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Originally Posted by AntEater
I can't remember the film, but in the book the reporter is the greatest ******* ever to be protagonist in a novel.
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He seems pretty neutral in the movie, but then he's played by Sidney Poitier, who excels at the 'everyman, imagine yourself in this character's place' acting style. Well, there's one exception...when he interviews Finlander, there's a great reversal when the reporter sort of assumes the predator role and the Captain is suddenly squirming as hard as the submarine to get away.
Foreshadowed the end of the movie, in a way, since the Soviet captain...well, I imagined him reacting to the
Bedford's harassment in much the same was as Finlander reacted to Munceford.
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Also, in the book, the torpedoes fired at the Bedford are not nukes, but blow her out of the water just as well.
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Despite the technical problems that the sub firing nuke fish presents (failsafe's and such), I think I prefer them being nuclear.
I'll have to give the novel a read, though.