- The Making Of Crimson Tide
- Behind the Scenes
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- Trailer

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. 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 Russian forces have seized U.S. missile silos, and the ship is
put on red alert. The Alabama encounters an enemy sub, and in the midst of
battle, the Alabama's radio equipment is knocked out just as they are
receiving orders from Washington. The message orders a pre-emptive strike,
with the sub launching nuclear missiles at land-based targets; however, the
orders are incomplete and somewhat vague as a result. 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.