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General Boards => Website Updates and Off-Topic Discussion => Topic started by: MWALLEN on April 20, 2008, 11:23:54 AM
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I know this won't cover them all...but just curious what your favorite sub movie is...I'm trying to set this up so that you can choose your top 3.
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This is a hard question to answer as they are all so good. DosBoot really portrays the live on a submarine most accurately. Our kids today really miss out on what life is really like as the only live it through TV and the internet.
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THIS IS A GOOD POST,FAVORITE SUB MOVIE.HAVE YOU NOTICED WHEN THEY HAVE FLOODING AND ARE BAILING WITH BUCKETS(DESTINATION TOKYO).WHERE DO ALL THE BUCKETS COME FROM,DID THE FLEET BOATS CARRY A DOZEN OR SO?
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Great poll Mark. I voted for Das Boot, Down Periscope, and The Hunt for Red October.
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I had to vote Down Periscope. That movie is just hillarious. Isn't The Hunt For Red October have to do with a Russian sub?
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Yes it is. Sean Connary (a scottsman playing a russian go figure) is defecting w/ a russiona sub. I also want to point out the everpresant Timm Curry who also has movies like Home alone, 3 musketeers and Rocky Horror Picture Show on his resume....
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I voted Operation Pacific, beccause it details alot of the missions, and things the submarine crews did. It may not be entirely realistic, but it shows them doing island raids, the captain and crew being transferred off to do work at Pearl, rescuing aviators, and of course sinking some ships.
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Yes it is. Sean Connary (a scottsman playing a russian go figure) is defecting w/ a russiona sub....
This should be preceded by SPOILER!! :laugh:
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Gee Lance, It's not like everyone has not seen it......
Travis,
military movies w/ lots of explosions and wanton violence. What else could a guy want. :2funny:
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Sean Connary with his scottish accent playing a Russian......Wow. I have to see it now. Especially since I do Russian/Eastern Bloc airsoft/reenacting.
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Sadly, I've only seen 5 of the movies listed up top. I do intend upon seeing them all as soon as I can. I have a copy of Run Silent, Run Deep, but haven't watched it yet.
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I have a copy of Run Silent, Run Deep, but haven't watched it yet.
I think the sub used in RSRD is the USS Redfish (SS395). There is one shot in the movie where you can almost make out the numbers. With only a few points of contention (like all the torpedoes get fired out of the same tube) and it's post-war bridge configuration w/ no 20mm or 40mm guns...it's still a great movie.
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I have to vote for DOWN PERISCOPE... I got a bit part in it. It sure was fun to be a part of, even if it was pure hoooey.
As far as a good realistic sub movie goes, even Das Boot is a bit off the mark. But it still holds top billet. Also must include OPERATION PACIFIC.
Paul Farace
PS: I need to dig out some of the behind the scenes photos I took, scan them, and post them. Kelsey was fun to bearound.
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I have to vote for DOWN PERISCOPE... I got a bit part in it. It sure was fun to be a part of, even if it was pure hoooey.
As far as a good realistic sub movie goes, even Das Boot is a bit off the mark. But it still holds top billet. Also must include OPERATION PACIFIC.
Paul Farace
PS: I need to dig out some of the behind the scenes photos I took, scan them, and post them. Kelsey was fun to bearound.
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Awesome! I must know, how did a Cod man end up working with the Pampanito?
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RUSSELL BOOTH. :angel:
Russ was the man behind the PAMPANITO restoration. There is no one quite like him today in the submarine (or historic warship) field. I try to be (and fall far short of the mark)... a few others come close (Tim Rizzuto of the USS KIDD, USS SLATER). He called me and asked if I could fly out to help crew the Mighty Pamp during the 45-day on location shoot in Benicia, CA (Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet anchorage). I did and the rest is wonderful history. Sadly, Russ lived to see the movie premier, but died in 1997, before the movie hit the VHS homevideo bins at WalMart.
I will try and dig out some of the shots I took of the filming.
PF :idiot2:
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Watched "Run Silent, Run Deep" the other night for the first time. I just was not impressed like I thought I'd be.
However, "Das Boot" is slowly becoming one of my all time favorites! I have an itch for the uncut version. What I really really want is the Das Boot Soundtrack, but the darn thing is impossible to find.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT DAS BOOT WAS A MINI SERIES IN GERMANY AND MADE INTO A MOVIE.ALSO AS FOR RUN SILENT,RUN DEEP NED BEACH DID NOT LIKE THE MOVIE BASED ON HIS BOOK
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DID YOU KNOW THAT DAS BOOT WAS A MINI SERIES IN GERMANY AND MADE INTO A MOVIE.ALSO AS FOR RUN SILENT,RUN DEEP NED BEACH DID NOT LIKE THE MOVIE BASED ON HIS BOOK
Yeah, and I currently have the "Director's Cut" of Das Boot, which cuts a good bit from the original series. Eventually I'll get the uncut version and find 6 hours or so to watch it fully.
I have the book "Run Silent, Run Deep" but I didn't read it yet. Something about the movie just didn't appeal to me, and it also seemed to end abruptly.
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didn't appeal to me,
I liked it for the accuracy of the submarine used. Everything seemed to be about right, except the bridge was cut back and no 40/20 mm's
Yeah, the story was a bit, but that's Hollywood for ya.
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THERE IS A MOVIE CALLED SUBMARINE COMMAND WITH WILLIAM HOLDEN,I HAVE NOT SEEN IT IN YEARS AND CAN NOT FIND IT ON DVD OR VHS.DOES ANYONE KNOW WAS IT EVER AVAILABLE ON TAPE.ALSO,WHAT SUB WAS USED IN THE MOVIE
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Chris:
"Submarine Command" is actually one of my favorite too. They spent a lot of time in and on a real fleet boat filming it. I don't know which boat it was filmed on, offhand.
I did purchase a copy of it on DVD from a guy who basically recorded it off of American Movie Classics. It still looks OK and is fun to watch. I can't remember who it was but I might suggest Googling "Submarine Command" + DVD
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Like you, I was turned off by the movie "Run Silent..." and as a result never read the book. What a suprise when I was encouraged to read the book by Ned Beach, who did not like what Hollywood did to his book. When I finally read it (just last year) I couldn't put it down! Night and Day!
It really puts you in the wardroom of a fleetboat in the early stages of the the war. And is something Hollywood couldn't film. They needed action and a simplistic plot.
Read the book! And then try to match the ficticious boat names with the real boats he is referring to!
BTW: I have the 4.7 hour uncut Das Boot... more nose picking, digging toejam out of their feet, etc. Not much plot missing. Great movie! Also have a copy of Submarine Command. What boat was used? Well good luck with the answer, since they had a nest of dozens of reserve fleet boats in mothballs to use! May have used several. But it is the ONLY sub movie to use actual sub INTERIORS... the others may have used topside images, but used sets for the interiors. Not so with Sub Command. Too bad the plot is hokey (and borrows Fluckey's WWII invasion force for KOREA!).
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PF
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I'll give reading the book a try. I was thinking that the movie wasn't up to par with Ned Beach's style of writing.
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SUBS IN MOVIES GRAY LADY DOWN-TROUT SS566,THE FROGMAN-SEA POACHER SS406,HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER-HOUSTON SSN713 AS THE DALLAS,ICE STATION ZEBRA-USS RONQUIL,MOVE OVER DARLING-USS BLACKFIN,MURPHY'S WAR-USS TILEFISH,NOON SUNDAY-USS RAZORBACK,THE PRIVATE NAVY OF SGT.O'FARRELL-USS CHOPPER,20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA-USS REDFISH,BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA-USS ASPRO,THE COLONEL AND I-USS REMORA,CRASH DIVE-USS MARLIN AND MACKEREL,DESTINATION TOKYO-SOME R BOAT,DOWN PERISCOPE-USS PAMPANITO,ON THE BEACH(1959)USS VOLADOR,OPERATION PETICOAT-USS BALAO & USS QUEENFISH,PARRISH-USS JALLAO SS368,RUN SILEN,RUN DEEP-USS REDFISH(OPENING SHOTS),SUBMARINE COMMAND-USS STERLET SS392,TORA,TORA,TORA-USS CARBONERO SS337
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SUBS IN MOVIES GRAY LADY DOWN-TROUT SS566,THE FROGMAN-SEA POACHER SS406,HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER-HOUSTON SSN713 AS THE DALLAS,ICE STATION ZEBRA-USS RONQUIL,MOVE OVER DARLING-USS BLACKFIN,MURPHY'S WAR-USS TILEFISH,NOON SUNDAY-USS RAZORBACK,THE PRIVATE NAVY OF SGT.O'FARRELL-USS CHOPPER,20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA-USS REDFISH,BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA-USS ASPRO,THE COLONEL AND I-USS REMORA,CRASH DIVE-USS MARLIN AND MACKEREL,DESTINATION TOKYO-SOME R BOAT,DOWN PERISCOPE-USS PAMPANITO,ON THE BEACH(1959)USS VOLADOR,OPERATION PETICOAT-USS BALAO & USS QUEENFISH,PARRISH-USS JALLAO SS368,RUN SILEN,RUN DEEP-USS REDFISH(OPENING SHOTS),SUBMARINE COMMAND-USS STERLET SS392,TORA,TORA,TORA-USS CARBONERO SS337
USS Silversides was used in the movie "Below".
And I have read that the USS Blueback was used in the movie "The Hunt For Red October" but I'm not sure which parts.
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On another note, I watched "Below" and "The Enemy Below" this weekend.
"Below" is a spooky movie...it's decent for a view. I realized that this is where Ducimus got his sound effects for his Trigger Maru mod in Silent Hunter 4 for those of you familiar with the game mod.
"The Enemy Below" was a good movie about a US destroyer stalking a U-boat. I wonder if the feelings shown in the movie were even close to what was experienced then.
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THE INTERIOR SHOTS OF THE RED OCTOBER WERE IN FACT THE USS BLUEBACK.MANY OF THE BLUEBACK CREW WERE USED AS RUSSIAN SAILORS
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Down Periscope, Up Periscope.
The worst submarine movie that went directly to dvd was "Under Seige". OMG, that was a really bad movie.
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Gman,
YES YOU ARE RIGHT ON THE MONEY.UNDER SEIGE WAS THE WORST SUBMARINE MOVIE EVER MADE.IT MUST HAVE HAD A BUDGET OF $1.99
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Once again, really old thread. Voted for Down Periscope! Why? UNTIL that movie I hadn't realized there were any WW II boats still "floating" with deck guns and all. Of course this didn't hurt either. Did they paint the Pamp "rusty" and then just un-paint it?
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Lt. Lake, you're almost out of uniform.