Crimson Tide
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You can almost hear the studio pitch meeting echoing throughout
Crimson Tide
like the sonar on the soundtrack: "It's
The Cain Mutiny
on a nuclear submarine!" When radio communications problems aboard the USS
Alabama
prevent the sub from receiving its orders clearly during a tense confrontation with Russian warships, Navy officer Denzel Washington faces a huge ethical dilemma: countermand the orders of legendary Captain Ramsey (Gene Hackman) to fire nuclear missiles, or follow his command and risk launching an unprovoked nuclear war. It's really an actors' picture, and the fun is in the fireworks between Washington and Hackman, each of whose characters articulates solid reasoning behind his decision. There are no easy villains, and there's no easy way to tell right from wrong--that's what makes the nuclear stakes so terrifying. Director Tony Scott (who directed Quentin Tarantino's
True Romance
script) called in Tarantino to punch up the dialogue, which is why, for example, the sailors talk about Silver Surfer comic books. The digital video disc is in anamorphic widescreen; the sonorous underwater rumblings on the Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack will provide you with a good opportunity to show off your system's bass response.
--Jim Emerson
| uuid: |
BCE04C2B-9077-4DAD-9BC4-B3EE26876AF0 |
| upc: |
0717951000149 |
| title: |
Crimson Tide |
| theatricalDate: |
12-05-1995 |
| purchase date: |
07-06-2006 |
| publisher: |
Walt Disney Video |
| published: |
04-02-1998 |
| price: |
$14.99 |
| net Rating: |
4 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
116 |
| last lookup time: |
171438763.969941 |
| genre: |
Thrillers
Sea Adventure
Tony Scott
Cold War
War at Sea
Race Against Time |
| fullTitle: |
Crimson Tide |
| features: |
Closed-captioned
Color
Letterboxed
Widescreen
NTSC
2.35:1 |
| director: |
Tony Scott |
| currentValue: |
$5.69 |
| created: |
171438758.435286 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
6304765258
|
