Category "the-hunt-for-red-october"

How was the nuclear reactor failure simulated?

Maybe someone who read the homonymous book that The Hunt for Red October is based on can answer this. The officers of the Red October (except for the doctor) s

Was any of 'The Hunt for Red October' necessary?

The new Russian sub in The Hunt for Red October had a new 'caterpillar' drive which meant it was undetecable to sonars. However, it was spotted on it's maiden

Did Sean Connery learn Russian for Hunt for Red October?

Sean Connery speaks several lines of Russian dialogue at the beginning of The Hunt for Red October, prior to switching to English. Did Connery spend time learn

Why the language change?

In the movie The Hunt For Red October, Marko Ramius (Sean Connery) begins the movie speaking Russian-- as do all Russian characters. Upon reading the following

Why didn't Tupolev destroy the incoming torpedo?

In the final scene of "The Hunt for Red October" (1990) captain Tupolev's submarine is destroyed by an incoming torpedo, initially fired by his own ship. Why d

How could Ryan land in New York in early morning?

In one of the opening scenes of "The Hunt for Red October" (1990) dr Ryan is departing London Heathrow deeply in the evening (there's even a cameo with his wife

What did Jack Ryan say in the missile room?

Near the end of The Hunt for Red October, Jack Ryan... ...confronts the saboteur, a cook,... ...in the missile room. He says something in Russian, but th

Where did John Ryan pick up the nickname "Jack"?

The protagonist in the Jack Ryan films is actually named JOHN Ryan. I'm not too familiar with the book version of the character, as I've only read a couple of t

Why was this "relieved" petty officer still relaying orders down the chain of command?

At 1:00, Ramius berates a petty officer "You're relieved" as quoted below. But at 1:10, you can see that same officer relaying Ramius's new order down the cha

What do the three numbers used by Ramius when giving directions mean in The Hunt for Red October?

Around 28:20 in the movie, after Ramius' opening speech for Red October's mission and while the crew is singing the Soviet anthem, he gives the numbers 2/5/0 to

Is an ancient text cited in "The Hunt for Red October" real?

In one of the first scenes of "The Hunt for the Red October" (emphasis mine): And what's this? "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds". It is an ancient H

How can a flight attendant does not know what a turbulence is?

From one of the opening scenes of "The Hunt for the Red October" (emphasis mine): I can never sleep on a plane. Turbulence. Pardon? Turbulence... Solar radiati