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The Hunt for Red October (Special Collector's Edition)
The Hunt for Red October (Special Collector's Edition)
Director: John Mctiernan
Actors: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 220 reviews
Sales Rank: 2051

Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time: 135 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.2

MPN: PARD056404D
ISBN: 0792187156
UPC: 097360564044
EAN: 9780792187158
ASIN: B00008K76U

Theatrical Release Date: March 2, 1990
Release Date: May 6, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
A new technologically superior soviet nuclear sub (red october) is heading for the us coast under the command of capt. Marko ramius. The american government thinks ramius is going to attack a lone cia analyst has a different idea: he thinks ramius is planning to defect but he only has a few hours to prove it. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/17/2005 Starring: Sean Connery Alec Baldwin Run time: 134 minutes Rating: Pg Director: John Mctiernan

Amazon.com essential video
Before Harrison Ford assumed the mantle of playing Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan hero in Patriot Games, Alec Baldwin took a swing at the character in this John McTiernan film and hit one to the fence. If less instantly sympathetic than Ford, Baldwin is in some respects more interesting and nuanced as Ryan, and drawing comparisons between both actors' performances can make for some interesting postmovie discussion. That aside, The Hunt for Red October stands alone as a uniquely exciting adventure with a fantastic costar: Sean Connery as a Russian nuclear submarine captain attempting to defect to the West on his ship. Ryan must figure out his true motives for approaching the U.S. McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard) made an exceptionally handsome movie here with action sequences that really do take one's breath away. --Tom Keogh


Customer Reviews:   Read 215 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER   October 7, 2008
EXCELLENT MOVIE A MUST FOR SEAN CONNERY FANS....I RECEIVED THE DVD PROMPTLY AND WILL CERTAINLY PURCHASE AGAIN...THIS IS A MOVIE I HAD SEEN MANY TIMES AND HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR IT FOR A LONG TIME.



1 out of 5 stars Horrible Picture Quality   October 6, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The Hunt for Red October (Special Collector's Edition)

Paramount should be ashamed of themselves. The picture quality is atrocious. DO NOT BUY THIS MOVIE IN DVD FORMAT! Hopefully they haven't screwed up the Blue Ray edition.
Unfortunately, I gave my old Laser disk player and movies away months ago. I have been replacing my favorites with DVDs and Red October was my latest purchase. I will probably throw it in the trash.
I am, Peter Harrison..... A disgruntled customer and pissed at Paramount for allowing this to happen.



2 out of 5 stars Worst HD transfer I've seen so far!   September 20, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Of course its a classic film. Worst transfer to a "high-definition" format that I've seen so far. Just by the DVD, you won't miss the extra static contained in the higher definition version here.


5 out of 5 stars Great Movie...........   September 17, 2008
One of my favorite movies, Sean Connery is excellent as the russian commander and Alec Baldwin does Jack Ryan better than Harrison Ford(Patriot Games). loads of stars in this flick, great story and all the action sequences are filmed to a tee. Highly Recommended for action movie enthuisiats....


4 out of 5 stars A classic cold war film!   September 17, 2008
The Hunt For Red October is an excellent cold war film supported with great acting by Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin! This film was an excellent adaptation of the Tom Clancy novel about a group of Russian officers trying to defect to the United States in the newest Soviet Submarine. This is not the standard Bond film and should not be expected as one. It is a little more realistic spy film that you could believe actually happened. Both Sean and Alec put in excellent performances as the defecting Russian captain and the CIA analyst who is the only one who believes the Russian's intentions are non-hostile. This is an excellent movie of the games submarines play of cat and mouse.

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