastic!

[@ZEKEDAWG23]

mine wasvthe russian national anthem not crazy about their leader butb that music is awesome

[@MajorDeadline]

This is my dad’s favorite movie . I had it on DVD I had it in Blu-ray and I now own the steel book 4K I love this movie I have seen it no less than 100 times and I will continue to watch it every year on occasion

[@bboomermike2126]

One of the few movies where enlisted men have any brains. My favorite character is Jonesy.

[@Elios0000]

this is the case for all of Clancy's stuff read Rainbow Six.

[@daveluttinen2547]

Courtney Vance is a fine actor. His performance in "Twelve Angry Men" with Jack Lemmon and George C Scott should be very high up the list of must see film. "A biologic. A whale - that knows a helluva lot more about sonar than you do, Seaman Beaumont." (or some such) "I'll bag 'im."

[@therealmwalker1]

I still believe this was the very best book ever written. RIP Tom Clancy

[@pf5658]

Great soundtrack, great actors and one amazing movie. I love this movie and still watch it whenever I find it on, on TV. Love the story about the script with Sean Connery. They couldn’t have chosen a better actor for that part. RIP Mr. Connery. Btw, Scott Glenn is a very underrated actor.

[@nickpaine]

Agreed. Connery's Scottish brogue was unfortunate for the part, though.

[@pf5658]

@@nickpaine Seriously? I doubt anyone even payed attention to that.

[@nickpaine]

@@pf5658 Only those with ears

[@pf5658]

@@nickpaine Well let’s just say they probably shouldn’t be watching the movie then because if they’re paying attention to that then they are missing out on the hell of a great actor and movie. Just saying!

[@nickpaine]

@@pf5658 Yeah, it is a great movie. Not making fun of Sean Connery. I liked him a lot. Just saying a speech coach may have helped with his "Russian" accent.

[@pr0_gabby656]

This is in my top 5. I watch it at least once a year! This is my favorite performance from both Connery and Baldwin. It’s always great to hear about the work done behind the scenes on masterpieces such as this.

[@crystalglass7106]

Back when Baldwin had a normal sized head

[@billolsen4360]

Kim got out before it crushed her

[@crystalglass7106]

@@billolsen4360 ha ha good one

[@thomasbrown9402]

Whenever I'm waiting for someone slow in front of me I always say, calmly, "Commence your turn."

[@hamishreid864]

ALWAYS TO STARBOARD

[@Salamando]

One ping only

[@kevingatebridge3656]

Scott Glen.. incredible actor

[@billolsen4360]

Backdraft, The Right Stuff, Man on Fire

[@OneSingleBreath]

Second film I saw in a cinema. As a big Sub fan my parents took me into it the day it premiered in germany. I‘ll never forget this evening.

[@lavidalost]

I was a NAVY photographer at Point Loma in San Diego ( Submarine Base) during filming of some scenes,and did a ton of PR photography for the base commander. Was a really cool experience. meet Alec and Sean on Base.. great memories.

[@IVORY123100]

I met Tom Clancy .. I got to know him because I was the lead carpenter on building his house on The Chesapeake Bay , At the time of introduction , I had no idea who he was . Other workers were soon bringing in stacks of books to be autographed and that is when others said " You don't know who Tom Clancy is ? .. He's got a movie in production" The Hunt for Red October " , He's the #1 bestselling author " Oh wow .. I only knew him as Tom the person I was building a house for . More mesmerized by the scenery of the job site . A lot of the workers would stay the week onsite in a trailer and Tom would come over in the evenings and sit around the camper . Hang out at the fire while we drank beer . He seemed like just a regular guy that was interesting to talk to . Some days Navy helicopters from The Patuxent River Naval Air Test Center . Helicopters would fly over and buzz the house under construction . I was always interested in Military stuff . Since my father worked at The Pentagon for The Naval Logistics Command . My father used to go to Point Mugu Cali , McDonnell Douglas St Louis and would bring me back literature .. Unclassified pamphlets on F-18's .. One in particular was interesting to fumble through . It was a magazine called The International Defense Digest .. It was like a thick magazine that had advertisements for buying tanks , jets and information that seemed borderline classified on submarines .. Heavy in detail . Tom said that was one of his resources to draft his storylines . It sunk in through the years who I had built for . I was more awestruck by the view than chatting with a celebrity novelist . , Later in life I would tell others " The movie that you are watching was written in a house I built !! .. I inspired Tom to write it !!" LOOL .. .. It's one of those things in life where you don't know who you are talking to . And later find out how famous they are . Granted , I never became best friends and we never went fishing together or he'd invite me over . I just knew him a little because I was building his house on The Bay . I found his house on KZbin a few years back because it was for sale . It had aerial shots and was listed for only 6 million after he died . I knew it was a massive piece of property on The Bay . It was an old KOA of 88 acres but later read he bought up another 400 acres and attached it to the piece . Almost a sq mile waterfront .. After reading his bio through the years .. He was smart and just sat down and started writing books . I have tried to read his books .. Too much detail for me !!

[@vaughncollar8014]

I was stationed at Point Loma during the filming. Got to meet several of the cast members. Scott Glen did a really good job on this, and I gotta love his statement about the Salt Lake's CO. I was on SSN 652 at the time. We heard rumors they were looking at our ship before deciding to go with copying a "Los Angeles" class sub. That being said, they did use one of our crew members, though you don't see him. The scene where the "Dallas" is using Morse to communicate with the "Red October"; that's our crew member actually doing that. Subs don't normally have people use Morse, especially with lights. This guy had come off of a frigate, due to sea sickness. He had been a signalman on his last ship. He was now a cook (Mess Man), and a pretty bad one at that! Anyway, I loved the movie. Its still a "guilty pleasure" that I watch at least once every other year.

[@IVORY123100]

@@vaughncollar8014 That's awesome .. I too like to back up every couple years and watch . I was never in the military but seemingly every male member of my family was . With a father that was military I was surrounded by militaristic upbringing . My father in 1982 had an Air Force recruiter come over the house . and try to get me to consider joining or trying to see if I had what it took . Having been raised by " Heir Admiral Asshole " my father .. I couldn't imagine switching from my youth being controlled to a system that controlled me .. Dad tried to sell me on it .. He knew I was going down a toilet at 18.. He tried to convince me " Air Force has better food , lodging , and you won't get into combat unless you are a pilot .. To which he told me I was too stoopid to be a pilot anyway " But I always had an affinity for what my secret agent dad did for a living .. In the end my father and I got tighter after he retired .. Loved listening to his stories like Tom would tell . Looking back , I wish I had tried the military and not embarked on a fledgling career as a dishwasher .. Just like my father said I was going to be .. Be a loser !! .. LOL . Got tired of washing dishes and offered a job in carpentry . Now I could feel the sun on my face and build with my hands .. Though the first few years all I did was carry lumber . Worked hard , studied on my own and eventually designed and built my parents in 86 .. Confidence took off and became a lead man to eventually build Tom Clancy's house in 88 . It was neat to me looking back that I had military in my family , That I got to know Tom Clancy a little and I always had a love for movies about war , planes and subs . My father and mother both passed away in their beloved house in 2007 and 2016 . and now probably with all the sun I soaked up . I wound up with stage IV melanoma .. Forgive me .. I am reminiscing and seeing how my life was tied to others , That had I made different choices and went down different paths .. How I might have missed out on meeting such an influential person like Tom

[@lavidalost]

@@vaughncollar8014 so awesome, I was on San Onofre at time. I got lucky, the base admiral liked my work , so was ask to document it. I had just rated to PH3 lol. I’m sure all the photographer mates on Dixon were not happy, or so i heard ..

[@lavidalost]

@@IVORY123100 that’s so awesome. Love hearing these kind of stories. I can say that Alec Baldwin was really cool on set.

[@liquidbraino]

Scott Glenn is one of my favorite actors and he's also a veteran of the United States Marine Corps- a genuine bad-ass; devil dog. He was in my all time; number one favorite movie "The Right Stuff" (playing Alan Sheppard, which I think he nailed). He had a scene with my acting teachers acting teacher ("It's VERY dangerous!"..."Count me in").

[@jimsteele4017]

So your teacher's teacher was either Jeff Goldblum or Harry Shearer...?

[@ppvk2610]

Did you check Daredevil? He's great in there

[@deanstewart27]

also awesome in Silverado

[@LeathanL]

"Predator", "Die Hard", "...Red October". I guess McTiernan had his legal issues, but he's the best action director of the 80s.

[@kamuelalee]

Maybe of all time.

[@troyezell5841]

What kind of legal issues did McTiernan have? Just curious.

[@troyezell5841]

I found the information about his legal troubles. Sad situation.

[@roquefortfiles]

Personally i think that honour goes to James Cameron.

[@retroworld8090]

All time imo

[@barbaradace7952]

When I watched this during its theatrical release, when they’d show Jonesy’s sonar station, there was a roll of toilet paper above his screen; I whispered to my ex-military husband: “What’s the toilet paper for?” “To clean the screen.” And apparently I wasn’t the only person who wondered, because I heard the answer quietly propagate itself across the theater: “Clean the screen....clean the screen....clean the screen......” ;-)

[@billolsen4360]

Good! I often wondered if it was there just because Jonesy was so critical to the success of the voyage that he never got time away from his station. 😄

[@StephiSensei26]

One of my all time favorite flicks! Sean Connery was terrific, despite his peculiar "Russian" accent. He brought something dynamic to the film. A man with a moral dilemma. A super Sub flick! Polyazno znat shto dumayet prativnik! Ne pravda li? Favorite line: "...it's a whale, a marine mammal that knows a lot more about sonar, than you do!" And of course, when Alec Baldwin mimics Sean Connery's words about shooting in the missile bay, "...most things in here don't respond well to bullets!"

[@YoungPadawan85]

as someone who identifies as indigenous first nations, i have a quite a lot of appreciation for Costner's role in that buffalo movie,

[@liammchugh95]

I don't know if it's growing up at the end of the Cold War or what but "The Hunt for Red October" is like nostalgic movie comfort food for me.

[@jdslater1]

I saw this at the cinema when I was 16 and I went straight to the local library and started reading about submarines. Proof that films spark the imagination

[@BollocksUtwat]

Did the same thing with U-boats after watching Das Boot.

[@sarahgardiner1649]

Find “Blind Man’s Bluff” by Sherry Sontag. You won’t regret it.

[@petercofrancesco9812]

I love these behind the scenes videos. I had no idea how much work and ingenuity went into making it.

[@mansondelacy]

Holy hell. And yet, I thought until now that a majority of the film's underwater scenes had been done with so of the early 90s most advanced CGI. Nope, it was all miniatures and model work. Yet, still this remains the most realistic effects presented in a submarine movie. That says a lot about modern filmmaking.

[@TheTrueAdept]

Think of CGI as a tool, and that the problem is that it is a tool that is used inappropriately, usually to 'cut costs'. However, there are movies and shows that use CGI to their advantage and appropriately, and the CGI blends seemingly into the movie. ;)

[@edmundscycles1]

I'd have to say 'das boot' is more realistic than red October. But red October is far better than modern films though .

[@vinyltapelover]

​@@edmundscycles1​Both great films with maybe das boot being a little more character driven, but definitely neither is chopped liver. The two remind me of two other great films, the Seven Samurai and the 1960s Magnificent 7.

[@ThomasGabrielsen]

I don't know how many times I've watched this movie. I actually watched last night, and I still love this movie. There are so many great actors in this movie. Alec Baldwin performance is nothing less than brilliant, and Sean Connery is great as always. Great movie!

[@eddiemcgrath8536]

the Jack Ryan film that became a Sean Connery movie!

[@jameswells755]

“Ryan some things in here don’t react to bullets so well” the most thing feared on a submarine.

[@Cthippo1]

The funny thing about that scene is the space they are fighting in doesn't actually exist in the real Typhoon class subs. The real Typhoons had Something like five different interconnected pressure hulls, but the missile tubes exist between two of them and cannot be reached from inside the submarine. Of course, when Clancy wrote the book no one in the west had any idea how a Typhoon was laid out, but in retrospect it's one of those funny things.

[@doriWyo]

I have always felt that the movies had to leave out too much. The books would make fantastic miniseries!

[@poorwotan]

Red Storm Rising would indeed make a good mini-series. Hunt is probably one of the better movies based on a book. The ending was different but works IMO.

[@Calatriste54]

Yep, like "The Sum of All Fears"..

[@razorfett147]

Agreed. Wish someone would do it. The book is fantastic

[@doriWyo]

As long as they don't try to put Jack Ryan in it!

[@JeffDG]

@@poorwotan Yeah...RSR would make a fantastic mini-series. Thinking back to when it was published, having one of the heros of the story being a Russian general was absolutely incredible.

[@escon]

I have watched this film so many times, but each watch is like watching it for the first time. When you can ignore the fact that the lead actor is Scottish, playing a Russian submarine captain, you’ve got a great film.

[@AdamMann3D]

One of my favorite movies. I love Das Boot, but Red October is right there too.

[@LA-ep2nr]

I read “The Hunt for Red October,” several times. The movie did it justice. What an outstanding cast. Tom Clancy was an outstanding author. PS. I’ve seen the movie over 25 times and it never gets old. Outstanding cinematography.

[@realironballs]

I was 12 and a half when I saw this in the theatre. Quite frankly I didn't even fully understand everything I'd seen in retrospect. But in spite of that, it instantly became one of my all time favorite movies. Like, I watch it as a gift to myself every other birthday or so favorite movies. Truly one of the greatest films ever made.

[@vinyltapelover]

Nathan Barnes One day, I fired up the old 5.1 surr. sound system, had the two base subwoofers energized, watched this again, followed by The Outlaw Josey Wales, the 1960s Magnificent 7 and Kirk Russell's Tombstone.

[@luistpuig]

Memories... MM1/SS, USN, 1987-2008 retired.

[@peterkennedy7219]

This is probably my favorite movie! It was one I saw in the theater with my granddad and we watched all the time! I still watch it everytime I see it on TV. I can almost quote the whole movie...and my wife can too and she didn't see it until well after we got married in 1998.

[@Disavowedagent47]

I know every line in this film I must have watched it OVER a thousand times. I see it as a perfect movie

[@macfiona4545]

"Give me a ping Vasili, one ping only please."

[@pebbles9908]

Aye Captain.

[@dwhitty25]

I thought his name was "Vashilli"

[@Disavowedagent47]

"Reverify our range to target, One ping only."

[@Roogs]

One of the first DVDs I ever bought, and I watch it all the time. This movie will forever be one of my favourites.

[@bp-ob8ic]

My roommate in San Diego was one of the Navy Helo pilots for the hoist scene. As Navy guys, we were fascinated by the Clancy books, and this movie did not disappoint (unlike many other book adaptations). Bravo to the cast and crew!!

[@sarbaazchabahar]

Superb music🎹✌️👍

[@zakiranderson722]

The melodic Russian singing is awsome.

[@roquefortfiles]

WONDER BREAD... WONDER BREAD!!!

[@agp11001]

Russian is such a weird language in that it doesn't sound appealing at all when spoken, but it's heavenly when sung.

[@mrw4165]

Tom Clancy was a personal friend. He created an extraordinary career of writing the Ryan character in his aspirational image. With thick eyeglasses denying him a career as a naval officer, he filled his novels with details only known to active duty pros. How he obtained that knowledge is top secret....🤔.

[@halbos7637]

Read folks! And read some more. Your imagination fueled by subject knowledge is the foundation. All you may want to know is available to all. Get out there and read books and newspapers and talk to old people and those that have truly experienced THINGS . GET OUT THERE! Heehee

[@mrw4165]

@Miscreant Mil I got to preview Tom’s first 40 pages of Red October with him asking my opinion. I told him “it’s as good as anything done by Forsythe (Frederick)”. The rest is History.

[@composer1663]

Not, it isn't Top Secret. He socialized with a lot of Navy personnel and sailed with us on the sailboat Geronimo, that belonged to the Annapolis Naval Sailing Association. He picked our brains constantly, and over time pieced together very credible details. Although none of that information we gave him was individually "classified," collectively some of the details in the book probably were.

[@mrw4165]

@@composer1663 I agree . Your comment accurately describes my knowledge of how Tom gathered and recalled a myriad of things that he wove into exciting novels.

[@tiadaid]

@@mrw4165 That must be a cool experience, seeing history being made.

[@tomparatube6506]

As great a cast as the godfather. Excellent photography and story line. Love it still, years later. Bravo Hollywood.

[@SunnnyDay]

I took up sound engineering because of the sonar operator on the Dallas !

[@hambone4728]

Remember, Pavarotti was a tenor; Paganini was a composer!

[@old_romans]

As a sonartech on an SSBN(96-99), I can tell you ...we watched this every partrol. The COB actor was perfect. Captain was great. Highly exaggerated Sonar stuff but still a great movie.

[@tubbalcain]

Is it true that bubbleheads j*rk together

[@old_romans]

@@tubbalcain like any place with lots of young, sexually-wierd white guys (College frat, police academy, military, etc.) this has a good chance of being true, but no, not in my experience.

[@tubbalcain]

@@old_romans thanks for your answer, I appreciate that. You did a great job👍 (no, not a handjob 😁😁)

[@ajdutari]

I stopped counting how many times I have watched this great film. It was regretful that Alec Baldwin did not play Ryan in the other Clancy films.

[@kevinmarshall808]

Totally agree with you.

[@Swordsfor200Alex]

He would have been in the next movies if wasn't a greedy conceited jerkwad after the success of this movie.

[@monica93304]

Still my favorite movie after all these years. I remember seeing it at the theater in Hollywood.

[@slartybartfarst55]

In my Top Ten Movies

[@flamingfrancis]

All of the brilliance of the movie is well covered here with one exception....the excellent soundtrack. The Red Army choir and the haunting themes are amazing.

[@bazil83]

This is a truly great BTS. It's pure Hollywood - from Mace talking about buying the option to the book, and future books (as evidenced by him producing just about every big Tom Clancy movie since), to the screenwriter's meetings with the director, and bringing in Alec Baldwin to "build a star". This is very very 80s and 90s Hollywood before the indies really started to get a foothold. I had a script optioned in the late 90s, it didn't go anywhere, but I got a bit of cash from it. But it's so nostalgic for me to see a BTS of that old guard of Hollywood. Of course the core of it still exists today, but it's evolved massively.

[@tippo5341]

Brilliant movie that did the book (also one of the best I've read) such justice which so many fail to do. Loved every role and the actors that were cast to play them, one of if not the most favourite of movies I've had the pleasure of seeing. Thank you for this bts video. Cheers from Aus!!!!

[@ppvk2610]

My personal favourite read was The Cardinal Of The Kremlin... Very very tense Always hoped they would continue with that story... Believe it was written and placed right after The Hunt For The Red October

[@vinyltapelover]

@@ppvk2610 I back tracked and, after decades since it was written, am finally reading it. I found it at a thrift store. It took me a while to start reading it. It is a great book. It would need the right director and cast to do it real justice. Maybe do it as a mini series like the "Ryan" series, which amazingly, my wife liked right off.

[@RayTheMickey]

I was on the USS Louisville (SSN 724) when we helped film this movie. The scene when they drop Ryan off on the boat was actually filmed outside San Diego. The rain was an added effect. It was sunny and 80 degrees when we did that. Look close at the water and you will see it is very calm. It is never that calm in the North Atlantic!

[@Primus54]

Baldwin WAS Jack Ryan in this film. Perfectly cast and should have kept playing him in the subsequent movies. Too bad I cannot stand him as a person.

[@kjamison5951]

Baldwin was the first and will remain the best. Harrison Ford never convinced me he was Jack Ryan. John Krasinski is an acceptable alternative.

[@chrishenderson07]

No man is perfect. In this film, Alec Baldwin was perfect.

[@Primus54]

@@kjamison5951: Agreed. As much as I like Harrison Ford, by the time he started playing Ryan he was so well known as Indiana Jones and Han Solo it was difficult to see him as the “hero” in another recurring series.

[@charlesbaldo]

I love this movie, must have watched it 20 times. I have to ignore Baldwin as a person. A big reason actors should not get involved in politics and activism

[@mikebeard8505]

‘Cause he made fun of 45? 45 was a joke.

[@augustinboyd9626]

I have the VHS AND DVD VERSION AND DON'T CARE HOW MANY TIMES I POP IT N AND WATCH IT OVER AGAIN AND OVER AGAIN COULD NOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SEEN THEM TO THIS DAY. GREAT MOVIE TIMELESS TO THIS DAY

[@nrellis666]

I love the Hunt for Red October, also Das Boot and Crimson Tide; really any films with sub-titles

[@raydunakin]

All the actors were great in this!

[@MUFC1933]

Yes and then there was a pathetic attempt at another one Crimson Tide. Only saved again by Gene and Denzels fantastic acting.

[@lisasimmons5362]

I especially liked Sam Neill and James Earl Jones.

[@spuds6423]

Harrison Ford made a better Jack Ryan.

[@shadowfaxcrx5141]

@@spuds6423 I never thought so. The Ryan in the books was a very smart, dedicated intelligence analyst (i.e., desk jockey) who ended up almost unwittingly getting thrown into tough-guy situations that he somehow muddled his way through. He was never an innate tough guy, but Ford almost always comes off as one. Half the fun of the Ryan character is that he stretches way beyond his normal abilities to pull off wins. Ford just by being himself played a Ryan who could easily have been straight out of the SEALs. Baldwin's Ryan was a lot closer to the book character than Ford was able to make it.

[@spuds6423]

@@shadowfaxcrx5141 Did Baldwin want too money so they went with Ford? As someone who worked for the Government, it would have to take a semi grizzled bureacrat to even want to take on the adventure. Too many of my compadres would turn down overtime pay to take on an emergency.

[@shakengrain1942]

This movie debuted at the theatre during my honeymoon. Marriage didn't last, but love for this movie persists to this day. Have seen it many times.

[@sandraoliver-poore7860]

This is my favorite movie ever, none other even close! The cast is just stellar; how did they get all those great actors onto the same movie! It's just outstanding in every way, with perfect music as well! Every single actor became one I would watch in any other subsequent film! The funny thing thing is I didn't even know of it in advance of the day I saw it. Our company's marketing manager decided we needed a day out together, team building or stress relief, I'm not sure. So they hired a bus and off 40 people went to lunch & the movie to my everlasting gratitude!

[@rocketfighter8]

I was on the crew of the submarine USS Bremerton (SSN-698) which was being built in 1980 at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, CT. Next to us the real USS Dallas (SSN-700) was also being built, both belonging to the Los Angeles class of fast attack submarines. Imagine my surprise when the USS Dallas showed up in the movie in 1990!

[@dieselyeti]

One of my top 5 fav films. The casting was incredible.

[@JR-os4yk]

One of the best movies of my generation. I worked as an engineering analyst for verification and validation of U.S> and adversaries nuclear weapons platform and systems designs. The Trident IID5 was one of my children in the 1980's. I was in the thick of the times and places contained in the later movie. Amazingly written, directed, produced. Forever given my highest grades on all fronts.

[@WhiskyCanuck]

Have to say I was amused when they were talking about a "system of mirrors" for getting the full-sized camera closer to the miniatures so that they'd look big. Like there isn't a word for that already. It's a periscope. It's a submarine movie people!

[@richardjones8684]

Just amazing movie ! Has to be the best submarine movie ever .. followed by Das Boot IMO

[@purtlemoirrey1161]

Crimson Tide is far superior

[@richardjones8684]

@@purtlemoirrey1161 also an amazing film ! Washington and Hackman are fantastic in that . Still hunt for red October tops it for me

[@raybin6873]

Das Boat my all time favorite!

[@katarishigusimokirochepona6611]

@@purtlemoirrey1161 Facts.

[@purtlemoirrey1161]

@@katarishigusimokirochepona6611 what are waffling on about

[@Kokuyous3ki]

Didn't even know it was Tom Clancy's. It does explain why I liked it so much :)

[@ronpinto9588]

My son is serving in a LA Class fast attack submarine as a yeoman. He told me how relaxed the interrelation amongst the ranks is. He has told one of the officers to go screw himself, of course jokingly, with no consequences. The captain doesn`t seem to pull rank at anyone, but when anything is "suggested" it gets done immediately, with no arguments. It probably has to do with the fact that they all know the consequences of a wrong move, and trust each other to do or requested the right thing each time.

[@foxbodyblues6709]

I’m a navy vet. Speaking to an officer, publicly (especially a junior officer), seems unlikely to me.

[@ronpinto9588]

@@foxbodyblues6709, my son was explaining how relaxed is rank protocol in a sub. Did you serve in a sub? +

[@foxbodyblues6709]

@@ronpinto9588 surface navy only. Like many modern things it doesn’t make sense to my old ears.

[@ronpinto9588]

@@foxbodyblues6709, subs are probably different, as a lot of tension goes on down under. The new Capitan, after a few days, in a conversation with my son he good-humoredly called my boy "you little shit". I do not believe the supreme commander of an Aircraft Carrier would have such a conversation with his yeoman.

[@CYBERVISIONSdotCom]

@@ronpinto9588 With all due respect to you Sir, having spent my entire Navy career in the Submarine Force, I'd have to say either your Son is feeding you a line of pure BS, or he's spent too much time swimming in San 2 and is just plain full of BS himself. YN's do have a bit more of a relaxed relationship with all crew members, but not THAT much, and no Submarine Driver wearing a CO pin I've known then or since would EVER call anyone under his Command anything disrespectful like you just mentioned, be it a joke or not. The Navy doesn't hand out the keys to its Submarines to wiseass Officers that set bad examples of respect and discipline - at ANY level. Submarine Duty IS different to be sure, but not to the extent your son has purportedly told you. Yes, it's a more relaxed environment to an extent, where your Qual status means more than Rank, but not so much that the lines of Respect and Discipline between Officer and Enlisted (even a YN) are reduced even to an occasional "private" remark between friends who are Officers and Enlisted, and certainly not while aboard or in uniform. I was good friends with most of the Officers on my boat, but never once did I cross that line, except maybe to call them by their first name while out of uniform and in a civilian setting, and after they were no longer part of the crew. And only once did I ever see anyone else cross that line, but it was in a heated moment where our CO had done something incredibly stupid, and was looking for a target to point the "finger of blame" at someone else. Since you're wondering - STS1(SS) SSN-653 '81-'86, SUBRON 4 Staff '86-'88, OPNAV '90-'94 (Pentagon USNR).

[@robertholtz]

One of my all-time favorite films and a great documentary. I’m surprised and disappointed though that the documentary made no mention of Basil Poledouris and his masterpiece soundtrack for this film. Even in this video, his music is a powerful presence that brings epic scale to the storytelling.

[@TheDavidMottram]

Feels almost eerie and unreal - Connery not being with us anymore. Such a giant of the movie industry.. RIP

[@Calcit3]

One of the best movie ever maid. I can binge-watch this all day. THE BEST of Tom Clancy. I can’t see a China vs. US cat and mouse game movie like this.

[@ralphperez4360]

One of my favorite movies ever.

[@kathymountain4886]

Thank You! I was fortunate to have my office right across the driveway from Industrial Light and Magic while and was able to watch models being built and filmed for several movies. My all time favorite was watching the crew build and suspend the October, then fill a see through pool and place different sized models in it not sure what that was about but IT WAS AWESOME

[@dondavis7687]

That “Buffalo movie” worked out well for Kevin Costner so it’s all good!

[@billolsen4360]

Yeah, "Dances with Buffaloes" lol

[@jpsned]

@@billolsen4360 Haha! 🙂

[@cbcdesign001]

This is my favourite Jack Ryan movie. One of the best scenes is the Red October navigating the narrow sea passages and Ramius exceeding the carefully plotted distances on the charts to avoid being hit with a missile. Its full of tension.

[@Synthnerd11]

There's next to nothing that I can fault in this film, it's long been one of my favourites. Fantastic ensemble cast, great directing. Even the smaller roles were all completely believable as people in a claustrophobic environment working their jobs, especially in Mancuso's sub - the camaraderie between them all lifted many of the procedural scenes to another level. Actually felt a bit sorry for Alec Baldwin and the balls-up that prevented him from reprising the role in Patriot Games. I thought he was excellent in Red October. Thanks for posting this, great to see the interview footage, especially the late lamented Sir Sean.

[@rockyweaver7899]

"Russians don't take a dump without a plan." RIP Fred Thompson

[@parrisprice5892]

I got busted for growing pot ,it was a nice crop, Tom Clancys books passed alot of time for me during my incarceration. Ive always loved the spy ,espionage game

[@DDGVET4]

I never get tired of watching this movie. I served in the Navy during the "Cold War" and I hope one day some of the "Real" stories from that era will be revealed and the movies that could be made will be as good as this one. We had great respect for our adversaries.

[@GasCityGuy]

Early in the video Alec Baldwin comments that Tom Clancy could spend 3 pages talking about a pencil. In the book 'Sum of All Fears' Clancy spent an entire chapter explaining a nuclear explosion that happened in a fraction of a second.

[@obiphil8672]

Masterpiece. First modern sub thriller. Magnificent theme music!

[@hamishreid864]

JUST SUCH A WELL-DONE MOVIE. IN MY YOUNGER DAYS, I SERVED IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY AS AN ASDIC / SONAR OPERATOR. OUR DUTY WAS TO TRACK RUSSIAN SUBS . A RATHER TIME-CONSUMING AND TEDIOUS JOB . NOT NEARLY AS EASY AS PORTRAYED IN SOME WORKS OF FICTION . IT WAS THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE .

[@michaelshea5622]

Darth Vader AND James Bond in the same movie? Only word comes to mind is epic. Mr Jones and Mr Connery were and are legends.

[@andrewmurray1550]

I can just imagine James (as Greer) coming up behind the Red October, and announcing (for all to hear) "I have you now!".

[@bradvitz2531]

Perfect comment!!!!!!!

[@TheodoreRibbens]

Can we turn the music up louder, I can’t hear it, and that’s the reason why I’m watching this, not to actually hear how one of the greatest movies of all time was made.

[@allanmoncrieff5579]

I love sarcasm

[@richardmarcotte3983]

Russians' don't take a dump without a plan son - Fred Dalton Thomas RIP

[@jimmymckay73]

Fred Dalton Thompson was a pretty cool guy in real life , politician , actor , lawyer , lobbyist, radio show host . R.I.P. .