Grey Lady Down [1978]

05-31-07, 10:43 AM

Gray Lady Down [1978]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077629/
What do you think of this?

Chock · 05-31-07, 01:09 PM

Saw it a long time ago and wasn't particularly impressed with it as I recall.
It was made at the time in movie-making when Irwin Allen's output was flavour of the month, so it's very much in the style of lots of mediocre mid-to-late seventies disaster pictures, i.e. Airport 75, 76, 77 etc and The Towering Inferno, none of which are exactly what you'd call classics.

Hollywood does this kind of thing all the time. One year its meteorites heading towards Earth, the next year it's action adventures on mountains...

Most films of this ilk have a huge budget, several big name stars and a predictable storyline. To be fair Gray Lady Down is not the worst disaster picture ever made, but certainly not one of the best either.

Chock

05-31-07, 01:14 PM

Then what do you recommend?

Chock · 05-31-07, 01:58 PM

I personally, recommend the Russian movie 72 Meters (72 Metpa) if you really want a sub disaster movie. But then again, that has its critics too!

It's hard to find the English subtitled version though.

Chock

Camaero · 05-31-07, 02:06 PM

Hows about: Das Boot, The Enemy Below, Run Silent Run Deep, Destination Tokyo!, Operation Petticoat, Hunt for Red October, K-19 The Window Maker, or Indiana Jones?

I haven't seem Grey Lady Down but I was thinking of giving it a rent. The people at netflix gave it a 4.1 out of 5 so it can't be all too bad.... but then again they gave U571 a 3.6.... and Das Boot a 4.0!! That is an average of 292,443 ratings though.

perisher · 05-31-07, 02:43 PM

I saw "Grey Lady Down" and I can't remember anything about it, it was that good!!

The best sub disaster movie that I have ever seen is "Morning Departure" (1950).

See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042810/ but don't take too much notice of the user comment (Escape through the torpedo tubes!!! Did he actually see the movie?)

05-31-07, 06:00 PM

I saw 72 Meters, Das Boot, U-571, In Enemy Hands, Below, K-19, The hunt for red october and the one whe terrorists takeover LA sub and threaten to launch nukes, then one man against all odds goes to rescue the sub, Down Periscope. Wicked...
What I have in mind to get is crimson tide and gray lady, but my future plan is also Pink Submarine/Operation Petticoat...

05-31-07, 10:43 AM	#1
GakunGak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Grey Lady Down [1978] Gray Lady Down [1978] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077629/ What do you think of this?

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Camaero The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA, Massachusetts Posts: 1,477 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Hows about: Das Boot, The Enemy Below, Run Silent Run Deep, Destination Tokyo!, Operation Petticoat, Hunt for Red October, K-19 The Window Maker, or Indiana Jones? I haven't seem Grey Lady Down but I was thinking of giving it a rent. The people at netflix gave it a 4.1 out of 5 so it can't be all too bad.... but then again they gave U571 a 3.6.... and Das Boot a 4.0!! That is an average of 292,443 ratings though. __________________

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perisher Frogman Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England Posts: 300 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I saw "Grey Lady Down" and I can't remember anything about it, it was that good!! The best sub disaster movie that I have ever seen is "Morning Departure" (1950). See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042810/ but don't take too much notice of the user comment (Escape through the torpedo tubes!!! Did he actually see the movie?) __________________ "Pitt was the greatest fool who ever lived to encourage a mode of war which they who commanded the seas did not want, and which, if successful, would deprive them of it." Earl St.Vincent (allegedly)

05-31-07, 01:09 PM	#2
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Saw it a long time ago and wasn't particularly impressed with it as I recall. It was made at the time in movie-making when Irwin Allen's output was flavour of the month, so it's very much in the style of lots of mediocre mid-to-late seventies disaster pictures, i.e. Airport 75, 76, 77 etc and The Towering Inferno, none of which are exactly what you'd call classics. Hollywood does this kind of thing all the time. One year its meteorites heading towards Earth, the next year it's action adventures on mountains... Most films of this ilk have a huge budget, several big name stars and a predictable storyline. To be fair Gray Lady Down is not the worst disaster picture ever made, but certainly not one of the best either. Chock

05-31-07, 01:14 PM	#3
GakunGak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Then what do you recommend?

05-31-07, 01:58 PM	#4
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I personally, recommend the Russian movie 72 Meters (72 Metpa) if you really want a sub disaster movie. But then again, that has its critics too! It's hard to find the English subtitled version though. Chock

05-31-07, 06:00 PM	#7
GakunGak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I saw 72 Meters, Das Boot, U-571, In Enemy Hands, Below, K-19, The hunt for red october and the one whe terrorists takeover LA sub and threaten to launch nukes, then one man against all odds goes to rescue the sub, Down Periscope. Wicked... What I have in mind to get is crimson tide and gray lady, but my future plan is also Pink Submarine/Operation Petticoat...