The Hunt For Red October(1990) starred Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan, the character made famous by Harrison Ford in subsequent movies, James Earl Jones, Scott Glenn, Tim Curry, and, of course, Sam Neill. It was based on the book of the same name by Tom Clancy, which, by the way, is excellant. Very suspenseful, captured your attention and didn't let it go. I didn't believe the movie could live up to the book. But it did.

"I mainly remember standing next to Sean Connery and saying 'Aye, aye, sir'." -- Sam Neill

Based on the Best Selling novel by Tom Clancy this film tells the story of Captain Marko Ramius, Sean Connery, the skipper of the Soviet Union's newest nuclear sub. Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin) of the CIA gets involved in a tense, tangled hunt for this sub, when Ramius defects, taking the "Red October" with him. My Man Neill plays Captain Vasili Borodin, on the Red October.

Vasili Borodin: I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck...or possibly even a "recreational vehicle." Click to hear. Large file-526K

[A torpedo is racing toward them.] Capt. Vasili Borodin: Torpedo impact, 20 seconds. Capt. Marko Ramius: [to Ryan] What books? Dr. Jack Ryan: Pardon me? Capt. Marko Ramius: What books did you write? Dr. Jack Ryan: I wrote a biography of, of Admiral Halsey, called "The Fighting Sailor", about, uh, naval combat tactics... Capt. Marko Ramius: I know this book! Capt. Vasili Borodin: Torpedo impact... Capt. Marko Ramius: Your conclusions were all wrong, Ryan... Capt. Vasili Borodin: ...10 seconds. Capt. Marko Ramius: ...Halsey acted stupidly.

Invisible. Silent. Stolen. The hunt is on.

"I would have liked to have seen Montana."-Vasili Borodin

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