Episode 141 - The Hunt For Red October by Magnificently Huge Podcast published on 2020-06-29T04:23:31Z The Cold War came to an end in 1989. A year later, Hollywood gave it a grand send-off with an adaptation of Tom Clancy’s breakout techno-thriller, The Hunt for Red October. Set in 1984 at the height of US-Soviet tensions, the movie slaps a fresh coat of paint on the classic Cold War tropes to do for submarines what Top Gun did for jets. The chase is on to find a rogue USSR nuclear sub trying to defect to the USA before the Motherland can blow it out of the water. Director John McTiernan was fresh off his insane run of stone cold 80’s classics Predator and Die Hard, and here turns in his third consecutive winner. Starring Sean Connery, Sam Neill, Tim Curry, James Earl Jones, and Scott Glenn - plus Alec Baldwin in his breakout role as the first (and best) Jack Ryan - The Hunt for Red October is a taut, fun ride from start to finish and the perfect coda for an era. So let’s take a deep dive on it, shall we? | 0:00 - Intros | 4:35 - Gerry Anderson’s Stingray (1964) | 12:10 - 7500 (2019) | 17:45 - Videogame announcement substitutes for E3 (Guerrilla Collective, PC Gaming Show, Future Games Show) | 24:27 - Crazy World (2014) | 30:20 - The Hunt for Red October (1990) | Clips | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl | Basil Poledouris - Nuclear Scam - The Hunt for Red October | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat | Gerry Anderson’s Stingray - Opening Titles | Gerry Anderson’s Stingray - Aqua Marina | Trailer for Crazy World | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh | Basil Poledouris - Kaboom!!! - The Hunt for Red October | Basil Poledouris - Hymn to Red October (Main Title) - The Hunt for Red October Genre Entertainment