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The hunt for Red October

Title: The hunt for Red October / Paramount Pictures presents ; a Mace Neufeld, Jerry Sherlock production ; a John McTiernan film ; screenplay by Larry Ferguson and Donald Stewart ; produced by Mace Neufeld ; directed by John McTiernan.
Publication: [Hollywood, CA] : Paramount Home Video, [1990], ©1990.

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Description

2 videodiscs (135 min.) : sound, color; 12 in.

Summary

An advanced Soviet nuclear submarine is heading for the U.S. coastline. Most government intelligence experts think it is planning to attack, except for one man. He believes the sub\u0027s commander is really planning to defect, but he has only a short time to find the sub and prove his theory.

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Note

Based on the novel by Tom Clancy.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1990.
In the opening credits, the title morphs from the half cyrillic/half transliterated phrase Kransyĭ Okti︠a︡br to the English The Hunt for Red October.

Credits (note)

Music, Basil Poledouris; editors, Dennis Virkler, John Wright; photography, Jan De Bont.

Performer (note)

Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Joss Ackland, Tim Curry, Peter Firth, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Jeffrey Jones, Richard Jordan, Sam Neill, Stellan Skarsgå̊rd, Fred Dalton Thompson, Courtney B. Vance.

System Details (note)

Laser disc; THX; Extended play (CLV); original aspect ratio (2.35:1, letterboxed); Dolby AC-3 digital audio; digital sound; surround stereo.

Language (note)

Closed captioned.
English and Russian dialog, with English subtitles.

OCLC

ocm47724530
SCSB-4296230

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Columbia University Libraries