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Das Boot | |
8 (38%) |
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Crimson Tide | |
1 (5%) |
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Run Silent, Run Deep | |
1 (5%) |
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Ice Station Zebra | |
1 (5%) |
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The Abyss | |
0 (0%) |
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K-19 The Widowmaker | |
1 (5%) |
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Yellow Submarine | |
1 (5%) |
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The Hunt for Red October | |
4 (19%) |
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Operation Petticoat | |
1 (5%) |
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The Enemy Below | |
3 (14%) |
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dhill926
(16,364 posts)also had a great score...
yuiyoshida
(41,864 posts)dhill926
(16,364 posts)fantastic score....
longship
(40,416 posts)The latter introduced us all to Romulans and Mark Lenard as the Romulan commander. Of course, he played Spock's father for years.
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)HAPPY FRIDAY
robertpaulsen
(8,632 posts)SeattleVet
(5,480 posts)(It has my vote.)
red dog 1
(27,866 posts)(I had to remove U-571, which I think is a very good sub movie)
SeattleVet
(5,480 posts)Warpy
(111,359 posts)It's about the sinking of the Lusitania and features both sides to explore the why and wherefore. It's an excellent film and available over on YouTube, which is where I found it. It also discusses what happened to the captains of both ships.
Other documentaries exploring the rapid sinking of the ship are there. The most recent has done scale testing and computer modeling and has come to the conclusion that the second explosion was an overheated boiler that cracked when cold water hit it, not the small consignment of arms or a second torpedo.
ETA
red dog 1
(27,866 posts)It was a made for TV movie (1998)
Warpy
(111,359 posts)Whatever its provenance, it's an excellent film that goes beyond the sinking of a ship by a u-boat into questions about modern warfare, government and coverups, and how quickly heroes can deteriorate into scoundrels and vice versa.
There is as much thought as action, which is why I recommend it so highly.
red dog 1
(27,866 posts)"Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea" (also known as "Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic"
It's apparently an English-German Docu-drama done by documentary-filmmaker Christopher Spencer (commissioned by BBC-1)
(I think the entire movie is available to watch for free on You Tube)
Good pick!
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Will check it out.
Motley13
(3,867 posts)brewens
(13,623 posts)made like Das Boot. There would be no shortage of sub careers and harrowing missions to portray. But you just know they wouldn't be able to help ruining it by going over the top.
Like the dogfights in Red Tails. I couldn't even finish watching it. If you really know WWII air combat, one scene in there is ridiculous. This German ace can make this wicked maneuver that basically flips his 109 around. Supposedly, one of the Red Tail Mustang pilots figures out how to do it to defeat him, if I remember right. Actually, I don't think I even saw that. I could just tell that was going to be what would happen later.
Mustang's weren't that kind of fighter plane. 109's were smaller and more limber. A Mustang pilot wouldn't get in a tight turning dogfight with one of those guys. Same with how our guys fought the Japanese Zero in the Pacific. You used "zoom and boom" tactics. They had speed, durability and power over the Zero, with almost all of our fighter models. You made sure you had an altitude advantage and used that to dive on them, blow into them and fire, and hope for hits and climb or dive away.
red dog 1
(27,866 posts)..about "the men and boys who flew the B-24s over Germany"
The author mentions the Tuskegee Airmen, the group of African-American fighter pilots who flew P-51 Mustangs in the 332nd Fighter Group.
The Mustangs (P-51s) flew above the B-17 & B 24 bombers, protecting them from the German fighters.
George McGovern was a B-24 pilot who is mentioned quite often in "Wild Blue"
He had much praise for the Tuskegee Airmen, and in the book, he and other B-24 pilots met some of the P-51 pilots, and thanked them & bought them drinks.
BTW, I just found a great read about the Tuskegee Airmen called:
"The Tuskegee Airmen: First Group of African-American Fighter Pilots in WW 2"
http://acepilots.com/usaaf_tusk.html
(I may soon do an OP based on the Tuskegee Airmen)
brewens
(13,623 posts)accurate in Red tails.
People usually thin about the B-17 in the air war in Europe, but the B-24 was used in greater numbers.
My dad was a B-24 crewman but in the Pacific. The Navy Liberators were designated PB4Y's. Those were mostly long range reconnaissance. Dangerous duty flying long patrols alone over enemy territory. Many were lost with all hands, not unlike our subs.
VB-104 "The Buccaneers of Harry Sears" was my dad's squadron.
Aristus
(66,467 posts)taking place aboard an American attack sub in the Pacific in WWII.
It was extraordinarily well-researched and exciting.
Give it a look if you get a chance.
Sanity Claws
(21,854 posts)Another great submarine film.
red dog 1
(27,866 posts)and it won two Golden Globe awards - Best Motion Picture & Best Actor (Alan Arkin)
jg10003
(976 posts)bagelsforbreakfast
(1,427 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...there's just something about the subgenre that's impervious to boredom...
d_r
(6,907 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)Down Periscope with Kelsey Grammer.
From the list:
The Hunt for the Red October
Ice Station Zebra - for the suspence
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)red dog 1
(27,866 posts)(At that point, it had 0 votes)
I liked it, and I've seen it many times.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)...and it's probably tied with U-571.
Afromania
(2,771 posts)I won't even try to explain myself
sakabatou
(42,176 posts)high five for having similar bad taste in submarine movies.
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and I was quite young. Since then, no way.
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)If mini subs count....
And special TV props for Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea !!!!!!
Xolodno
(6,401 posts)For me, it would be Das Boot or K19. Both very gritty on the real side. Went with K19 since Das Boot is winning, if it was reversed, would have voted for Das Boot.
After those two;
Crimson Time
Hunt for Red October
...both great fiction drama movies.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)The original Finding Nemo.
jg10003
(976 posts)From the TCM website:
"Destination Tokyo (1944)
The granddaddy of submarine films like Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), Das Boot (1981), and the recent U-571 (2000), director Delmer Daves' first effort as director was Warner Bros. Studio's crackerjack nail-biter, Destination Tokyo (1943)."
Aristus
(66,467 posts)Nothing else even comes close.
I've got the Director's Cut on DVD. Feels as long as the war itself, but it's worth it...
A HERETIC I AM
(24,380 posts)malthaussen
(17,217 posts)That should be sufficient to answer the question.
-- Mal
hunter
(38,328 posts)It's a brutal anti-war film.
Kaleva
(36,354 posts)miyazaki
(2,251 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,405 posts)He used to fly a lot for work--first class--and years ago he was on a flight from LA to Chicago. Sitting across
from him was James Earl Jones. One of my brother's kids was a huge Star Wars fan, so my brother wanted
to ask Mr. Jones for an autograph to bring home to this kid.
After he's thought about what to say and how to ask, he finally gets Mr. Jones attention (who is not happy to
be disturbed) and tells him he has a son who is a huge fan, would he mind signing an autograph? Mr. Jones,
not happily, says ok. What would you like it to say, May the Force be with you? No, says my brother. Have
it say, "I wasn't here. This didn't happen." Jones let out his huge, booming laugh and signed the autograph.
For fans of Hunt for Red October, the line was:
Admiral James Greer: Now, understand, Commander, that torpedo did not self-destruct. You heard it hit the hull. And I...
[showing him his identification]
Admiral James Greer: ... was never here
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)AND I got up the nerve to speak to him, I'd compliment him on having one of the funniest lines in film history, in his motion picture debut: "Uh, it appears the self-destruct mechanism blew itself up."