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Moral Dilemma | Submarine
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture | 1996 | Denzel
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | 1996 | Hans
1996 | Hans
Best Film Editing | 1996
Best Sound | 1996 | Kevin
Best Effects Sound Effects Editing | 1996
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Feature Films | 1996 | Kevin
Outstanding Motion Picture | 1996
Best Male Performance | 1996 | Denzel
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | 1996 | Dariusz
Best Edited Feature Film | 1996 | Chris
Best Music | 1996 | Hans
Budget 53,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 157,387,195 USD
The scene in which the U.S.S. Alabama is diving for the first time is footage of the real submarine submerging. Tony Scott was following along in a helicopter and a separate camera unit on boats obtaining shots of the ship. When the Captain of the Alabama requested that the helicopter cease filming, they submerged, which is what director Tony Scott was hoping for anyway.
Since the U.S. Navy would not cooperate with the filming, for several scenes the French Navy allowed the use of one of their Triomphant Class ballistic missile submarines along with the aircraft carrier Foch.
The U.S. Navy found the subject of the film objectionable and inaccurate. It refused to provide any assistance in the movie's making.
Tony Scott obtained footage of the real USS Alabama departing Pearl Harbor through possibly illegal means. A paid civilian informant tipped off Scott to the day and time of Alabama's sortie from port, an obvious violation of navy ship movement regulations. Scott then had camera boats and a helicopter on standby to film the surfaced sub. Reportedly, the Alabama's captain requested assistance to remove the film crew but then simply decided to submerge the sub prematurely, footage Scott was hoping to obtain anyway. Although the Navy issued a formal protest about using its equipment in the film without permission, it was not illegal as the sub was in public view, and they could do nothing to prevent it. Interestingly, Scott was hoping only to obtain footage of an Ohio class sub in motion on the surface, the fact that the boat was the actual USS Alabama was sheer coincidence.
The disagreement between Captain Ramsey and Lieutenant Commander Hunter over the origin of the Lipizzaner stallions throughout the movie foreshadows and illustrates the fundamental source of friction between the two men, both insisting that their mutually exclusive version of reality is the truth. Ironically, Captain Ramsey (who believes the stallions are Portuguese) and Lieutenant Commander Hunter (who says they are Spanish) are both incorrect. The Lippizaner stallions are in fact Slovenian - they originate from a town called Lipica. However, the horses are generally associated with the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Austria, so Hunter was technically closer to the truth than Ramsey.
"Capt. Ramsey: God help you if you're wrong. Hunter: If I'm wrong, then we're at war; God help us all."
"Hunter: Chief of the Boat. Chief of the Boat: Sir? Hunter: Thank you, COB. Chief of the Boat: Thank you? *Fuck* you! Get it straight Mr Hunter, I'm not on your side. Now you could be wrong! But wrong or right, the Captain can't just replace you at will. That was completely improper! And that's why I did what I did. By the book. Hunter: I thank you anyway."
14 May 2021
