| K-19 - The Widowmaker - The Widowmaker (2002)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Liam Neeson |
Captain Mikhail Polenin
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| Harrison Ford |
Captain Alexei Vostrikov
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| Peter Sarsgaard |
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| Ravil Issyanov |
Igor Suslov
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| Christian Camargo |
Pavel Loktev
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| Steve Nicolson |
Yuri Demichev
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| Roman Podhora |
Lapinsh
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| Sam Redford |
Vasily Mishin
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| Sam Spruell |
Dimitri Nevsky
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| Peter Stebbings |
Kuryshev
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| Tim Woodward |
Konstantin Partonov
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| Ravil Isyanov |
Suslov
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| Lex Shrapnel |
Kornilov
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| Plot |
| Based on an incident that was officially suppressed for 28 years, K-19: The Widowmaker is a fine addition to the "sub-genre" of submarine thrillers. The first major American film about Russian cold war heroes, it re-creates the nightmare endured in 1961 by the crew of the Soviet nuclear submarine K-19, when an exposed reactor core nearly resulted in a nuclear catastrophe. Several crewmen died, and K-19's captain (played by Harrison Ford) had to assert his command when near-mutiny favored his executive officer (Liam Neeson). This escalating tension gives the film its potent dramatic thrust, and both Ford and Neeson deliver intense performances while director Kathryn Bigelow (Near Dark, Strange Days) ably controls a sub full of seething testosterone. It's not as viscerally thrilling as the classic Das Boot or U-571, and some K-19 survivors protested the inclusion of inauthentic drinking scenes, but the movie benefits from grand-scale production values, seamless computer graphics, and a compelling real-life twist. --Jeff Shannon |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Adventure; Thriller; Action; History |
| Director |
Kathryn Bigelow |
| Producer |
Kathryn Bigelow; Sigurjon Sighvatsson; Moritz Borman |
| Writer |
Christopher Kyle; Louis Nowra |
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| Studio |
Paramount Pictures |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Running Time |
138 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
7/19/2002 |
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Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
867 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
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| Edition Details |
| Edition |
Special Edition |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| Barcode |
097363402145 |
| Chapters |
16 |
| Release Date |
12/10/2002 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Community by Director Kathryn Bigelow and Cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth
The Making of K-19: The Widowmaker
3 Featurettes:
Exploring the Craft: Make-Up Techniques Beaching the Hull It's in the Details
Theatrical Trailer
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