The Hunt For Red October [1990] (1 disc)

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• To help the audience quickly grasp which sub's interior they were seeing as the movie jumped from scene to scene and sub to sub, the filmmakers created a subtle lighting scheme: red for Dallas, blue for Red October, and green for the other Russian sub.
• While preparing for his role in the film, Scott Glenn met the captain of the U.S.S. Salt Lake City. Glenn then composited the captain into Bart Mancuso.
• Jack Ryan takes a teddy bear home with him at the end of the film. McClane has one at the start of Die Hard (it's the same bear).
• The underwater model of the Red October has never been in the water. This effect was achieved using smoke on the 'underwater' set and a few digital touch-ups. The sub was hung by 12 wires from an overhead grid which gave the ability to tilt and turn the model as needed.
• Daniel Davis plays the captain of the warship USS Enterprise. In 1988 he guest-starred in [Star Trek: The Next Generation], a series set on board a spaceship also called the USS Enterprise.
• The enlisted crew of the Red October consisted of several midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. These extras were paid extra to shave their heads.
• Kevin Costner was originally cast as Jack Ryan.
• The bible verses that Putin reads at the beginning of his conversation with Ramius come from Revelation 16:16-17.
• $20,000 was spent on Sean Connery's hairpiece.
• Most of Gates McFadden's role as Cathy Ryan was deleted from the final print.