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K-19 [videorecording] : the widowmaker /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 34021 | Paramount PicturesLanguage: English, French Original language: English Series: Widescreen DVD collectionPublication details: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, c2002.Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0792182065
  • 9780792182061
  • 079218534X
  • 9780792185345
Other title:
  • K-nineteen
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 21
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .K55 2002
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Jeff Croeneenweth ; editor, Walter Murch ; original music, Klaus Badelt ; costume designer, Marit Allen ; production designers, Karl Juliusson, Michael Novotny.
Cast: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Joss Ackland, John Shrapnel, Donald Sumpter.Summary: Captain Vostrikov, a Russian naval officer has being given command of the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine, K-19, at the height of the Cold War in 1961. The vessel's executive officer Captain Polenin asserts that the flagship is not yet ready for deployment. But, political pressure forces Vostrikov to sail his crew into the North Atlantic anyway, for a missile fire test that serves as a warning to the U.S. The test is a success, but a leak in the K-19's cooling system soon threatens the nuclear payload.
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VID VID Chamberlin Free Public Library Video DVD K19 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000269632

Special features: director & cinematographer commentary; 3 featurettes: Exploring the craft: Make-up techniques ; Breaching the hull ; It's in the details; the making-of "K-19: the widowmaker"; theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Jeff Croeneenweth ; editor, Walter Murch ; original music, Klaus Badelt ; costume designer, Marit Allen ; production designers, Karl Juliusson, Michael Novotny.

Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Joss Ackland, John Shrapnel, Donald Sumpter.

Captain Vostrikov, a Russian naval officer has being given command of the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine, K-19, at the height of the Cold War in 1961. The vessel's executive officer Captain Polenin asserts that the flagship is not yet ready for deployment. But, political pressure forces Vostrikov to sail his crew into the North Atlantic anyway, for a missile fire test that serves as a warning to the U.S. The test is a success, but a leak in the K-19's cooling system soon threatens the nuclear payload.

MPAA rating: PG-13 for disturbing images CHV rating: PG.

DVD, 5.1 surround, enhanced for 16:9 TVs, NTSC, region 1, Dolby surround.

Closed captioned.

English and dubbed French; English subtitles.

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