Mac East 2nd Floor Studios Presents Submersion

In Episode XLV the crew continues closes out Cold War Movie Month with the most popular sub movie of them all. We dive deeper into the 1990 adaptation of Tom Clancy’s The Hunt For Red October. The Academy Award winning film was directed by John McTiernan and stars Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Tim Curry, Courtney B. Vance, and Stellan Skarsgård. Captain Marko Ramius is given command of the Red October, a new submarine with a silent propulsion system. He plans to take his boat and defect to the United States. He lets his superiors know of his intentions after his journey is underway and the chase is on. The Americans believe that the Red October is a first strike weapon and headed straight for the United States. CIA analyst Jack Ryan lays it all on the line because he knows that Ramius is going to Defect. Hop on board the USS Wetfloater as we discuss the movie, trivia, The Phantom Zone where Jamie connects the movie back to Ed Harris’ Phantom, Subs Worldwide whe