Hostile Waters (1997) (TV)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

David Drury

Writer (WGA):

Troy Kennedy-Martin (written by)

Release Date:

26 July 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

In October 1986, a Russian submarine carrying nuclear missles collides with an American nuclear submarine off the coast of Bermuda.

Plot Keywords:

Submarine | Ship Wreck | Accident | Cold War

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Rutger Hauer	...	Capt. Britanov
Martin Sheen	...	Aurora Skipper
Max von Sydow	...	Admiral Chernavin
Colm Feore	...	Pshenishny
Rob Campbell	...	Sergei Preminin
Harris Yulin	...	Admiral Quinn
Regina Taylor	...	Lieutenant Curtis
John Rothman	...	Aurora Exec. Officer
Michael Attwell	...	Kuzmenko
Dominic Monaghan	...	Sasha
Peter Guinness	...	Vladimirov
James E. Kerr	...	Aznabaev
Alexis Denisof	...	John Baker
Seamus McQuade	...	Helmsman
Paul Birchard	...	Torpedo Chief

Also Known As:

Hostile Waters - Fahrwasser des Todes (Germany) (rerun title)
Im Fahrwasser des Todes (Germany)
Péril en mer (France)

MPAA:

Rated PG for language and peril.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

France | Germany | UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Iceland:L | France:U | Germany:12 (video rating) | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

John Rothman, who plays the Aurora Executive Officer, wears a name badge marked "J.J. Gordon". This is the name of the film's dialog coach, who also played the bearded "Officer Four" seen in the Russian naval headquarters sequences.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The Los Angeles-class sub in the movie with designation SNN 710 was called the "Aurora". Its actually name is the "Augusta".

Quotes:

Capt. Britanov: Good Morning Pshenishny. You smell wonderful today. Are you wearing aftershave?
[as he walks away]
Capt. Britanov: How are things in Moscow?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

Effective

Despite of being a TV-Production (and showing this sometimes) "Hostile Waters" is a tense and absorbing film about a drama, that took place in a strange and dangerous period of time, we call the "Cold War"; a military disaster, that is still threatening us today. The important thing about "Hostile Waters" is, that it shows the story from a unusual point of view (the soviet submarine- crew), without high-tech gimmicks and without the "..it must be a historical fact, because I saw it in a John Wayne Film.." nonsense (or: "..because i read it in a Tom Clancy book"). Oh, and good work by Rutger Hauer, who had a break from B-Movie time. Don´t get me wrong, I like many of his B-Movies, but would somebody please give this man some really big-movie-parts to do ?!.