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7.2After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter to the USS Alabama, which may be the only ship able to stop a possible Armageddon. When Ramsey insists that the Alabama must act aggressively, Hunter, fearing they will start rather than stop a disaster, leads a potential mutiny to stop him.
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter
- Gene Hackman as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
- Matt Craven as Lt. Roy Zimmer
- George Dzundza as Chief of the Boat Cob
- Viggo Mortensen as Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince
- James Gandolfini as Lt. Robert 'Bobby' Dougherty
Themes
- mutiny
- submarine
- missile
- embassy
- nuclear missile
- battle for power
- u.s. navy
- terrorism
- military
- moral dilemma
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
133,778 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 5 wins & 9 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Tony Scott
- Screenplay by
- Michael Schiffer
- Story by
- Michael Schiffer Richard P. Henrick
- Produced by
- Don Simpson Jerry Bruckheimer
- Starring
- Denzel Washington Gene Hackman George Dzundza Viggo Mortensen James Gandolfini Matt Craven Rocky Carroll
- Cinematography
- Dariusz Wolski
- Edited by
- Chris Lebenzon
- Music by
- Hans Zimmer
- Production companies
- Hollywood Pictures Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
- Distributed by
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- Release date
- May 12, 1995 ( 1995-05-12 )
- Running time
- 116 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $53 million
- Box office
- $157.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- submarine film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- submarine warfare
- Director
- Tony Scott
- Cast member
- Marcello Thedford
- Composer
- Hans Zimmer
- Producer
- Jerry Bruckheimer
- Production company
- Jerry Bruckheimer Films
- Cinematographer
- Dariusz Wolski
- Narrative location
- Russia
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 343660
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1995-07-13
- film editor
- Chris Lebenzon
- title
- Crimson Tide
- nominated for
- Saturn Award for Best Music
- distributed by
- Disney+
- review score
- 66/100
- capital cost
- 53000000
- box office
- 91387195
- assessment
- Bechdel test
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Crimson Tide is a 1995 American submarine action thriller film directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. It takes place during a fictional period of political turmoil in Russia, in which ultranationalists threaten to launch nuclear missiles at the United States and Japan.
The film focuses on a clash of wills between the seasoned commanding officer of a U.S. nuclear missile submarine (Gene Hackman) and his new executive officer (or XO, played by Denzel Washington), arising from conflicting interpretations of an order to launch their missiles. The story inadvertently parallels a real incident during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crimson Tide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.