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K-19: The Widowmaker (PG)

Paramount

CAST & CREW:

Release Date:
July 19, 2002

MPAA Rating:
R

Genre:
Thriller, Drama

Cast: Harrison Ford (Captain Alexi Vostrikov), Liam Neeson (Mikhail Polenin), Peter Sarsgaard (Vadim Ratchenko), Joss Ackland (Marshal Zelentsov), George Anton (Konstantin Poliansky), Shaun Benson, Steve Cumyn (Oleg Falichev), J.J. Field, Steve Nicholson (Yuri Demichev), Chris Redman (Rezo Kiklidze), Tygh Runyan (Maxim Portenko), John Shrapnel (Admiral Bratyeev), Ingvar Sigurdsson (Viktor Gorelov), Gerrit Vooren (Dmitri Volensky), Tim Woodward (Konstantin Partonov) (see HarrisonFordWeb.com for more names and information)

Director: Kathryn Bigelow (Strange Days, Point Break, Near Dark, Blue Steel; her latest is The Weight of Water)

Screenwriter: Christopher Kyle (cowriter of The Weight of Water; also has Alexander starting production soon)

SYNOPSIS:

The captain (Ford) of the Russian submarine, K-19, must lead his crew's efforts to prevent their vessel from having a nuclear meltdown. When the cooling unit of the reactor breaks down, Vostrikov and his second-in-command (Neeson) must figure out how to save their ship, because if it blows, it could cause a nuclear explosion that would be interpreted as the first strike of a nuclear war...

Web: K-19

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