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Moscow, Washington and a CIA analyst (Alec Baldwin) track a renegade Soviet captain (Sean Connery) and his... (Learn more)

Starring: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, James Earl Jones (View All)

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Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October. (Photo: Paramount)
About The Hunt for Red October

Starring: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, James Earl Jones

The first of several films based on Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" technothrillers, Hunt for Red October stars Alec Baldwin as eccentric CIA analyst Ryan and Sean Connery as Soviet submarine commander Marko Ramius. Ramius sets the plot in motion when he murders his political adviser, burns his orders, and steers his sub Red October towards American waters, hoping to defect. The CIA, aware that the Red October was about to embark on an evasive mission to demonstrate its ability to avoid detection and fire its nuclear missiles upon U.S. installations, believes that Ramius is insane, and that he plans to start World War III. To cover their own behinds, the Russians back up the CIA's suspicion. Only Jack Ryan believes that Ramius' mission is not as apocalyptic as it seems -- and it is Ryan who is assigned to infiltrate the Red October to prove his theory. The sort of film that in an earlier era would have been called a "thinking man's thriller," The Hunt for Red October ushered in a new series of Hollywood-produced post-Cold War adventure films, including 1995's Crimson Tide. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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US Release Date

3/2/90

MPAA Rating

Rated PG

Running Time

120 mins. (NYT)

Locations

  • Alaska, USA
  • Leningrad, Soviet Union
  • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Moscow, Soviet Union
  • Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
  • Puget Sound, Washington, USA
  • San Diego, California, USA

Language

  • English

Box Office Total

$119,100,714

Awards

  • Winner of the Best Sound Effects award at the 1990 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 1990 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Sound award at the 1990 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.

Distributor

  • Paramount
  • Paramount Home Entertainment
  • Paramount Pictures

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