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21 April 2000 (USA) moreTagline:
You won't come up for air until it's over! morePlot:
A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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American Military Pornography moreUS TV Schedule:
| Thur. July 23 | 10:30 AM | USA |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Matthew McConaughey | ... | Lt. Andrew Tyler, Executive Officer | |
| Bill Paxton | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren | |
| Harvey Keitel | ... | CPO Henry Klough | |
| Jon Bon Jovi | ... | Lt. Pete Emmett, Chief Engineer | |
| David Keith | ... | Maj. Matthew Coonan, USMC, Office of Naval Intelligence | |
| Thomas Kretschmann | ... | Capt.-Lt. Gunther Wassner | |
| Jake Weber | ... | Lt. Hirsch, USNR | |
| Jack Noseworthy | ... | Seaman Bill Wentz, Radioman | |
| Tom Guiry | ... | Seaman Ted 'Trigger' Fitzgerald, Radioman | |
| Will Estes | ... | Seaman Ronald 'Rabbit' Parker, Torpedoman | |
| Terrence 'T.C.' Carson | ... | Steward Eddie Carson | |
| Erik Palladino | ... | Seaman Anthony Mazzola, Planesman | |
| Dave Power | ... | Seaman Charles 'Tank' Clemens, Machinist Mate | |
| Derk Cheetwood | ... | Seaman Herb Griggs, Helmsman | |
| Matthew Settle | ... | Ens. Keith Larson, Chief Torpedoman |
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Rated PG-13 for war violence.Parents Guide:
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116 minColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) (re-rating on appeal) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Brazil:14 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | South Korea:12 | Singapore:PG | Philippines:PG-13Fun Stuff
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In the original script, when Tyler is thoughtfully looking at the pictures in the German submarine's mess, he recognizes the prisoner wearing a captain's uniform. moreGoofs:
Continuity: After the team takes the enemy U-Boat and they have to use it to escape the German resupply U-boat, Lt. Tyler is rapidly turning two dive valves in one direction. In the next scene, he is rapidly turning them in the opposite direction. moreQuotes:
Lieutenant Andrew Tyler: He torpedoed me, Chief. Nine months aboard the S-33 doing the best job I know how. Doing everything once, and then doing it again just to make sure I didn't miss anything the first time.Chief Klough: You'll get your chance sir. There's other commands in the navy.
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This is yet another epic film about heroic Americans stepping into a situation, destroying everything, and creating an unhealthy and polarized sense of morality (the good Americans kill the evil Germans). You could label this film racist... perhaps acceptable when the propaganda was necessary (in the 40's), but certainly not 50 years after the fact.
The film also fails to capture a good sense of life in one of these submarines... since the film concentrates on military glory and good triumphing over evil, the potentially powerful, subtler moments of suspense are hopelessly lost, and the film degenerates into a muffled confusion of trumpets and excessively justified violence.
It is impossible to watch this without thinking of Das Boot, and how much more powerful the cinematography and directing are, not to mention how much more tolerant and accurate a picture it paints of the morality of warfare and of Germans as real people during the war.
My rating is 2/10 on this film, because it has wasted a potentially powerful concept on mindless and destructive entertainment, questioned Germans as human beings, took millions of dollars to do it, and is essentially a cultural regression from its ancestor Das Boot, made 20 years prior.