The bedford incident -cold war film

Trool323 · 03-01-10, 12:59 PM

A great Cold war film every sub head should see once.

DIRECTOR: James B. Harris
YEAR: 1965

Richard Widmark is a combative and abusive US Navy destroyer Captain who decides to play a game of nuclear cat-and-mouse with a Russian sub off the coast of Greenland. Sidney Poitier is a reporter along for the ride. Wally Cox, James MacArthur and Donald Sutherland are part of the crew. This film contains one of the great final scenes in Atomic Film.

See the trailer -

Sailor Steve · 03-01-10, 01:39 PM

Saw it in the theater when it was released, and hated it.

But I was fifteen at the time, and didn't know anything. Maybe it's time to give it another chance...

03-01-10, 02:16 PM

It's worth another look if only for the Cold War theme. Excellent flick even if the special effects are unimpressive even for that era.

Jimbuna · 03-01-10, 03:22 PM

I always thought the end was too stunning and tbh a tad disappointing

03-01-10, 10:12 PM

In the context of the Cold War as it was it pretty much had to end that way.

Apperantly it had to be filmed in the UK and on a sound stage because Hollywood would not touch the story with a ten-foot pole and the USN refused the producers all filming assistance. I think that was in the intro last time it showed up on Turner Classic Movies. Same sort of thing with Dr. Strangelove except there the USAF shunned it and would not allow it to be screened on any SAC base.

Kaye T. Bai · 03-02-10, 05:54 AM

Looks pretty interesting, I'll see if I can find it at a retailer, preferably on BD-ROM.

Jimbuna · 03-02-10, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Randomizer

In the context of the Cold War as it was it pretty much had to end that way.

Apperantly it had to be filmed in the UK and on a sound stage because Hollywood would not touch the story with a ten-foot pole and the USN refused the producers all filming assistance. I think that was in the intro last time it showed up on Turner Classic Movies. Same sort of thing with Dr. Strangelove except there the USAF shunned it and would not allow it to be screened on any SAC base.

Yeah, but it was hardly a shootout fitting the end of your usual war movie....sailor not paying attention is suddenly galvanised by the misinterpratation/context a a single word then the wake of torpedoes seen approaching....close the curtain

Sailor Steve · 03-02-10, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Randomizer

Same sort of thing with Dr. Strangelove except there the USAF shunned it and would not allow it to be screened on any SAC base.

For another air force movie from the era, but more in line with the serious tone of Bedford, check out Fail-Safe sometime.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058083/

Apparently the 2000 remake was very good too.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235376/

03-01-10, 12:59 PM	#1
Trool323 Sparky Join Date: May 2007 Location: southwest ohio Posts: 154 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	The bedford incident -cold war film A great Cold war film every sub head should see once. DIRECTOR: James B. Harris YEAR: 1965 Richard Widmark is a combative and abusive US Navy destroyer Captain who decides to play a game of nuclear cat-and-mouse with a Russian sub off the coast of Greenland. Sidney Poitier is a reporter along for the ride. Wally Cox, James MacArthur and Donald Sutherland are part of the crew. This film contains one of the great final scenes in Atomic Film. See the trailer - __________________ My old Warp to patrol area tutorial is below for SH4. It allows you to jump to the patrol zone. Just like we use to be able to do in SH 1. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=158704

03-01-10, 01:39 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Saw it in the theater when it was released, and hated it. But I was fifteen at the time, and didn't know anything. Maybe it's time to give it another chance... __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-01-10, 03:22 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,584 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I always thought the end was too stunning and tbh a tad disappointing __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-01-10, 02:16 PM	#3
Randomizer Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	It's worth another look if only for the Cold War theme. Excellent flick even if the special effects are unimpressive even for that era.

03-01-10, 10:12 PM	#5
Randomizer Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	In the context of the Cold War as it was it pretty much had to end that way. Apperantly it had to be filmed in the UK and on a sound stage because Hollywood would not touch the story with a ten-foot pole and the USN refused the producers all filming assistance. I think that was in the intro last time it showed up on Turner Classic Movies. Same sort of thing with Dr. Strangelove except there the USAF shunned it and would not allow it to be screened on any SAC base.

03-02-10, 05:54 AM	#6
Kaye T. Bai Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Western Hemisphere, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster Posts: 585 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Looks pretty interesting, I'll see if I can find it at a retailer, preferably on BD-ROM.