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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Questionable for Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1995 DVD Release: 02/04/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 56 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Total Copies: 1 Genres: Action, Action Thriller, Sea Adventure See Also: Crimson Tide [Unrated], Crimson Tide [Blu-ray], Crimson Tide [Includes Digital Copy]

Two leaders with different philosophies about battle and leadership wage war with each other in this tense military thriller. Capt. Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) is the commanding officer of a nuclear submarine, the U.S.S. Alabama. Ramsey is a distinguished veteran near the end of his career, and he leads his men with an iron hand; as he puts it, "We're here to preserve democracy, not to practice it." Ramsey is assigned a new second-in-command, Lt. Cmmdr. Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington); Hunter is much younger than Ramsey, Harvard educated, and believes the goal of the military in the nuclear age is to prevent war, not fight it. While at sea, word reaches the Alabama that a splinter group of Russian forces have seized missile silos, and the ship is put on red alert. The Alabama has orders to fire, but as it is receiving a new incoming order the radio malfunctions. It's Ramsey's contention that an order is an order and they are to move forward with the attack, while Hunter feels if there is any question at all about their mission, they should wait until they can receive further instruction, with Hunter going so far as to threaten mutiny against Ramsey if the missile strike is carried out. Quentin Tarantino and Robert Towne both contributed to the screenplay without credit. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Denzel Washington - Lt. Commander Ron Hunter
Gene Hackman - Capt. Frank Ramsey
George Dzundza - Cob
Viggo Mortensen - Lt. Peter (Weps) Ince
James Gandolfini - Lt. Bobby Dougherty

Crimson Tide, Tony Scott's claustrophobic tale of mutiny on a submarine, comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while a French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Stereo. Spanish subtitles are accessible. The sound and picture quality is quite good, which is a very good thing considering the lack of supplemental materials. This disc will please fans of the film, but it does not offer anything of interest to anyone else. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide