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K-19 [videorecording] : the widowmaker / Paramount Pictures and Intermedia Films present a National Geographic/Palomar Pictures, First Light/IMF production ; producers, Kathryn Bigelow, Joni Sighvatsson, Christine Whitaker, Edward S. Feldman ; screenplay writers, Christopher Kyle, Louis Nowra ; director, Kathryn Bigelow.

K-nineteen (portion title)
Ackland, Joss, 1928- (Added Author). Allen, Marit. (Added Author). Badelt, Klaus. (Added Author). Bigelow, Kathryn. (Added Author). Cronenweth, Jeff. (Added Author). Feldman, Edward S., 1929- (Added Author). Ford, Harrison, 1942- (Added Author). Kyle, Christopher. (Added Author). Murch, Walter, 1943- (Added Author). Neeson, Liam. (Added Author). Nowra, Louis, 1950- (Added Author). Sarsgaard, Peter. (Added Author). Shrapnel, John. (Added Author). Sighvatsson, Sigurjon. (Added Author). Sumpter, Donald, 1943- (Added Author). Whitaker, Christine. (Added Author). First Light (Firm) (Added Author). IMF Productions (Firm) (Added Author). Intermedia Films. (Added Author). National Geographic Feature Films. (Added Author). Palomar Pictures International. (Added Author). Paramount Pictures Corporation. (Added Author). Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Joss Ackland, John Shrapnel, Donald Sumpter. (Cast).

Summary:

Captain Vostrikov, a Russian naval officer has being given command of the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine, K-19, at the height of the Cold War in 1961. The vessel's executive officer Captain Polenin asserts that the flagship is not yet ready for deployment. But, political pressure forces Vostrikov to sail his crew into the North Atlantic anyway, for a missile fire test that serves as a warning to the U.S. The test is a success, but a leak in the K-19's cooling system soon threatens the nuclear payload.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0792182065
  • ISBN: 079218534X
  • ISBN: 9780792182061
  • ISBN: 9780792185345
  • ISBN: 0792182073
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen
  • Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, c2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Special features: director & cinematographer commentary; 3 featurettes; the making-of "K-19: the widowmaker"; theatrical trailer.
Formatted Contents Note:
Special features: Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs -- Commentary by director Kathryn Bigelow and cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth -- The Making of K-19 : the widowmaker -- 3 featurettes: Exploring the craft: Make-up techniques ; Breaching the hull ; It's in the details -- Theatrical trailer -- Language: English 5.1 surround ; English Dolby surround ; French Dolby surround -- Subtitles: English.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Jeff Croeneenweth ; editor, Walter Murch ; original music, Klaus Badelt ; costume designer, Marit Allen ; production designers, Karl Juliusson, Michael Novotny.
Participant or Performer Note:
Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Joss Ackland, John Shrapnel, Donald Sumpter.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13 for disturbing images CHV rating: PG.
System Details Note:
DVD, 5.1 surround, enhanced for 16:9 TVs, NTSC, region 1, Dolby surround.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
English and dubbed French; English subtitles.
Subject:
Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot > Drama.
Action and adventure films.
Feature films.
Navies > Officers > Drama.
Nuclear submarines > Drama.
Adventure films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Action and adventure films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 28 of 31 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Harnett County Library.

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  • 1 current hold with 31 total copies.
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Summary: Captain Vostrikov, a Russian naval officer has being given command of the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine, K-19, at the height of the Cold War in 1961. The vessel's executive officer Captain Polenin asserts that the flagship is not yet ready for deployment. But, political pressure forces Vostrikov to sail his crew into the North Atlantic anyway, for a missile fire test that serves as a warning to the U.S. The test is a success, but a leak in the K-19's cooling system soon threatens the nuclear payload.