Crimson Tide
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter to the USS Alabama, which may be the only ship able to stop a possible Armageddon. When Ramsey insists that the Alabama must act aggressively, Hunter, fearing they will start rather than stop a disaster,… From TMDB
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60 of 248 · most liked firstThis movie also came out in 1995 further solidifying my belief that 1995 was the best year for movies ever. This is such a movie movie. It's not a film it's a movie and it rules. Toy Story, Seven, Heat, Goldeneye, Usual Suspects, Clueless, Crimson Tide, Showgirls, To Die For! So many movies. MOVIES!
positive · AI labelView post →Crimson Tide turned out to be a horror movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →By the way this Gene Hackman memorial I wrote centers on “Crimson Tide” but if you asked me the BEST Hackman movie it’s The Conversation. defector.com/a-small-gene...
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Crimson Tide as my Father's Day gift. Man, this is a movie for people who get movies. youtu.be/MC7Pg98NvoE?...
positive · AI labelView post →Going to watch The Conversation tonight as my Hackman appreciation film. Might also watch The French Connection. Could see myself also watching Tenenbaums. Maybe Crimson Tide. Shit I better call in sick tomorrow.
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched ‘Crimson Tide’ last night and damn that movie has aged like a fine wine. They simply don’t make em like that anymore. The second hour is just white knuckle tension.
positive · AI labelView post →I bet if I got three minutes alone with Trump I could convince him that the events of the movie Crimson Tide actually happened.
neutral · AI labelView post →Rewatching CRIMSON TIDE and UNFORGIVEN really makes me miss the days when a movie could make money just on "see this actor go up against this actor!" and movie stars had screen personas and iconicography they could take apart and twist and weaponize. Don't see The Rock or Ryan Renyolds doin' that.
positive · AI labelView post →"Ask a dozen people what their favorite Hackman performance was, and they’ll give you a dozen different answers, none of them wrong. Mine was 'Crimson Tide.' Let me tell you why." 🎁 defector.com/a-small-gene...
neutral · AI labelView post →Gene Hackman was an extraordinary actor & craftsman, as he liked to be called. French Connection, Royal Tenenbaums, Superman, Unforgiven, The Conversation, Crimson Tide, etc. In the heyday of his stardom, the media gave him guff for not being movie star “attractive”. They blind. #RIPGeneHackman
neutral · AI labelView post →Any submarine movie is a dad movie. Das Boot. Crimson Tide. The Enemy Below.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching Crimson Tide, a movie absolutely filled to the brim with That Guys
positive · AI labelView post →Crimson Tide (1995) Directed by Tony Scott
neutral · AI labelView post →well this is even worse. movie theater crowds are laughing at CRIMSON TIDE?? pull yourselves together, man
negative · AI labelView post →I think my favorite Gene Hackman film is Unforgiven, but he was so good in so many, and such varied, roles. Crimson Tide, The Conversation / Enemy of the State, The French Connection, Hoosiers, The Birdcage, … One of his movies I haven’t seen highlighted is Get Shorty; he was fantastic in it. RIP.
neutral · AI labelView post →Crossing off a major blind spot on my must-see before I die list…and it’s a Tony Scott one at that. Today will be my first time seeing CRIMSON TIDE on any format, let alone 35mm and in a gorgeous movie palace (the Egyptian Theater). Thanks, @amcinematheque.bsky.social!
positive · AI labelView post →Crimson Tide (1995) Directed by Tony Scott
neutral · AI labelView post →revisited Crimson Tide last night in memory of Gene Hackman and my god, such a gorgeous, incredible movie. so much of it looks like this:
positive · AI labelView post →Treated myself to Hunt for Red October and Crimson Tide this evening. We need more submarine movies. Hunt really is a perfect movie 👌
positive · AI labelView post →New Star Trek Movie Inspired By ‘Crimson Tide’ And ‘Training Day,’ Say Directors.
unlabelledView post →RIP Gene Hackman (Pictured: The Quick And The Dead) What an actor. The Conversation, The Royal Tenenbaums, The French Connection, Unforgiven, The Birdcage, Hoosiers, Crimson Tide… and the first film I ever saw him in, Superman. He’ll always be my Lex Luthor. See you in Otisburg, sir. 🫡
neutral · AI labelView post →Our third video concerns the dad movie classic Crimson Tide, its production history, an (accidental) real life parallel, and a narratively smart decision to swap the typical personalities of a naval vessel’s CO and XO. As this week’s topic starts with C, next week’s will start with D. Any guesses?
neutral · AI labelView post →Gene Hackman is gone. Arguably one of the best actors of all time, he starred in the movie "Crimson Tide" with Denzel Washington about a nuclear submarine and what happens when the captain and XO don't agree on what are lawful orders for a nuclear strike. A plot like this seems relevant lately.
neutral · AI labelView post →"You ever see those Lipizzaner stallions?" I make the case for the 1995 Denzel Washington/Gene Hackman submarine classic Crimson Tide's inclusion in the nuclear war movie pantheon letterboxd.com/joshuakeatin... @dandrezner.bsky.social @wellerstein.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Not one obit I've read so far has mentioned Crimson Tide. He is completely terrifying opposite Denzel in that movie. I watch it anytime it comes on.
positive · AI labelView post →Also… the people who think SINNERS is the same movie as FROM DUSK TIL DAWN are also the same people who will tell you CRIMSON TIDE is the same movie as THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER even though the similarities start and stop with “They are set on a submarine.”
neutral · AI labelView post →Not saying my girlfriend went out for the evening and I'm a man in his forties but tonight I watched the nuclear submarine movie Crimson Tide for the first time and I absolutely fucking loved it.
positive · AI labelView post →(1/9) The Alabama locker room didn’t stay human for long. Summer 16 heat still clung to the Crimson Tide boys after film and lift. They piled in laughing, shirts already half-off, posing for the group shot like they always did. Flex. Crouch. Tongue out. Shh.
neutral · AI labelView post →OK everyone go watch "Crimson Tide" (1995). Tony Scott banger with an incredible cast (Denzel, Viggo Mortensen, Gandolfini--and Gene Hackman) where every shot looks like a painting. A+ boat movie
positive · AI labelView post →Uuughhhh they released some info about the new Trek movie that they're gonna be making & it sounds dull as hell. They called it Training Day meets Crimson Tide with Starfleet being the bad guys & it's all "darker", "grittier" etc etc & that sounds so fucking boring
neutral · AI labelView post →was texting my brother about hackman and he reminded me that likely the first time we ever saw him in a movie was when dad showed us Crimson Tide — one of the great dad movies of the era.
neutral · AI labelView post →A very strong movie take I have always held dear is Crimson Tide should be talked about with the same reverence and love as A Few Good Men (if not more), Hackman cooked as hard as Nicholson, and Denzel was somehow even better than Cruise.
unlabelledView post →lol someone put up a shitton of clips of Crimson Tide on YouTube and Gen Z are going crazy, eating this shit up, fuck yeah a movie they can talk to their dads about at Thanksgiving
unlabelledView post →Working my way through the TV watchlist (Widow's Bay IS worth hype!) but managed to see under the radar suggestions & Hackman/Neill Grindhouse Memorial Nights. Both PE & HT2 have good action but crappy scripts. Crimson Tide, still epic; Event Horizon, still solid #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
unlabelledView post →Also forgot Crimson Tide was made by one of Disney's subdivisions so it was a little weird to see a preview for WALL-E come up when I put on the movie. And kinda depressing to remember that Disney used to finance movies for audiences other than overgrown kids.
unlabelledView post →It’s obviously not the most prestigious Hackman role or anything but every time I watch Crimson Tide it moves a little further up the rankings for me. What a fun movie
unlabelledView post →Crimson Tide (1995) The most I’ve ever agreed with David Sims on Blank Check is when he passingly called this movie “now an 11 out of 10 masterpiece.” We used to make real summer movies.
unlabelledView post →Since Star Trek admirably (excuse the pun) did "Crimson Tide" on this week's Strange New Worlds episode, do we really need an entire Trek movie doing it?
unlabelledView post →Add food to a movie: Crimson Tide Pods (sorry i cheated but i couldn't resist, Please don't eat tide pods they are not food0
unlabelledView post →My favorite Gene Hackman is his collected, frustrated, lovable, hateable Captain in the stone cold classic Crimson Tide—both the movie and the character shining beacons for all Dads everywhere.
unlabelledView post →The last four movie related books I've read. Think I might go for the Crimson Tide novelisation next.
unlabelledView post →Crimson Tide is exactly the kind of moral dilemma that could make a great Trek episode or movie. And they can’t just rely forever on people cheering when random person from fandom shows up.
unlabelledView post →If I ever get a movie podcast going again, come talk about the ship politics of Crimson Tide (1995).
unlabelledView post →In 1996, the movie CRIMSON TIDE had this as their epilogue. They seem to have thought such information was a comfort back then. Strange times...
unlabelledView post →RIP Gene Hackman. One of my all-time favorite actors. Versatile and naturalistic, he made every movie better. The French Connection, The Conversation, Scarecrow, Crimson Tide, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Birdcage, Young Frankenstein, Unforgiven, and many more. 🙌 #FilmSky #MovieSky #ScriptSky
unlabelledView post →Watched Crimson Tide again last night. For the first time in a year or so. It's such a good film. S tier Tony Scott, the constant ratcheting up and maintaining of tension throughout, not a single bad performance from even the smallest role. Just 🤌🏽 Trailer doesn't do it justice.
unlabelledView post →Born 19 July 1945, George Dzundza is a German-born US actor recognized for his burly, commanding screen presence. He is best known for originating NYPD Sgt. Max Greevey on Law & Order, iconic film roles in The Deer Hunter and Crimson Tide and voicing the Ventriloquist in Batman: The Animated Series.
unlabelledView post →To be fair, any place you can get tacos and see Crimson Tide on film within four hours of landing is gonna get a thumbs up from me.
unlabelledView post →Crimson Tide turns 30 today, and might be the most rewatchable movie of the 1990s. I have seen it countless times. What is remarkable about it is that it is not an action movie, and closer to a courtroom drama. In fact, I bet a stage version could work. Crimson Tide on Broadway: can you IMAGINE?
unlabelledView post →If you’re wondering about the gimmick, it’s Crimson Tide and Training Day and Starfleet’s bad apples and YES it may in fact be market research for the movie concept floated last week.
unlabelledView post →A fun fact is the real person who is the basis of Liam Neeson's character - Vasily Arkhipov - was also, in his actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the inspiration for the Denzel Washington role in the movie Crimson Tide. His name is not used in either film, but still, there you go.
unlabelledView post →Watching “Crimson Tide” for the first time ever. First of all, no one told me Viggo Goddam Mortensen was in this movie. Strong start, movie.
unlabelledView post →#nowwatching THE LAST BOY SCOUT. Behind CRIMSON TIDE, this is my favorite Tony Scott film. Great action, classic dialogue. It’s actually a pretty mean nasty movie. Taylor Negron as Milo was top tier villain casting.
unlabelledView post →I hope you can cover this with Crimson Tide and another film to do a Zhirinovsky Trilogy.
unlabelledView post →Unexplained details make a movie better part Nth, the occasional shots to the sensitive crewman watching and watching over his fish tank in Crimson Tide (1995).
unlabelledView post →The examples they evoke are really interesting, and promising. Training Day is the one that's going to get most notice but Crimson Tide is an incredible movie that you could set on a Starfleet vessel with minimal change. Both references suggest this is Starfleet in extremis.
unlabelledView post →Camp Miasma is definitely the highlight of my #LetterboxdFriday this week. Absolutely fantastic movie, might even move into my Top 4? Crimson Tide is just cuz my roomie had never seen it. Wolf of Wall Street was not my favorite to say the least. And the Hunger games was fine...just...fine
unlabelledView post →Original theatrical trailer for INDEPENDENCE DAY featuring Hans Zimmer’s “Roll Tide” track from CRIMSON TIDE, discussed on episode 153 of the Film ‘89 podcast with @skyemovies.bsky.social and Neil Gaskin. www.film89.co.uk/the-film-89-...
unlabelledView post →CRIMSON TIDE: a very Good Boi movie.
unlabelledView post →Crimson Tide is a great movie about two men aggressively competing to see who is better at knowing the rules
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