Sub Movie 101

[longam]

My favorite of all time.

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[Decoman]

1 Das Boot (1981)
2 Crimson Tide (1995)
3 K-19 The Widowmaker (2002)

Candidates:
The Bedford Incident (1965)
Below (2002)
The Abyss (1989)
The Hunt For Red October (1990)

[Webster]

that was the first, if not the only movie i ever saw that even tried to show destroyers had limited depth charges.


it was a pretty good movie right up untill the end where it went all hollywood :nope:

[Highbury]

What? Nobody liked In Enemy Hands (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316824/)? :har:

[Anton88]

How about Lorelei, the Witch of the Pacific, or "Sea without Exit",..
both japanese submarine movies..really well done.

Sea without Exit is about the Kaiten suicide torpedoes... worth watching

[karamazovnew]

WTF, no Run Silent Run Deep?! That movie was excellent in portraying the entire attack procedure for US boats. And it had ten times more in-the-sub action than Das Boot. :salute: I almost forgot it was made by Holywood. Or wait.. Hwood was actually making good movies back then. Anyone remember "The Young Lions" or "The Seventh Cross"? And what about "Cruel Sea"?

[nikimcbee]

WTF, no Run Silent Run Deep?! That movie was excellent in portraying the entire attack procedure for US boats. And it had ten times more in-the-sub action than Das Boot. :salute: I almost forgot it was made by Holywood. Or wait.. Hwood was actually making good movies back then. Anyone remember "The Young Lions" or "The Seventh Cross"? And what about "Cruel Sea"?

:yeah::rock::salute:
Run Silen Run Deep is my favorite sub movie. No CGI, just great looking models, real sub shots.

[Ritmeister]

Can we have a write in for Down Periscope?:rotfl2:

Got 2 things in it's favor.

Lt Emily Lake

It was filmed on the USS Pampanito ( 6 battle stars):yeah:

[Elder-Pirate]

Can we have a write in for Down Periscope?:rotfl2:

Got 2 things in it's favor.

Lt Emily Lake

It was filmed on the USS Pampanito ( 6 battle stars):yeah:



Lt. Emily Lake............Sure like her shirt. :D

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[ETR3(SS)]

Want to know what really happens underway on a submarine? Watch Down Periscope. :arrgh!:

Want to know what Hollywood thinks happens underway on a submarine? Watch Crimson Tide.:shifty:

[Jimbuna]

Torpedo Run (1958) – Starring Glenn Ford and Ernest Borgnine

[Philipp_Thomsen]

U-571 may be a terrible movie with a terrible plot and a terrible amount of lies.

But no other movie show as many things in detail, like depth charges and overall image quality.

[Platapus]

How about Crash Dive.


<ducking>

Just kidding! :D

Friends don't let friends watch Crash Dive

[Jimbuna]

I always thought the best part of U-571 was the soundtrack :doh:

[Reece]

The first part of U-571, the U-boat action on the German side (intro) was good!:yep:
Decoman said:
The Bedford Incident (1965) Yes I did like that movie a lot, the famous lines:
Arm number one Azrock!
Don't worry commodore, the Bedford will never fire first, but if he fires one I'll fire one!:x Fire one!!:dead:

[JScones]

How about Crash Dive.


<ducking>

Just kidding! :D

Friends don't let friends watch Crash Dive
That was actually the first movie I thought of! I quite like it, from the obligatory 1940's love triangle to the obligatory mid-war US flag waving at the end. Very kitsch.

Obviously not that popular here, if the lack of "I want to do commando raids!" requests are anything to go by...

[Philipp_Thomsen]

The part in U-571 when depth charges hit very close to the uboat and you can see it twisting and shaking, and the explosive residues pass by the camera, amazing.

Actually, all shots from the uboat are amazing. Lots of detail.

[Sailor Steve]

How about Crash Dive.


<ducking>

Just kidding! :D

Friends don't let friends watch Crash Dive
Kiss my what??

Where else can you find color shots of S-boats, Salmons and 77-foot Elcos? it's worth owning just for those 2 minutes or so of footage.

I know you were just kidding, but I'd have paid the DVD price just for color photos of that quality.

[Randomizer]

Operation Petticoat where Cary Grant gets to write the immortal log entery "Sighted tanker. Sank truck."

[kptn_kaiserhof]

i liked :
das boot
k19
red october
down periscope

[Platapus]

Trivia question (this one is a gimme)

What movie about WWII submarines, showed the submarine crew watching a movie about WWII submarines?

And can you name both movies?

And for the super bonus question, what movie would they have been watching if that movie was not available?

[Sailor Steve]

Lt Emily Lake
I looked it up...I can't believe that's Lauren Holly. Briefly married to Jim Carrey, starred in a bunch of episodes of NCIS, but my favorite movie of hers was when she played Andrew Dice Clay's sidekick Jazz in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.

[Elder-Pirate]

I looked it up...I can't believe that's Lauren Holly. Briefly married to Jim Carrey, starred in a bunch of episodes of NCIS, but my favorite movie of hers was when she played Andrew Dice Clay's sidekick Jazz in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.



Sure looks like Lauren Holly to me Steve. Checked your glasses when?? :D

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[karamazovnew]

I've just seen Enemy Below again (last time was back in the 80's). I've put it on my list of "I can't believe the Americans made this movie!" list, next to Fail-Safe, Young Lions and Thin Red Line (just because it came in the same year as Flying American Flag.. ups, I mean, Saving Private Ryan). But apart from trying desperately to make a good face for the German commander, I can't find too many good parts in it. Who the heck would surfa... oh, nvm, spoilers... It would be mean to compare it to Das Boot for the sub interiors or the special effects, but I remember many yelling that Jurgen's crew was too old. But how many 50 year old WW1 vets served on Type IXs?! And swearing the fat Goering for his superb plane cover sure sounded a bit more down to earth than crying for the good old days of WW1 when war was just and humane... :haha:. So my list stays:
- Das Boot for the German side
- Cruel Sea for the brits
- RSRD for the American side
I'm still waiting to see a good one about Japanese subs (proper ones not manned torpedoes although Sea Without Exit is quite good).

I could count K-19 or even Hostile Waters, but in those movies you can't care about the sub parts because they show the unknowing (for the movie K-19 crew) and unwilling (K-219's Sergei Preminin) sacrifices of what have to be among the greatest heroes in history... damn... I lost my thoughts there for a few minutes. Just writing Sergei's name brings tears to my eyes.

PS: Sergei Preminin wouldn't have died if the door could've been opened. His achievement was heroic. His death was simply the definition of tragedy. The K-19 movie although very good at achieving the purpose of making the incident known, manages to rob the public of the true dimension of the heroism of it's crew. The real men knew very well that they were going to their deaths. Theirs was a true sacrifice. We owe these men more than our simple gratitude. We all owe them our lives. Although I despise the way in which masses express grief (I cringe when I see the Michael Jackson frenzy caused by his death), I feel that these men deserve to be better known.

[Dowly]

Down Periscope. :smug: (ok, ok and Das Boot)

[Jwiliamson]

Destination Toykyo

with Cary Grant, young John Forsythe




JohnW.

[TheBrauerHour]

Operation Petticoat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2ttd48u0J0&feature=related


Can't help but love Cary Grant!

[Platapus]

Destination Toykyo

with Cary Grant, young John Forsythe




JohnW.

One of my favourites. I finally found a copy in B/W on dvd. My VHS copy was colourized. :down:

[Reece]

Just purchased a copy online!!:up:

[Jimbuna]

From as little as £2.94 for those in the UK :yeah:

[Ritmeister]

Was the Movie the Destination Tokyo you were talking about earlier. I can remember the scene though. They fish the box containing the film reels out of the water after the other ship is sunk. The movie was "George Washington Slept here"

As Don Rickles (Good idea for the next trivia question) says do I win a cookie? ( Just watched Keeely HEros on Saturday for the first time in a while. He uses that line in that film too!

Trivia question (this one is a gimme)

What movie about WWII submarines, showed the submarine crew watching a movie about WWII submarines?

And can you name both movies?

And for the super bonus question, what movie would they have been watching if that movie was not available?

[auricom]

Ice Station Zebra

w/ Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine and Patrick MacGoohan

[mookiemookie]

Trivia question (this one is a gimme)

What movie about WWII submarines, showed the submarine crew watching a movie about WWII submarines?



Somewhat tangentially related: Onkel Neal, nickimcbee, myself and UnderseaLcpl played SH4, a game about WW2 submarines, on the USS Cavalla, a WW2 submarine. Beat that for recursion. :|\\

[Sailor Steve]

Ice Station Zebra

w/ Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine and Patrick MacGoohan
"We're all on a first-name basis here. My first name is Captain."

Thanks for the reminder.

[Platapus]

Was the Movie the Destination Tokyo you were talking about earlier. I can remember the scene though. They fish the box containing the film reels out of the water after the other ship is sunk. The movie was "George Washington Slept here"

As Don Rickles (Good idea for the next trivia question) says do I win a cookie? ( Just watched Keeely HEros on Saturday for the first time in a while. He uses that line in that film too!

Oh so close. :yeah:

The movie was Operation Pacific (1951) During the movie the crew of the "thunder" was watching a clip from Destination Tokyo (1943). Scott Forbes (Lt Larry) makes the comment "the things those Hollywood guys can do with a submarine."

You are absolutely correct about "George Washington Slept here"

Concerning Don Rickles" What submarine movie was he in?

[Platapus]

"We're all on a first-name basis here. My first name is Captain."

Thanks for the reminder.

Cmdr. Ferraday: It wasn't sealing wax. It wasn't chewing gum. It was epoxy glue. And all of a sudden you know a whole damn lot about submarines.

David Jones: I know how to wreck them, and I know how to lie, steal, kidnap, counterfeit, suborn and kill. That's my job. I do it with great pride.

Awesome movie!!

[Ritmeister]

Oh so close. :yeah:


You are absolutely correct about "George Washington Slept here"

Concerning Don Rickles" What submarine movie was he in?


Rickles was in Run Silent Run Deep with Gable and Lancaster. One of the crewmen with only a few lines, but you could already see "Mr Warmth" coming of age :x

Cheers :DL

[Schultz]

We sunk a truck :haha: that was comic

[Platapus]

Rickles was in Run Silent Run Deep with Gable and Lancaster. One of the crewmen with only a few lines, but you could already see "Mr Warmth" coming of age :x

Cheers :DL

A wiener!! :yeah:

[Undefined]

U-571 Kicked ass!

[Subnuts]

U-571 Kicked ass!

Yeah, it felt like being kicked in the ass for two hours.

[Malmer]

Below, no doubt... :smug:

[JScones]

Yeah, it felt like being kicked in the ass for two hours.
:rotfl2:

[Sailor Steve]

Worst.

WW2.

Submarine.

Movie.

Ever.

[Reece]

Worst.

WW2.

Submarine.

Movie.

Ever.All those starring Michael Dudikoff!!:yep: (not really sure if he did any WW2):hmmm:

[foz]

its good to see everyone watching a good sub flick, what is the name of the new comedy sub film from Hollywood, but with German language ,no subtitles , there was a post about this 12 month's ago . also what about MORGENROT, now there`s an old`d but a good`d . :salute: