It followed the generic script, except the depth charge scene extended through-out the movie, and at one point, they stopped the water from coming in.
Best submarine movies
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luxmaster
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Well I have to admit it was a simple story but it was just that. It focused basically on one day of events. The depth charge was tense for me. Also the movie is one of the best to be scene in surround sound.
restorer-john
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Great movie, Russian sub goes rogue during The Cold War.
Not a good start when they put the names of the two actors on the wrong pictures.
The surprise plot twist is that the Soviets invented a "brain switcher", so Ed Harris was inside David Duchovny's body so the cover is accurate in it's way.
That's mostly who I was referring to, those simple lads that pushed the buttons and hit the levers.
Still, Allies bombed Hamburg (limited military target) with incendiaries, turning it into a hell on earth, as well as Tokyo, Dresden, on and on. After reading "The Bombing Of Hamburg" I have a hard time saying we were the "good guys" tho we had a noble end game (defeat of Axis). But, I digress, and digress far from the topic at hand. My apologies.
With the bias, with the revisionism (perhaps) I still contend that Das Boot, for me, was the single greatest submarine movie ever, as it drove home so many points about that style of warfare.
KeninDC
Hazy Cosmic Jive
I saw the German language version when it came out with two USNA submariners, as well as my dad, a USN Engineer responsible for designing sub-support bases. All of them praised its technical accuracy.
That is AWESOME that you got to view such a classic with those in the know. The German version is best, I feel, tho I have no idea what is being said, lol.
The scenes are plentiful that show just how cramped it really is. My favorite is when the officers are trying to eat a respectable dinner, and it is CONSTANTLY interrupted by those needing to pass thru. You know that's how it was, too.
My buddy who saw it said the same. I watched the first 20 minutes or so. None of the "sailors" saluted, said "Yes Sir", followed an order without arguing, or acted like military; they should have hired some veterans to play the parts!
They should never have made a sequel to U-570; they jumped the shark on that one.
Pio1980
AK Member
I remember Das Boot for its unblinking realistic portrayal of the clastrophobic terror of wartime submarine service.
The later days of the nuclear powered undersea city "boomers" must be something entirely different, tho the ultimate hazard remains.
I'm comparing what I saw in this film and the diesel sub museum displays vs the photos of the remains of the Kursk in my head.
The later days of the nuclear powered undersea city "boomers" must be something entirely different, tho the ultimate hazard remains.
I'm comparing what I saw in this film and the diesel sub museum displays vs the photos of the remains of the Kursk in my head.
ducati_EL34
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War was messy and everyone understood that back then. With smart bombs and guided missles, we have sanitized war to the point that no one is appalled, anymore.
Before Britain bombed Dresden, the Germans firebombed Coventry. The Japanese and Germans started the war, and the allies just finished it, in a grand way.
StimpyWan
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My wife's Uncle Butch is in Operation Petticoat. He was in the Navy, at the time. Butch served on one of the ships that was looking for the sub. He even had a few on screen lines, including the one about "babies crying". It always makes us laugh, whenever we rewatch the movie.
SaSi
Seriously Illogical
I enjoyed "Red October" when it came out and have watched it several times. I enjoyed "Das Boot" even more, but can't really watch it as many times. It's heavy stuff. The "Operation Pettycoat" is one of the funniest movies of yesteryear, when movies made you laugh.
One detail that is not very well known about "Das Boot" and Indiana Jones: They share the same U-boat and the U-boat base that was used for Das Boot was the scenery for the last part of Indiana Jones. Spielberg didn't fancy the history correct looks of the U-Boat and asked them to change the looks for the Indiana movie. They didn't want to do it but desperately needed the money he was paying to complete their movie so they obliged.
There's also an old movie with a USN (Los Angeles must have been) boat that was trapped under the ice in close to the north pole. I watched it as a child, probably late seventies, but can't recall the title. It was rather agonizing but perhaps I was too young to judge back then. Does this ring a bell?
One detail that is not very well known about "Das Boot" and Indiana Jones: They share the same U-boat and the U-boat base that was used for Das Boot was the scenery for the last part of Indiana Jones. Spielberg didn't fancy the history correct looks of the U-Boat and asked them to change the looks for the Indiana movie. They didn't want to do it but desperately needed the money he was paying to complete their movie so they obliged.
There's also an old movie with a USN (Los Angeles must have been) boat that was trapped under the ice in close to the north pole. I watched it as a child, probably late seventies, but can't recall the title. It was rather agonizing but perhaps I was too young to judge back then. Does this ring a bell?
+1 Das Boot is a must-see.
As an aside the American Merchant Mariner Memorial is located in Battery Park in the southern tip of Manhattan, just south of my neighborhood. I never fail to stop and look at this moving sculpture that is based on an actual occurence, the sinking of the SS Muskogee in 1942. As you can see by the high water mark, the man in the water gets covered every high tide. Quite poignant. The plaque reads, "Left to the perils of the sea, the survivors later perished."
Yellow Submarine!
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There's also an old movie with a USN (Los Angeles must have been) boat that was trapped under the ice in close to the north pole. I watched it as a child, probably late seventies, but can't recall the title. It was rather agonizing but perhaps I was too young to judge back then. Does this ring a bell?[/QUOTE]
Ice Station Zebra came out in 1968.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063121/?ref_=nv_sr_2
Jeepers, now I will have to go back and watch it again!
There's also an old movie with a USN (Los Angeles must have been) boat that was trapped under the ice in close to the north pole. I watched it as a child, probably late seventies, but can't recall the title. It was rather agonizing but perhaps I was too young to judge back then. Does this ring a bell?[/QUOTE]
Ice Station Zebra came out in 1968.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063121/?ref_=nv_sr_2
Jeepers, now I will have to go back and watch it again!
If you ever get to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, they have a Mark IX U-boat on display. It is not a large boat inside. I think its the U-505?
