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K-19: The Widowmaker
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K-19: The Widowmaker is a 2002 thriller, drama, and historical disaster film directed by Kathryn Bigelow. The production was produced by Bigelow and Edward S. Feldman, with cinematography by Jeff Cronenweth and editing by Walter Murch. The cast includes Liam Neeson, Harrison Ford, Peter Sarsgaard, and Joss Ackland. The film’s main subject is the K-19, and its narrative is set in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was filmed in Toronto, Moscow, Russia, and at Pinewood Studios.
The movie originated from Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States. It was produced by the National Geographic Society, Intermedia, and Regency Enterprises, among other companies. The original languages are English and Russian. The film has a runtime of 138 minutes and a budget of 100,000,000. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures, 01 Distribution, and Netflix.
K-19: The Widowmaker was released on July 19, 2002. It earned 65,700,000 at the box office. The film received a rating of 6.7 on IMDb based on 72,361 votes and a vote average of 6.551 on TMDb. Its tagline is "Fate has found its hero."
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6.6When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
Cast
- Harrison Ford as Alexei Vostrikov
- Liam Neeson as Mikhail Polenin
- Peter Sarsgaard as Vadim Radtchinko
- Joss Ackland as Marshal Zelentsov
- John Shrapnel as Admiral Bratyeev
- Donald Sumpter as Dr. Savran
Themes
- submarine
- cold war
- soviet union
- based on true story
- north atlantic
- nuclear
- woman director
- 1960s
- nuclear submarine
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Screenplay by
- Christopher Kyle
- Story by
- Louis Nowra
- Produced by
- Kathryn Bigelow Edward S. Feldman Sigurjón Sighvatsson Christine Whitaker Matthias Deyle
- Starring
- Harrison Ford Liam Neeson Peter Sarsgaard
- Cinematography
- Jeff Cronenweth
- Edited by
- Walter Murch
- Music by
- Klaus Badelt
- Production companies
- Intermedia Films National Geographic Films Palomar Pictures First Light
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures (United States, United Kingdom and Canada) Constantin Film (Germany)
- Release dates
- July 19, 2002 ( 2002-07-19 ) (United States) September 5, 2002 ( 2002-09-05 ) (Germany) October 25, 2002 ( 2002-10-25 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 138 minutes
- Countries
- United States United Kingdom Germany Canada Russia
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $90–100 million
- Box office
- $65.7 million
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Encyclopedic overview
K-19: The Widowmaker is a 2002 historical submarine film directed and produced by Kathryn Bigelow, and produced by Edward S. Feldman, Sigurjon Sighvatsson, Christine Whitaker and Matthias Deyle with screenplay by Christopher Kyle. An international co-production of the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Canada, the film takes place in 1961 and focuses its story on the Soviet Hotel-class submarine K-19.
The film stars Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson alongside Peter Sarsgaard, Joss Ackland, Donald Sumpter, Christian Camargo, Michael Gladis and John Shrapnel in supporting roles.
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