1990 · 2h 15m · Action, Adventure, Drama
The Hunt for Red October
Directed byJohn McTiernan
IMDb
7.5
235K votes
Metacritic
58
critics
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
critics
Box office
$201M
6.7x its $30M budget
Released Mar 2, 1990 by Paramount Pictures
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Critics vs the crowd
Critics (Metacritic)58
Audience (IMDb x 10)75
Audiences liked it more than critics did, by 17 points.
Top billed
Cast
Crew
- Director
- John McTiernan
- Music
- Basil Poledouris
- Cinematography
- Jan de Bont
- Editing
- Dennis VirklerJohn Wright
- Producers
- Mace Neufeld
3 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Film Editing · Academy Awards 1991Dennis Virkler, John Wright
- NominatedBest Sound · Academy Awards 1991Don Bassman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Bryce Goodman
- WonBest Sound Editing · Academy Awards 1991Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
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