Weps changing his mind 3 times? Like that's never happened before.
You'd be in two minds as well, if you had to decide to launch nukes with an uncompleted flash message, I'd bet.
What about Indiana Jones...err sorry...Harrison Ford with that silly Russian accent? Or the fact that it's the most boring film ever...NOTHING HAPPENS!!! Except for radiation poisoning.
K19 got 6.5 votes in IMDB.com.
At least Crimson Tide got 7.1 (which is way too low).
And look at the long list of "goofs" for K-19:
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* Continuity: Once K-19 has reached crush depth, the observation tower begins to fold in from the pressure. The numbers "249" are noticeably crumpled, but very shortly thereafter the tower is fine and stays like that the rest of the film (although it might be argued that the skin of a sub will pop back out, as long as there is no structural damage, once excess pressure is removed).
* Continuity: When the submarine is leaving the berth, and the two captains are on the tower, the nearby flag blows away from them in the close-up shots. In the long shots, the flag (and other smoke) blows the other direction.
* Continuity: Close-ups on some control consoles show new paint over layers that have been severely chipped, not something one would find on a new boat.
* Continuity: At the beginning of the movie, Vostrikov wears his wedding ring on his left hand. In later shots it is on his right hand as is customary with Russians.
* Boom mike visible: In the graveyard scene, near the end of the film, the boom mike can be seen reflected in one of the character's hats.
* Continuity: When the base physician boards the submarine at the base, he is wearing an enlisted uniform (black chin strap on hat). Later, when Captain Alexei Vostrikov is having a conversation with the doctor, he says he to pull himself together because is a officer in the Soviet Navy.
* Continuity: When the K-19 is preparing to leave her berth for the first time, the order "single up all lines" is given. This order means that one set of lines is removed, but the boat should remain secured to her berth with a 'single' set of lines. When the order is given, the crew removes both sets of lines, and the K-19 departs.
* Anachronisms: When Radtchenko kisses his girlfriend goodbye he tries to catch what appears to be a Soviet GAZ-66 4x4 utility truck. The production of GAZ-66 did not start until 1966, 5 years after the events of the movie take place.
* Anachronisms: The US Navy helicopter flying around the K-19 is a Sikorsky S-58T, which had its first flight on 19 August 1970, about 9 years after the incident had taken place.
* Audio/visual unsynchronized: The sound the camera makes when the group shot of the crew is taken on the ice is that of a fixed shutter, but the camera being used (either a Leica or a Russian copy) would have had a focal-plane shutter.
* Revealing mistakes: In the "fuel fire" on board, the gas jets actually fueling the fire can clearly be seen at the bottom of the frame.
* Anachronisms: The film shown by the political officer shows the Civil Rights abuses committed in Birmingham in 1964, four year after the K-19 was launched.
* Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The foil that one of the people is given at the start would not protect his 'private parts' from gamma rays. He would need a thick lump of lead to do that.
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Crimson Tide was nominated for 3 oscars, K-19 was nominated for 2 PFS (Political Film Society) awards.
If I was on K-19 I'd volunteer to fix the reactor...anything to get out of that boring movie.
