The Hunt for Red October Quotes

Seaman Jones Conn, sonar! Crazy Ivan!

Capt. Bart Mancuso All stop! Quick quiet!

Man #1 All stop, aye.

Man #2 Engine's all stopped.

Beaumont What's going on, Jonesy?

Jones Russian captains sometimes turn suddenly to see if anyone's behind them. We call it "Crazy Ivan." The only thing you can do is go dead, shut everything down, and make like a hole in the water.

Beaumont So what's the catch?

Jones The catch is, a boat this big doesn't exactly stop on a dime... and if we're too close, we'll drift right into the back of him.

Admiral Josh Painter You think he's crazy?

Captain Davenport Certifiable. And no matter what his credentials, I don't care for him wearing the uniform.

Painter You see that ring on his finger? ], Class of 72. A Marine.

Davenport You're kidding! How did you...

Painter Greer told me. Summer of his third year, he and his squad went down in a chopper accident in the Med. Bad - pilot, crew killed. That kid spent ten months in traction, another year learning to walk again. Did his fourth year from the hospital. Now it's up to you, Charlie, but you might consider cuttin the kid a little slack. Ah, Russians are gonna find that sub before we get near it, anyhow.

Captain Marko Ramius I want you and the doctor to witness this. I'm removing the political officer's missile key, and I'm keeping it myself.

Dr. Petrov Captain, I think we should report this to Red Fleet Command.

Ramius I'm afraid that's impossible, doctor. Our orders are for strict radio silence.

Petrov This is most unnerving, captain. The reason for having two missile keys is so that ] may...

Ramius May what?

Petrov ...may arm the missiles.

Ramius Thank you. That will be all, doctor.

Admiral James Greer Now, understand, Commander: The torpedo did not self-destruct. You heard it hit the hull. And I... was never here.

Captain Ramius Hey, Ryan, be careful what you shoot at. Most things in here don't react too well to bullets.

Jack Ryan Yeah, like me. I don't react too well to bullets.

Jack Ryan I have to be careful what I shoot at?

Soviet Ambassador Andrei Lysenko There is another matter... one I'm reluctant to...

Dr. Jeffrey Pelt Please.

Lysenko One of our submarines, an ], was last reported in the area of the Grand Banks. We have not heard from her for some time.

Pelt Andrei... you've lost another submarine?

Taglines Invisible. Silent. Stolen.

Captain 2nd Rank Vasily Borodin I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a "recreational vehicle." And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?

Captain Marko Ramius Oh, yes.

Borodin No papers?

Ramius No papers, state to state.

Borodin Well then, in winter I will live in... Arizona. Actually, I think I will need two wives.

Ramius Oh, at least.

Ivan Putin ] and he gathered them all together in a place called ]... and the Seventh ] poured forth his bowl into the air, and a voice cried out from Heaven, saying, "It is done!" A man of your responsibilities reading about the end of the world? And what's this? "I am become ], the destroyer of worlds.

Ramius It is an ], quoted by ].

Putin An American?

Ramius Mmm. He invented the atomic bomb. He was later accused of being a communist.

Captain Marko Ramius Comrades, this is your captain. It is an ] to speak to you today, and I am honored to be sailing with you on the maiden voyage of our Motherland's most recent achievement. Once more, we play our dangerous game, a game of ] against our old adversary — the American Navy. For 40 years, your fathers before you and your older brothers played this game and played it well. But today, the game is different. We have the advantage and it reminds me of the heady days of Sputnik and ], when the world trembled at the sound of our rockets. Well, they will tremble again — at the sound of our ]. The order is: engage for silent drive.

Captain 2nd Rank Vasily Borodin Aye, sir. Ballast control, open outer doors.

Crewman Yes, open outer doors.

Borodin Diving command. Engage caterpillar and secure main engines. Doors opening, Captain.

Ramius Comrades, our own fleet doesn't know our full potential. They will do everything possible to test us; but they will only test their own embarrassment. We will leave our fleet behind, we will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll... while we conduct missile drills. Then, and when we are finished, the only sound they will hear is our ], while we sail to Havana, where the ] is warm, and so is the comradeship.

Borodin Cryogenic plant coming online, Captain.

Ramius A great day, comrades. We sail into ].

Commander Bart Mancuso Right full rudder, 30-degree down angle.

Helmsman Aye sir.

Seaman Jones This one's gonna be close!

Konovalov Crewman Torpedo, dead ahead!

Andrei Bonovia You arrogant ass! You've killed us!

Taglines The hunt is on.

Lieutenant Engineer Melekhin I found out what happened to the caterpillar drive. The buffer circuit has been torn out. It was only a matter of time before an overload shut down the whole caterpillar.

Captain Marko Ramius What are you saying?

Melekhin Whoever did this knew how to cripple the caterpillar in a way not easy to find.

Captain 2nd Rank Vasily Borodin Captain, we have a saboteur onboard.

Ramius It can't be any of the officers. They had all the time in the world before we put to sea. Must be a member of the crew. Go below, to Putin's cabin. Check his files for information on the crew. We may have to put them off before we planned.

Marko Ramius There will be no going back. Before we sailed, I dispatched a letter to Admiral Padorin, in which I announced our intention... to defect.

Lt Viktor Slavin In the name of God, why?

Ramius When he reached the New World, ] burned his ships. As a result, his men were well-motivated.

Officer No 1 You have signed our death warrants.

Officer No 2 Padorin will send the entire fleet.

Lt Yuri Stadnyuk Jesus, they'll find us. They'll find us and -

Captain 2nd Rank Vasily Borodin No one's going to find us. That's enough, Yuri!

Slavin You had to do it, huh? You couldn't just turn the submarine over to the Americans. You had to make a political statement. Or was it something deeper, Captain... something that made you unable to slip away? Was it ego, Captain?

Ramius We each have our reasons, Viktor. My own began the day I was handed the blueprints for this ship... a ship which had but one use. And as for the rest, well, those are things that I alone must carry the burden for. Anatoli, you're afraid of our fleet. Well, you should be. Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea, anyone? No? Then you may report back to your posts.

Borodin You heard the Captain. Dismissed.

Slavin Captain...

Borodin Captain, I would never disagree with you in front of the men, you know that. But in this case, Viktor is right. It would've been better if you had not informed Moscow.

Ramius Oh, Vasily. Moscow is not the worry, nor the whole Soviet Navy. I know their tactics. I have the advantage. No. The worry is the Americans. If we meet the right sort, this will work. We get some... buckaroo?

Capt. Bart Mancuso All back full.

Lt. Cmdr. Thompson Say again?

Mancuso I said, all back full!

Thompson Back full, aye sir. Engines back full.

Seaman Jones Captain, we're cavitating, he can hear us!

Mancuso Conn, aye! All stop!

Crewmember All stop, aye.

Mancuso Alright, Ryan, we just unzipped our fly. Mr. Thompson! Open the outer doors, firing point procedures. Now if that bastard so much as twitches, I'm going to blow him right to Mars.

Captain Ramius ... and the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home." ].

Jack Ryan Welcome to the New World, Captain.

Captain Second Rank Vasili Borodin Torpedo impact, 7, 6, 5 seconds, 4, 3, 2, torpedo impact... now.

Commander Bart Mancuso I'll be damned!

Jack Ryan What happened?

Mancuso Combat tactics, Mr. Ryan. By turning into the path of the torpedo, the Captain closed the distance before it could arm itself.

Ryan So that's it?

Captain Ramius Not quite. Right now Tupolev is removing the safety features on all his weapons. He won't make the same mistake twice.