The threads about best Viet Nam movie and best anti-war movie got me thinking about war movies. I especially like submarine movies and I feel that there have been a slew of good one's.
Run Silent, Run Deep
My favorite.....really good underwater flick, with Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster.
Das Boot
The Enemy Below
Destination Toyko
Up Periscope
Bear Looking For The Akasaki
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Well, the best one out there is 'Das Boot'. Period. Not particularly realistic but 'U-571' was lots of fun. I also liked 'K-19' and enthusiastically recommend watching the making of special feature if you get a chance.
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Das Boot and The Enemy Below are very good.
Combo flick On the Beach.
Off topic; I went through a WW ll sub in Cleveland. Just thank your appropriate diety that you weren't in submarine duty then.
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Run Silent, Run Deep
is the title of the book by Capt. Edward L. Beach (USN Ret.)
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Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves?
Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here?
Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
From Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Are you sure you're not hurt ?
No. Just some parts wake up faster than others.
Broke parts take a little longer, though.
From Electric Horseman (1979)
Krasny Oktobyarsk. The Hunt for Red October
Das Boot
Off-topic:
Anybody that likes submarine flicks and is literate should read Drum Beat from the German *Pauchenschlag*. It is the historical account of a uboat during the opening days of America's entry into WWII and how shipping along the eastern and Gulf seaboards were sitting ducks for nazi submariners. Fascinating read.
I have seen
old ships sailing
like swans asleep
Hunt for the Red October?
Crimson Tide?
The Spy Who Loved Me? (Some submarine scenes, but not really a submarine movie)
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I haven't seen any of those that have been mentioned, but Up Periscope and On the Beach were great books. And I have a copy of HUnt for Red October autographed by Tom Clancy.
I've made my decision and stand by it.......very funny stuff.......for 1959 anyway...and Cary Grant rocked.....
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Hunt for the Red October was very good, in an 80s Reaganist "evil empire" propaganda sort of way.
I like Grey Lady Down. I think that was the name of it.
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That will get my vote too.Originally posted by The One
I've made my decision and stand by it.......very funny stuff.......for 1959 anyway...and Cary Grant rocked.....
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