movie show times and tickets
Movie Showtimes
The Top Fifteen Trailers
Paramount Pictures
related links
details
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: Jul 19, 2002
Running Time: 129 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Inspired by a true story, a tale which follows Captain Alexi Vostrikov who, at the height of the Cold War, is ordered to take over command of the nuclear missile submarine K-19, pride of the Soviet Navy. His assignment: Prepare the K-19 for sea and take her out on patrol--no matter what the cost. But problems with the K-19 arise that may lead to a core meltdown and explosion that will certainly kill all aboard, and possibly trigger nuclear war. In a daring act of heroism, Vostrikov must choose between his orders from the Kremlin and the lives of his men.
cast + crew
Director
Captain Alexi Vostrikov
Mikhail Polenin
Konstantin Poliansky
Oleg Falichev
Yuri Demichev
Rezo Kiklidze
Maxim Portenko
Marshal Zelentsov
Admiral Bratyeev
Viktor Gorelov
Screenplay
Story By
Producer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Producer
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
Associate Producer
Executive Producer
reviews
July 19, 2002
Since this cold war submarine saga gets the job done without rising to the high-water mark of, say, Das Boot, Kathryn Bigelow's K-19: The Widowmaker may go down as the flick that brought together two honchos from both Star Wars trilogies. I'm talking Harrison (Han Solo) Ford and Liam (Qui Gon Jinn) Neeson, cast here as Soviet submarine captains who don't see eye to eye, and it's not just because Neeson is way taller. I won't bitch about how Neeson's Irish lilt and Ford's American inflections…
Based on real-life events, K-19: The Widowmaker follows Russia's first nuclear ballistic submarine, which suffered a malfunction in its nuclear reactor on its maiden voyage in the North Atlantic in 1961. Story Submarine movies usually make for tense drama. There's the danger factor--being surrounded by metal-crushing, mega-tons of water, and the claustrophobic factor--watching the men scurry around in tight quarters like rats. Yet, with all that, to throw in a near nuclear reactor meltdown plus…
Also on Film.com...
|
||||||||||
