The Hunt for Red October (1990)

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Wikidata Q507994, film, IMDb tt0099810, TMDB 1669: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 2 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

Came from

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Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Clear and Present Danger: 2 lines lineage ×1 contrast ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Hunt for Red October → Clear and Present Danger. Red October is the first Jack Ryan film and better than any of the Harrison Ford ones.
    “this is obviously better than any of the Harrison Ford movies, in my opinion”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:43:01 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

Alec Baldwin: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Alec Baldwin → The Hunt for Red October. Red October sits in a strong 1988-1993 Alec Baldwin run that looked like a Clark Gable path.
    “I think everybody thought he was going to be whatever, Clark Gable or something”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:44:12 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Amanda Dobbins: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → The Hunt for Red October. Pick 5 (round 2), category action/horror/thriller: Loves the submarine movie; a sequel category took away other action picks.
    “So I will be taking in action horror thriller at the Hunt for Red October.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:40:43 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)

Blue Steel: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Blue Steel → The Hunt for Red October. The weekend Blue Steel opened, The Hunt for Red October was number one.
    “It's a huge box on October, right? For Red October.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:26:39 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Chris Ryan: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): The Hunt for Red October → Chris Ryan. Chris has been lobbying for Red October to be a Rewatchables episode.
    “Chris has been lobbying for it to be on the rewatching.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:42:22 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Crimson Tide: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Hunt for Red October → Crimson Tide. Red October is the only submarine setting Amanda would endure; Crimson Tide is too tough.
    “the only submarine environment that I would ever want to be a part of, even Crimson Tide is is too tough for me”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:40:53 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

Die Hard 2: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (scheduling conflict): Die Hard 2 → The Hunt for Red October. McTiernan was supposed to direct but had committed to The Hunt for Red October.
    “John McTiernan was supposed to direct this film, but he had committed to the hunt for Red October already”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:51:55 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Fred Thompson: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career path): Fred Thompson → The Hunt for Red October. Simmons asks whether Red October and Die Hard 2 made voters want Thompson as a senator.
    “Hunt for October and Die Hard 2 where people just like, let's just vote this guy in.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:24:31 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career path): Fred Thompson → The Hunt for Red October. Simmons asks whether Red October and Die Hard 2 made voters want Thompson as a senator.
    “Hunt for October and Die Hard 2 where people just like, let's just vote this guy in.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:24:31 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Alec Baldwin → The Hunt for Red October. Red October sits in a strong 1988-1993 Alec Baldwin run that looked like a Clark Gable path.
    “I think everybody thought he was going to be whatever, Clark Gable or something”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:44:12 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): The Hunt for Red October → Crimson Tide. Red October is the only submarine setting Amanda would endure; Crimson Tide is too tough.
    “the only submarine environment that I would ever want to be a part of, even Crimson Tide is is too tough for me”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:40:53 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Clear and Present Danger → The Hunt for Red October. A fan of Clear and Present Danger still rates Red October better.
    “I'm quite fond of clear and present danger.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:43:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): The Hunt for Red October → Clear and Present Danger. Red October is the first Jack Ryan film and better than any of the Harrison Ford ones.
    “this is obviously better than any of the Harrison Ford movies, in my opinion”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:43:01 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

programming (3)

  1. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → The Hunt for Red October. Pick 5 (round 2), category action/horror/thriller: Loves the submarine movie; a sequel category took away other action picks.
    “So I will be taking in action horror thriller at the Hunt for Red October.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:40:43 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): The Hunt for Red October → Chris Ryan. Chris has been lobbying for Red October to be a Rewatchables episode.
    “Chris has been lobbying for it to be on the rewatching.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:42:22 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): Blue Steel → The Hunt for Red October. The weekend Blue Steel opened, The Hunt for Red October was number one.
    “It's a huge box on October, right? For Red October.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:26:39 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (scheduling conflict): Die Hard 2 → The Hunt for Red October. McTiernan was supposed to direct but had committed to The Hunt for Red October.
    “John McTiernan was supposed to direct this film, but he had committed to the hunt for Red October already”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:51:55 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about The Hunt for Red October: Amanda imagines herself as the sonar operator listening to pings at double speed.
    “If I could listen to the sonar pings at 2X.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:42:16 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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