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''The Hunt for Red October'' is a 1990 American action spy thriller film based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name. It was directed by John McTiernan and stars Sean Connery as Captain Marko Ramius and Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan. The fictional story is set during the Cold War era. It involves a rogue Soviet naval captain who wishes to defect to the United States, and an American CIA analyst who correctly deduces that circumstance, and must prove his theory to the U.S. Navy to avoid a violent confrontation between the two nations. The ensemble cast features Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones and Sam Neill. The film was a co-production between the motion picture studios of Paramount Pictures, Mace Neufeld Productions, and Nina Saxon Film Design. Theatrically, it was commercially distributed by Paramount Pictures and by the Paramount Home Entertainment division for home media markets. Following its wide release in theaters, the motion picture was nominated and won a number of accolades including the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing in 1991. On June 12, 1990, the original motion picture soundtrack was released by the MCA Records music label. The soundtrack was composed and orchestrated by musician Basil Poledouris. ''The Hunt for Red October'' received mostly positive reviews from critics and was one of the top grossing films of the year, generating $122 million in North America and over $200 million worldwide in box office business. The film was the first in a set of sequels throughout the years involving the fictional character of Jack Ryan. However, for the role of Ryan, a number of different actors were cast for the subsequent reincarnations of the film saga, including Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, and Chris Pine. ==Plot== In 1984, Soviet submarine Captain First Rank Marko Ramius (Connery) commands ''Red October'', a new Typhoon-class nuclear sub featuring a caterpillar drive, rendering it undetectable to passive sonar. Ramius leaves port on orders to conduct exercises with the ''V.K. Konovalov'', commanded by his former student Captain Tupolev (Skarsgård). Once at sea, Ramius kills political officer Ivan Putin (Firth), and commands the crew to head toward America's east coast to conduct missile drills. The next morning, CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Baldwin) briefs government officials on the departure of ''Red October'' and the threat it poses. Officials in the briefing learn that the bulk of the Soviet Navy has been deployed to sink ''Red October'', fearing Ramius may plan an unauthorized strike against the United States. Ryan however, hypothesizes that Ramius instead plans to defect, and leaves to meet up with the American submarine USS ''Dallas'' to prove his theory. Meanwhile, Tupolev, though unable to track ''Red October'', guesses his former mentor's route and sets a new course across the Atlantic. ''Red October''s caterpillar drive fails during risky maneuvers through an undersea canyon. Petty Officer Jones (Vance), a sonar technician aboard ''Dallas'' who has discovered a way to detect Red October through underwater acoustics, plots an intercept course. Ryan arranges a hazardous mid-ocean rendezvous to get aboard ''Dallas'', where he attempts to persuade its captain, Commander Bart Mancuso (Glenn), to contact Ramius and determine his intentions. A Soviet Ambassador informs the U.S. that the sub is a renegade, and asks for their help in sinking it. An order to do this is communicated to the U.S. Fleet, including ''Dallas''. However, Ryan is convinced that Ramius plans to defect, and convinces Mancuso to contact Ramius and offer assistance. Ramius, stunned that the Americans correctly guessed his plan, accepts their offer. He then stages a nuclear reactor emergency, and orders most of his crew to abandon ship. After Ramius submerges ''Red October'', Ryan, Mancuso, and Jones come aboard via a rescue sub, at which point Ramius formally requests asylum in the United States for himself and his officers. The ''Red October'' is suddenly attacked by ''Konovalov'', which has followed them across the Atlantic. As the two Soviet subs maneuver, one of ''Red Octobers cooks, Loginov (Arana), an undercover GRU agent who has hidden himself on board, opens fire on the crew. He fatally wounds Ramius's first officer, Vasily Borodin (Neill) before retreating into the missile launch area. Loginov later shoots Ramius, wounding him, but Ryan shoots Loginov before he can detonate a missile and destroy the sub. Meanwhile, ''Red October'' makes evasive maneuvers with help from ''Dallas'', causing ''Konovalov'' to be destroyed by one of its own torpedoes. Ryan and Ramius, their subterfuge complete, sail ''Red October'' to the Penobscot River in Maine. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Hunt for Red October (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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