Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide is a 1995 Hollywood film starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman and directed by Tony Scott. It is a typical submarine film, focusing on the tension that occurs between the men who must not only share the scarce and dangerous space aboard an Ohio-class nuclear submarine, but also the weight of responsibility for the nuclear ICBMs they are trained to deploy, and the mental stress of the dire consequences that could result from either failure or success in doing so. In the film, this tension occurs primarily between the characters played by Hackman and Washington; supporting characters such as the Chief of the Boat (George Dzundza) and WEAPS (Viggo Mortensen) are surprisingly more complex than expected however, and hold their own views of the unfolding situation that aren't always the same as either of the lead characters. The film was scored by Hans Zimmer.

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This is Richard Valeriani
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Six days ago,
as the rebellion in Chechnya...

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spread to the neighboring Caucasus
republics, the Russian president...

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ordered massive bombing strikes
against rebel positions...

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around Rutul and Belokany.

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Appalled at the loss of human life,
the President of the United States...

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joined by the French president
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suspended all foreign aid
to Russia.

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Ultranationalist leader
Vladimir Radchenko...

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denounced the U.S. Pressure
as an act of war...

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against the Russian Republic
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Denouncing his own president
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he called on the Russian people
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He said, "This brutish and hypocritical
American intervention...

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On Tuesday, at 10:00
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the Russian parliament was suspended
and martial law was declared.

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